medication and pregnancy
im a 23 year old first time mom and im looking for a bit of advice/reassurance since this is all totally new for me! I’ve been on prescribed adderall for adhd since I was 18 (5 years or so) and when I say it changed my life that’s an understatement. I spent the first 18 years of my life believing I was born defective or with something missing that everyone around me seemed to have already figured out. Like all my peers got this life handbook and they forgot to send it to me. I obviously struggled in school with restlessness, inattention, boredom, defiance, etc. and made a lot of really poor choices early on in my life regarding drugs and alcohol due to low impulse control. The biggest thing I’ve struggled with is emotional regulation throughout my life. I’m emotionally intelligent and aware, but I’ve never had the ability to call on my skills in the moment when I’m unmedicated and due to that, my personal relationships struggled severely until I was diagnosed. All this to say, being unmediated is a massive hinderance in my daily life. I found out I was pregnant about 5 days ago, and made an appointment with my psychiatrist to talk about meds. Her stance was that she’s willing to prescribe me them under the approval of an OB, but not without (seems pretty common and reasonable). I’m worried that 1. My OB won’t sign off on it or be educated on the subject and 2. That im doing something wrong by remaining medicated. Any and all advice, anecdotes or anything at all is so appreciated ❤️