\u201cIt got to the point where I was just panicked, and my whole body hurt and ached from the stress. And I just broke down,\u201d she said. She\u2019d taken online quizzes about postpartum depression, but found that particular shoe to be ill-fitting. Without much more to go on, she simply didn\u2019t know what was wrong. When she went to the doctor, however, the answer she sought was at hand: She was suffering from postpartum anxiety. The doctor prescribed her Zoloft, a common SSRI. \u201cIt made all the difference,\u201d she said. \u201cIt allowed me to enjoy motherhood and not be living in a state of panic and fear.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rodkin had always wanted a second child, but she didn\u2019t want to risk the nightmare experience she\u2019d had with her first. Fortunately, her doctor reassured her that staying on Zoloft was safe and that the benefits far outweighed the minor potential risks to the baby. \u201cI think it has been invaluable,\u201d she said. \u201cMy second pregnancy was so smooth, the postpartum was so smooth, the delivery was smooth. Everything was easier, and I think a huge part of that was Zoloft.\u201d Her son is now one year old.<\/p>\n
Postpartum depression and anxiety are common in moms, with about 20 percent of perinatal women suffering from each<\/a>. There is well-documented evidence<\/a> that antidepressants\u2014specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, a newer generation of antidepressants that includes Prozac and Lexapro\u2014are indicated and safe for use in pregnancy and postpartum for people with moderate to severe depression and anxiety. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt got to the point where I was just panicked, and my whole body hurt and ached from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-58750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}