Life changes

[Ashes]

I havent been around for a while so ill give an update.  Im 31 and I have been diagnosed BP and PTSD.  We have decided to have a baby.  The last year has went well no major episodes and my doc has changed and lowerd my meds so I can get pregnant.  We start trying to inciminate today I am excited and nervious.  I was wondering if anyone on this site has made any major life changes after being diagnosed.  I found out about 6 years ago and my life pretty much stopped.  Now that I feel better and want to go on I am aprehensive. Got any words of advice?

[Ashes]

I forgot to mention that I have a 12 year old son anyone else have some years between children?

[Phyllis]

My kids are 18, 12, 9, and 4.

[Ashes]

Did you have any after being diagnosed BP and if so where you on any meds during pregnancy?

[Phyllis]

I was pregnant with the youngest after I had been diagnosed for a few years. My OB/GYN had me go to a geneticist to check all my meds and my pdoc contacted the state medical college to get findings on the medications I was on during pregnancy. My meds were reduced, I was pretty much put on the min. dosage for everything except for the wellbutrin, that stayed the same. I did well, no episodes during the pregnancy, but I did suffer from post partem  depression (however you spell it).

I was on Wellbutrin, Abilify, Seroquel, and Lamictal. They took me off of any sleep meds and they took me off klonopin because both had a history of causing birth defects.

[Ramji]

My children are 16,20 and 36

[Ramji]

Of course the 36 year old is from my first marriage ....