First of all, Hey to DB and all you other faithful followers--I have been away, no major disasters, just muddling along. You guys have given all the good answers, I just wanted to chime in.
There is a chance that ANYTHING you take during pregnancy MIGHT cause a problem--stop and think. Is a pjharm company going to do testing of any medication on a pregnant woman? No way., Jose. Never has happened, never will--the liability issues are too huge for even those rich, fat cats. So--NOTHING you eat, drink or take has been scientifically tested on a pregnant woman. Period. And we all know that with everybody being so different, different things do amazingly different thing to different people (HUH??) You may read that some things have been "found" to cause problems in Pregnancyu--and these even include herbal remedies. But that is what the researchers call "anectdotal evidence", meaning someone took something, and a bad thing happened. So they publish it, "just in case". The "Cover your ass" business is alive and well.
Now, that being said, please make sure your pdoc and your OB are on speaking terms, regularly. You need an OB who is up to date, and preferably one who has delt with pregers crazy ladies before. I worked with one who gave all the WRONG stuff, according to the research I read,and kept telling him about (being the nag that I am) but refused to stop. (Guess the coke he was doing interferred with his judgement, but thats another story)
You need these people to talk to each other--I can't say that enough. Yes, there is always a chance--probably pretty small--that taking any medication MIGHT cause your baby to have a problem. But he might have problems anyway, even if you lived a pure righteous lifestyle and were sane as a horse. You have to make the decisions, and because the decisions are up to you., you MUST be an "educated consumer" of health care. You must read and read and ask questions till they are so tired of you they run you off. But thats OK, because its YOUR decision, and you take the responsibility for the outcome when you make it. You can say, yes, I want an elective C-section--which is groovy if you know all the pros and cons, and decide its best for you and the young-un. Same with meds, of any kind.
Untreated mental illness is much more dangerous to you and your baby than any med you can take. Period. End of my lecture for the day.
Please, message me or DB or keep asking, we want to help, and so many women here have good and bad experiences to share--and you need to hear them all before making that "Informed consent" thing. But NEVER stop a psych med suddenly and/or without takling to OB and pdoc. EVER--BAD BAD BAD.
Blessings, and keep asking--we're here just for that.
china, retired OB/GYN RN and nosy neighbor