This is part two of a series on women’s mental health. The first video was on postpartum depression, what it looks like and how it harms your baby. This video is on how we treat postpartum depression. This would be depression that occurs within 4-6 weeks of giving birth. I discuss treatment after you have given birth even if your depression started before you gave birth. Treatment while you are pregnant is a different topic that I will cover later.
This video is about how we treat postpartum depression. there’s a new medication that was recently approved probably suicidal or so dysfunctional that you’re not eating and sudden loss of consciousness during the infusion. can you take these medications while you’re breastfeeding? because there are factors that can make it a bad idea another example would be if your child
Was born premature. and getting a medication through breast milk may be harmful. this is fat and these are the glands that make the milk. the milk duct has plenty of room for the drug particles drugs with a longer half-life can accumulate in the baby. and they found the preferred medications for breast feeding you and your doctor have to review your medication options.
Is that you should use drugs with a short half-life. and these would include medications like paroxetine, you can experience withdrawal symptoms if you miss doses. you do not want to take lithium if you’re breastfeeding. then gradually drops off as the medication is broken down. the time it takes for this to happen is called the tmax. you can at least try and avoid
Nursing at that time. if you look up your medication on the drug company’s website and for this purpose you do want to assume the lower number. it’s not a guarantee that your baby’s gonna have problems also researchers have demonstrated negative effects watch the video that i did on postpartum depression
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Postpartum Depression Treatment – The Medication Options By Dr. Tracey Marks
