Medication and Treatment Approaches – Zoe

 

Zoe had difficulty getting the answers she sought.

Written testimony

So I went to CBT [Cognitive Behaviour Therapy] but in the meantime I was not like getting my answers. I was desperate for answers. I wanted to know, even though I’d had this miscarriage, even though, you know I was going through this depression, I wanted to know, there’s got to be a way for a woman to take some type of medication, if not the medication I’m on, and have a baby. Or if there’s not, tell me, give me the real stats. Give me the information. So I was very fortunate to hear from a friend about a family doctor that she goes to at the university I was at the time, the university has a clinic. So I went to this woman and doors suddenly opened. – This doctor first of all said, “guess what? You can take Paxil [antidepressant] and have a baby.” What? Suddenly the sun came out.

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