Does anyone know the safest anxiety medication to take during pregnancy?

I have been on my medication for 4 years now. I tried to get off of them because my husband and I want a baby. I realized how important for my function it was to be on the medication. I am on Effexor now on the lowest dose and take it every other day. I am not too happy with the research that has been done. Does anyone have a better idea? Please help me!

I am/was on Lexapro for anxiety, and just weaned my self off of it, this past week b/c my husband and I are TTC. I was on 10mg, then went down to 5mg for a week then took my self off of it. I did a lot of research and talked to my doctor. And from what the doc told me the benefits would have to outweigh the risks in order to stay on it. Meaning, if you have severe anxiety disorder and you can’t function day to day without it, then you should stay on a small dosage while you are TTC and pregnant. However there are risks. Although there hasn’t been much research on the effects of mediaction and pregnancy, since most women aren’t willing to experiement. Studies show that women who were on medication, the baby did have some respriatory issue at birth. If you can I would slowly wean yourself off of it. You will notice side effects from weaning, tiredness and slight dizziness but if you really want to be healthy and have a healthy baby and no risks, it’s best to wean off of it and then stop.

The person who said there are no risks of taking Lexapro and Wellbutrin while prego is totally wrong!!!!!! That is not true. It is a category C medication meaning no tests have been run on this drug with pregnant women!!!!

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