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CAN A CHILD SUFFER CHEMICAL IMBALANCES FROM DRUGS A MOTHER TAKES DURING PREGNANC
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
CAN A CHILD SUFFER CHEMICAL IMBALANCES FROM DRUGS A MOTHER TAKES DURING PREGNANC
by LILVOD, Mar 04, 2003 12:00AM
I AM 30 YEARS OLD AND ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A NORMAL PERSON. RECENTLY I WENT THROUGH ALOT OF STRESS IN MY LIFE AND MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN. MY MOTHER WAS IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT BEFORE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO ME, SHE HAD EXTENSIVE BRAIN INJURY LEAVING HER DISABLED. SHE TOOK DRUGS LIKE, VOLUME, DARVISET AND OTHER PAIN MEDS WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT FOR ME. I NOW AM TAKING CELEXA FOR A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE I HAVE FOUND I HAVE. DID THE MEDS MY MOM TOOK AFFECT ME AND CAUSE THIS IN MY LATER YEARS?
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Mar 04, 2003 12:00AM
, Mar 04, 2003 12:00AM
It is very unlikely that the drugs your mother took created a chemical imbalance in you. Chemical imbalances, the rational for antidepressant medications, can be caused by current stress and being depressed about your current life, with no relationship to the past.
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