Is anybody else struggling with the benefits vs risks of stopping anxiety meds?
Hi ladies..
I am hoping for some personal advice/experiences instead of driving myself insane with google 🤯 Apologies in advance for the long post.
I suffer from very bad anxiety and Insomnia- for about 5 years I have been taking clonopin, ambien and tramadol daily.
As soon as we decided to start trying I immediately stopped ambien with no problems, switched to Valium as I read that was safer than clonopin and easier for withdrawals & began to taper off Valium and tramadol.
Long story short we were lucky enough to fall pregnant the first month of trying - but this threw of my taper schedule! I am scared, anxious and don’t know what the best thing to do for myself and baby is. I am down to 2x50mg tramadol and 5-10mg Valium per day and I don’t know if this is harming my baby or if stopping completely would be more harmful. I have read a lot and most say there are no proven effects for these medications at these small doses but then there are contradicting things also, I really don’t know what I should do. I am 8 weeks today.
If anybody has any experience with taking medication through pregnancy I would really appreciate your advice.
Thank you in advance🌸
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