Nice bracelet, Scrappy!

I have come to the conclusion that Draconian Dictator is not going to be content until every employee at the school is miserable, a mindless drone or replaced by a teacher he selects that may (or may not) stay more than a year.

The reason for removing the microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers and desk lamps? Budget cuts. This is going to allow the school to save oh so much money. (DH got a laugh out of that one, he works at the power plants in town)

I think I'm going to have to go see my GP about going back on AD's.

I was on Prozac through both my pregnancies, and while nursing. I was at 60mg when I got pregnant with Eve but tapered down to 20mg fairly quickly once I knew. My psychiatrist cleverly prescribed Prozac to me when I told him I was using condoms for birth control, and of course we did not plan to get pregnant when we did. There are virtually no controlled randomized studies of anything done on pregnant women, because it's considered unethical. But since Prozac is the SSRI that's been on the market the longest, it's considered the safest for pregnancy, since any huge problems would have surfaced by now (I think it's been on the market 20 years). I know other SSRIs can be prescribed for pregnant women also; in general the newer the drug the less is known. I think for SSRIs as a class there are some minor risks to the baby (low birth weight is the biggest IIRC) but a study found that untreated depression in pregnant women also tended to have similar risks for the baby (including low birth weight).

For breastfeeding, Prozac is probably not ideal, since it is expressed in breast milk (it stays in the system a long time; a lot of SSRIs have a much shorter halflife in the body.) There are some SSRIs that are more recommended for breastfeeding women, but I can't remember which offhand. But as I said I nursed both my kids for 2 years on Prozac and they seem as normal as any children of mine might reasonably be expected to be.

So is Ativan a now-and-again thing as opposed to a daily thing?

It's been a major change for you! You really are, like, the poster bug for how well it can work.

Heh. Something like that. I'm like in the DBT Graduate Program now. Now if I'd just get my ass into gear and finish that book!

So is Ativan a now-and-again thing as opposed to a daily thing?

It depends. I have it for both.

So is Ativan a now-and-again thing as opposed to a daily thing?

For me, it is. I use it (and I think it's designed to) short-circuit the anxiety loop that the brain gets into. As Nora said, though, it's a matter of identifying the symptoms before they escalate - kind of like have to take pain medication, it's easier to treat the problem before it goes large, you know?

I do know that Ativan is considered highly addictive.

Whenever we discuss the use of ativan or similar with the group home residents for things like dental appointments, I always tell the nurse, "Forget about the residents, lay in a stock of it for the staff!"

I do know that Ativan is considered highly addictive.

My shrink says this is a bunch of hoohah. It is highly addictive in addictive personalities, but for anyone else, it really isn't. I've been on the same daily dosage for 5.5 years, and barely use PRNs anymore.

ETA: Which is not to say that people should take the medication lightly...

I do know that Ativan is considered highly addictive.

That's why my shrinks won't prescribe it to me. I don't think I have an addictive personality, but apparantly, having done *ahem* stuff in the past (even though one has stopped doing, uh, stuff, easily and naturally and with no ill aftereffect) qualifies.

It is highly addictive in addictive personalities, but for anyone else, it really isn't.

I was wondering about that. I certainly haven't felt any ill effects/cravings for it like I did for Percoset (HOMG the withdrawal, even when I was doing the step-down).

Nora, I think your docs are full of shit, by the way. I've thought that before, when they balk on prescribing you stuff.