Seeking and Finding Reliable Information – Zoe

 

Zoe feels that all women should have adequate information about their mental health for the well-being of themselves and the baby.

Written testimony

It’s so great. I mean, all these positive answers, I’m not saying that you know, sure something could have gone wrong. I don’t know what the stats are precisely but, you know, but the main thing is that I was given a choice, I was able to make an informed decision about this. I think that’s the key idea here that, but what about other women who are not falling on this doctor at McGill who then referred them to a pharmacologist, who then referred them to … I mean but since then it’s fairly new. Like Dr. [name]’s post, her position is new. When I was telling my family doctor, or other doctors, or even psychiatrists, or psychologists about, there is such a thing called reproductive psychiatrist like Dr. [name]. It’s all new to them.

So I think this is a fairly new field maybe and this information should be easily accessible. It shouldn’t be contingent on who you fall on. A woman should have a right to have access to accurate information that pertains to her mental health, her wellbeing and by extension her child’s wellbeing.

I was in a position where it was either/or. Like either I’m going to be well and my child might not be well, or I’m not going to be well and my child will be well, but maybe not because I’m not well. These are big, like heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy weight to carry. I was telling myself, like how could I live with myself knowing that I have to take Paxil, mommy you have to take Paxil to keep it together but you have a heart condition that’s going to stick with you for the rest of your life. Congratulations.

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