Was finally happy again

[stressedndepressed]

A while ago I was off my meds and felt terrible, started taking my zoloft again with l-methylfolate since my psychiatrist suggested it and felt great. . well now I’m pregnant and my gyno said not to take the l methylfolate - my depression is coming back, not as hard as it was without the zoloft but holy crap, is this rough. All the hormones on top of my depression i don’t know how much longer I can handle this on top of the nausea all day everyday. Had I known this would’ve happened I never would have been so careless and let myself get pregnant. Didn’t experience depression with my previous two kids so my pregnancies were great. But this one is taking it’s toll on me and it sucks because it’s with a man I love and who loves me back and takes care of me and my kids, but with the depression I’m feeling so sad and disconnected from him and it sucks.

[Marysblue]

Has the Zoloft had time to take effect? I can't believe they took you off L methylfolate, the natural antidepressant thats a form of folic acid that is crucial for pregnant women. Maybe it's already in prenatal vitamins but

you have to take a specific kind of it to treat depression.

I take lmethyfolate.

I hope you feel better soon. This depression won't last.

Walking or exercise for 20 minutes a day is a natural antidepressant it's been found to work as good as a lot of antidepressants. Keeping a

Gratitude Journal each day has been shown to work.

And you'll have some good support on here. Take care.

[stressedndepressed in reply to Marysblue]

Yes I’ve been back on the zoloft since summer so it’s been very effective alongside the l-methylfolate, without that it’s just not doing it for me. I’m in the middle of switching gynecologists but my insurance doesn’t take effect for the switch until the 1st, so I still have a little bit before I can ask this new one if I can start taking it again because the current didn’t even know what it was. Just defeating cause it’ll take 2 weeks for the l-methylfolate to kick in so that’s about 3 weeks of me still feeling like this and that’s assuming this one will let me go back on it.

[Marysblue in reply to stressedndepressed]

I'm not surprised ,most doctors don't know anything about supplements. I would research it online through reputable medical institutions and find out what they say about it.

Then maybe you could call or ask to email your doctor and present that info. We

have to be our own Advocate sometimes.

They kept you on a pharmaceutical and took you off the natural one thru ignorance it seems.

That doctor should have educated himself.

Was the methylfolate prescribed , could you call whoever prescribed the methylfolate and get their go ahead?

[stressedndepressed in reply to Marysblue]

It was recommended by my psychiatrist but they dropped me because I flaked too many times for no reason, I couldn’t even tell you why I’d sit there and watch them call and ignore it. I’ve already searched too much and ended up reading long term effects of taking it can cause cancer and that made my anxiety peek through cause my health anxiety and fear of cancer is what brought on my depression now my depression comes and goes on it’s own so I’ve been trying to stay off the internet, I’d much rather take l methylfolate and a regular vitamin instead of prenatals because I’m pretty sure my prenatals are what’s making me nauseous 24/7 I just hate the ignorance of doctors everything’s about them making money rather than sending us off to buy something on our own for our benefit

[cbgrace1980 in reply to stressedndepressed]

Please make sure that you let your doctor know exactly how you are feeling. There may be another med they can give you to help you feel better. Congratulations on the pregnancy! I'm happy that you have a caring boyfriend as well. Thank you for sharing your struggle with us.

[Bba6 in reply to Marysblue]

How do you know which version of that vitamin to take?

[Marysblue in reply to Bba6]

Do goggle search..there s one that crosses the blood-brain barrier. And works for the gene mutation in some people that causes depression from folate deficiency.

I'm currently taking l-methylfolate 5-MTHF 15 mg by Trouetra health I get from Amazon.

There is a prescription one you get from a psychiatrist or doctor. And I believe it's much stronger.

[Bba6 in reply to Marysblue]

Thank you very much. I’m willing to try anything that might help with helping me be happy. A person shouldn’t wake up hopeless or afraid within minutes!!

[stressedndepressed in reply to Bba6]

I was taking this one, hope it works for you it was doing wonders for me with my zoloft

[Marysblue in reply to stressedndepressed]

Same brand I take. Guess youre no better. Did you consider staying on it anyway til new Dr could see you? Stress hormones arent good for baby. Maybe call old Dr and make him I'm look into it and tell him how bad you feel.

[stressedndepressed in reply to Marysblue]

I’ve considered taking a different brand in the meantime because the b12 is so high in this one and I read negative things for baby, so I’ve looked into brands without the added b12. Haven’t bought any yet though, I did however switch prenatals to smarty pants brand because the folic acid in there is in the form of l methylfolate but only 600mcg which is nothing compared to what I was taking. I’m trying to just tough it out until Feb 1 which is the appt with new dr only 6 days away. But I feel terrible I feel so guilty toward my boyfriend for feeling nauseated the way I do it’s hard to even look at him without crying

[Marysblue in reply to stressedndepressed]

Please don't feel guilty on top of everything else. You're doing the best you can. That was wise that you switched to that prenatal with l-methylfolate. That can help. I was taking 1000 mg for a long while and it was helping. Try to practice self-compassion.Maybe find a few good meditation audio, vid that focus on self-compassion.

This group is always here if you need help, reach out that's what it's for.

[stressedndepressed in reply to Marysblue]

If it was 600mg that might be ok but it’s micrograms so I’m getting like 144000 less micrograms than I was so we’ll see how much it even works for me but I appreciate the kind words, thank you!

[stressedndepressed in reply to Marysblue]

Because with not being able to feel my emotions toward him and only feeling nauseous from the pregnancy it’s giving the illusion I’m disgusted by him it’s horrible

[Marysblue]

I wrote a reply but it disappeared . Try exercise for 20 minutes a day if you haven't already and fight the negative thoughts. Remind yourself what you have to be grateful for constantly. Don't let your thoughts lie to you and tell you this will never get better, it will. I also quit gluten because it was making me really depressed the second morning after I ate it.

When you see this new doctor you can insist he read up on lmethyfolate and gets back to you.

Here if I can help.