Does anyone have any experience of taking antidepressants in pregnancy, Citalopram in particular?
In reproductive animal studies, citalopram has been shown to have adverse effects on embryo/fetal and postnatal development. Decreased embryo/fetal growth and survival and an increased incidence of fetal abnormalities (including cardiovascular and skeletal defects) have also been observed. BREAST FEEDING: Citalopram is excreted into breast milk. NEONATAL SIDE EFFECTS: Neonatal withdrawal syndrome may occur after third trimester in utero SSRI exposure. Irritability, constant crying, shivering, increased tonus, eating ,sleeping difficulties, and convulsions have been reported . “Uneasy sleep” has been reported in the breast fed infant of mothers taking 40 mg/day of citalopram. The usual dose of citalopram is 20 to 40 mg/day.
