Borderline Personality, Off Meds and PREGNANT!

Pauli - posted on 02/04/2011

Hello Melissa, I also have para-schizo. .and as soon as I got pregnant I knew I didnt want to take the meds. . I am now 38 weeks. .and feel better than ever. .I also would stop taking them too. Everyone else thinks I should but that's because they never here of para-schizo-s off meds..they say its unheard of. I am so happy I'm not alone. Can you tell me how long you been off and or on and how its been. .?? just curious. . Im alone in this journey.

Moody - posted on 09/23/2009

It worries me that you are constantly kicking your boyfriend out the house. Is he the father of your baby?
Pregnancy is a difficult time mood wise for most people, even more so for people who have a personality disorder as the hormone fluctuations can play havoc with your moods.
It is important that you try to get some help even if it is counselling if you are not able to go back ont your medication as the danger of damaging the delicate relationship between yoursefl and your baby's dad is something i would not underestimate. Relationships often take a lot of strain during pregnancies and in the first few years of raising a child. If you can at all, perhaps some counselling for both of you will help. He could learn ways to deal with your moods that help him not to take things personally and to understand that sometimes it is the disorder not you that is having a go at him, and you could learn how to cope with the fluctuations that you are experiencing now that you are off your meds. The experience will go a long way towards giving you both skills that will aid you in your parenting of your new child and give you tools to help mend your relationship and strengthen it against the oncoming storms.
What meds were you on? some SSRIs which are often the first course of treatment for disorders such as yours can be used reasonably safely during pregnancy. I was on a generic of Zoloft through out my pregnancy as my doctor felt the dangers of me being off it were far greater than any negligible dangers to my unborn baby, they just monitored the baby very carefully and she was fine. She also had a calm and happy mum with did her the world of good and now I have a very content and secure little toddler. If I had not been able to be on my medications i might be a single parent with a very stressed and clingy baby right now as i would probably have ended my relationship in the early days of my child's life and I'm pretty certain Evangeline would have picked up on my anxiety and sadness which would have made her feel insecure.

Melissa - posted on 07/08/2009

could be pregnancy i got pretty bad while im pregnant believe me talk about moody good luck and congrats

Melissa - posted on 07/08/2009

i have Paranoid schizophrenia and i havent had meds for ages now i refused to take them while pregnant i didnt want to harm my kids and still wont take them it can get hard at times im not going to lie and say everythings will always be fine and dandy but i feel much better as a mum not taking meds but everyone is different and 1 of the main reason i dont take them is i always stop taking them anyway and when i do stop im just to full on and cant handle anything and i dont want to put my kids at risk if i do forget to take them, so althrough it can be hard at times i rather not have them but everyone is different if oyu feel you need them then take them