antidepressant sway?

[LacePrincess]

He is constantly in and out of the hospital, unfortunately. His mom didn't know she was pregnant for 2 months, so he was exposed to the medicine.

I didn't mean to imply that people don't have the need for antidepressants, just that for something like pms the risk seems to outweigh the solution.

I completely agree. Antidepressants aren't the lightweight 'easy way' despite what the big pharma commercials want you to believe, they really are a measure of last resort. It's a heartrending decision even for those of us who have exhausted all other measures, so no one should take them lightly despite what GSK, Pfizer, Wyeth and the rest want you to believe.

I shudder in horror when I hear of SSRI's being prescribed to little kids.

[aidansmum]

I don't know how old this thread is, but I suffer from pretty bad PMS and my doctor prescribed half a prozac pill 10 days before AF and I love it, it's like a real fixer, it brings down my irritability, helps me being patient, stops me from eating like a cow and all the other annoyances of PMS.

Recently I lost a brother and started having half a dose everyday as it makes me function better without crying every 5 minutes, and it works, but this is temporary.

I do worry though about the swaying aspect of it. I am on LE and plan to TTC in 3 months and I always wonder what does Prozac (Fluoxetine) do to hormones. I heard it raises prolactin but am unsure as to how that would affect a sway.
I would not take it during pregnancy, but then again I only take it because of my PMS and would not need it while pregnant.

Does anyone know if Prozac sways and what?

[atomic sagebrush]

All antidepressants sway pink.

I'm so sorry to hear about your brother.

[aidansmum]

Thanks Atomic.

At least I've been having something I didn't even known to sway pink! Hope it does exactly that for me.