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Question for the bipolar mamas

Any bipolar mamas that dealt with PPD or PPA? Im 3 weeks pp and ive been showing signs of both. Im going to see my psych this week and not sure what to tell her. Have had a lot of bad experiences just trusting that dr knows best so wanted to know if there were any meds that worked well or diddnt work for you? I know everyone is different but she keeps trying to put me on meds i dont want or have had bad reactions to in the past. (Like every psych ever lol) so i want to go in researched and prepared this time.

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I had PPA right out the hospital & PPD & Zoloft helped a lot .. it gets better but it’s okay to cry & just breath mama! Don’t be too hard on yourself I sure was!!

I have bipolar depression not bipolar disorder and I experienced both after my first as well as very slight psychosis. This time I told my new OB who referred me to a psych and I’m on a mood stabilizer at 7 months pregnant to try to avoid those things again 🤍 I’m hoping for a better experience and I hope you get the help you need! It’s scary but every one wants a new mommy to be healthy. I’m on lamotrigine. She said ssri can cause mania as a side effect so a mood stabilizer was the better option

@Katherin Ordonez hqvent tried zoloft yet, heard it can cause brutal mania spikes. I'll take that over the depression rn tho lol 😅

@Natalia i had a really bad reaction to lamotrigine but it seems to be the magic bullet for everyone else. Glad its helping ♥️

@💞Nesha💞 lamotrigine/lamictal 100 mg

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