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extreme anxiety and pregnant.help!

I had been on citalopram which work great 4my anxiety and deppresion.im nw pregnant.1st i got told to stop cold turkey with the citalopram which i did but i start getting extreme anxiety after afew weeks.and dr put me on prozac which is ment to be less risky during pregnancy.ive been on it 4 2weeks now.ive seen no improvement and im scared it will harm baby.i have constant physical anxiety all day my heart races and my chest has this horrible feeling of dread.help! What can i do to ease this?
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I went through that with my pregnancy, I was told to stop xanax cold turkey (which we now know is dangerous) and the anxiety was awful. I was on zoloft but the anxiety was still very bad. It does get better! By my second trimester I was feeling a lot better. Therapy helped a LOT, I didn't use xanax again for over a year after my daughter was born. That was also when I quit using caffeine which helped a lot too, I realized it was causing some of my panic attacks. If you're worried about your meds and baby, talk to your OB about it. Some antidepressants take up to 4-6 weeks to take effect, so give it time to work. Feel free to write me if you wanna talk. Congrats on your pregnancy!
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