I have had anxiety for years and am now taking zoloft which does help most of the time. My husband and I are considering having a child. You see we have 5 and three are his from previous marriage and two from my previous marriage. We both want one and it will be our LAST but we would really like to have one that is a product of us. So anyway I am scared that if I become pregnant I will have a worsening in my anxiety. I am so scared that I will go crazy during pregnancy from my hormones or I will just not be able to cope. Then I worry about after a getting really bad postpardum. i guess all of this worry is my anxiety but I would love if someone could help me maybe by personal experience with this or just common knowledge. And also I would like to know if anyone knows if you can stay on zoloft during pregnancy. PLEASE HELP THANK YOU:eek:

This may not be of much reassurance to you, but it certainly helped me while I was pregnant and suffering from anxiety. I just had my son about 12 weeks ago, btw. The initial bloodwork they do had me panicing until everything came back normal (you mean I don't have HIV? Or Hepatitis!? WOOHOO!) and that kind of reassured me when I'd get one of my "OMG, I have cancer" moments. I got off all meds while pregnant because honestly, the ones I was on in the first place weren't even really helping and I figured why risk it for something that isn't even doing any good for me. I am not saying don't take meds by all means. If I was on something at the time that really helped, I would have continued in a heartbeat! I think the most important thing is finding a good OB/GYN who is willing to work with you and your anxiety and understands it. I managed it quite well, actually while pregnant I felt really good because every weird symptom I felt could be related to pregnancy and not necessarily some sort of life threatning illness. It also helped that you pretty much live at the doctor while pregnant. I don't know if what I'm saying even makes sense but these are the things I felt when pregnant. Now that I'm not pregnant anymore it's a whole new ballgame but I think you will do just fine. Like I said, just find an OB/GYN who you trust and feel comfortable with and that is the most important thing.