Hi Hi,

I'm on Efexor XR 150mg (have been for 7 years, have tried to come off a few times with no luck). I am now 7w1d pregnant, I spoke to my doctor about my antidepressants while we were TTC and she advised that they according to her book there had only been limited testing with no adverse reactions.

I also called up an information service and was advised that in _some_ cases there has been some withdrawl symptoms on the baby after birth. However my doctor doesn't feel that this is a cause for concern.

I've thought about this long and hard tho and I'm going to request to go onto 75mg and then see how I go on that, and then maybe ween myself off slowly during the pregnancy.

My main concern is that the stress and emotional anxiety of me going off the AD's will actually end up harming my child more than the withdrawl symptoms. Especially during the first trimester.

In this case tho, I think it boils down to what I think is best.

Hope this helps.

From Tash