Is there a link between antidepressants taken by pregnant women and Autism?

I have been seeing these ads that encourage you to call the attorney if you took Zoloft, or similar drugs, and have a child with Autism. I was on antidepressants. Wondering how many more Moms were???

tags: Antidepressents Zoloft

posted 10 months ago by A MyAutismTeam User

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Although not personally, I so have a friend that took zoloft and it had devestating damage to her daughter. 6 holes in her heart and Severe… read more

posted 10 months ago

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Wow! That is so scary.

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I was but not while pregnant. I was given buspar instead.

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This might be off base, so I am sorry a head of time but... There was an article that talked about a link between kids being on the spectrum… read more

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can't say myself, I wasn't taking ANYTHING during my pregnancies and they are still autistic :P

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I took nothing during my first pregnancy and my firstborn was autistic?

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I took Effexior xr the whole time while preg. with my son Bric.I have 5 Children. 4 of the 5 i did not. While with taking with Bric ... Well,… read more

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Thanks to those of you who chimed in to report u took nothing and still had child on the spectrum. You know who we tend to look at ourselves… read more

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Always KathChrisNat... Why do we do that?

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I took Paxil during pregnancy with my son.

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I was on zoloft years before I got pregnant does that count?...lol

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I was on anti-depressants 7 years ago--Effexor and Lexapro. I asked my psychiatrist at the time of it was safe to be on them (I was already on… read more

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This is just anecdotal: my sister in law has taken Prozac with all 4 of her kids and all 4 are ASD. However, I ~never~ took Prozac (or any… read more

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same here

posted 5 months ago

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