What treatment is available for PPD?

Postpartum depression is often treated with psychotherapy (also called talk therapy or mental health counseling), medication or both.

• Psychotherapy. It may help to talk through your concerns with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health professional.
• Antidepressants.

Do antidepressants help PPD?

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 1 in 9 people after childbirth. Antidepressants and Zulresso — a newly-approved PPD medication — are common treatments for PPD. There are non-medication options that may also be effective.

What is the treatment of choice in initiating pharmacotherapy for PPD?

The authors concluded that antidepressants were efficacious for women with PPD with the most compelling data for serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), particularly, fluoxetine, paroxetine and sertraline.

Is Zoloft good for postpartum anxiety?

For the most part, yes: Zoloft is a safe antidepressant to take while breastfeeding, according to G. Thomas Ruiz, MD, OB-GYN lead at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center. “If you have to medicate someone with postpartum depression or anxiety [who is also nursing], most doctors will go to Zoloft first,” he says.

Can OB GYN prescribe depression meds?

Women are more likely than men to suffer from affective and anxiety disorders,1 and it is the primary care providers, including obstetrician/gynecologists, who write most of the prescriptions for antianxiety and antidepressant medications.

What antidepressants are safe for breastfeeding?

Sertraline, paroxetine, nortriptyline and imipramine are the most evidence-based medications for use during breastfeeding.

What depression medication is safe while breastfeeding?

Berens, Zoloft is the best-studied antidepressant among breastfeeding moms, and it is undetectable in the blood of the breastfeeding infant. Paxil is also undetectable in most cases.

Is Prozac good for postpartum?

Reviewer’s conclusions: Women with postnatal depression can be effectively treated with fluoxetine, which is as effective as a course of cognitive-behavioural counselling in the short-term.

What is the safest antidepressant while breastfeeding?

Does Zoloft impact milk supply?

Potential side effects of Zoloft include: a slight decrease in milk production (however, this is generally correctable with increased feeds or pumping between feeds) fatigue.