I have a history of anxiety and depression and now I’m thinking of getting back on some meds. I had waited through my pregnancy because I didn’t want a chance of harming the baby but now I want to get back on them and I’m not sure which one I should try. I was on Prozac 20 mg previous to being pregnant and it was helping my depression but not really my anxiety, and I have been on Zoloft in the past and couldn’t stand it because of the side effects. Now I’m breastfeeding, so I need to find out which anti-anxiety/anti-depressant is the safest to take. I also keep looking up on google what harm do they do on the baby, and all of them say “discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor” but what bothers me is none of them actually tell me the risks. I know the benefits, but what are the risks exactly?

I suffer from severe depression which has made me suicidal before i started taking an antidepressant. My doctor put me on 10mg of Prozac during my 8month of pregnancy, and now that i had my baby and am breastfeeding she told me its not the best choice. I was woundering what is best for baby, taking some other type of med. or giving her formula. I know i cant go off my meds, but im also scared that if i switch meds that the new one wont work as good. I know Prozac works for me, my husband even says im alot better with the little dose than none at all. I feel terrible about the ideal of not breastfeeding, but i also want what is best for me and the baby. Do other drugs have long term effects on breastfed babies? My doc says most of the information out there is on short term effects and that some drugs like Zoloft havnt been studied as much as Prozac.