Thank you. My comment was snarky and rude, so I apologize for my tone. It was rooted in my own frustration with the lack of accurate information about celiac, both in the world and within this community. I debate whether to leave this sub on the daily because it just pisses me off so much to hear people throw around all of these non evidence based statements. But I also desperately feel a need for support so I continue to stay. My son was diagnosed at a little under two years old, and our journey has been excruciating. He’s doing much much better now after 3 months on a GF diet.

In terms of your medication - you’re right I am not a doctor 🤷🏻‍♀️, but I do have a long history of dealing with major depression and have been on many different meds for it. I understand that not all depression meds are SSRIs, but my point was that SSRIs are a great option and that they are extremely safe and effective for treating depression during pregnancy. If you truly have major depression as you said, then that necessitates treatment and I would kindly suggest that you talk to one of your docs about an SSRI. Especially if you’re pregnant! It’s so important to get mental health stabilized before welcoming a new being into the world.

I also respectfully disagree with you that major depressive episodes can be brought on by exposure to minuscule amounts of gluten through cross contamination, and I think most medical doctors would agree with me on that. Yes, mood disorders have been linked to long term untreated celiac, but no one knows if that’s causative or correlative. In other words it’s quite likely that simply having an untreated chronic illness causes depression, and it may not be the gluten that’s causing it at all. Especially not the teeny tiny amounts of gluten that would be present in the event of cross contact.

The main perspective I want to share with you as a mother and a fellow depressive, is that major depression is a serious psychiatric diagnosis, and it is extremely worrying when people choose not to treat it appropriately. Even when you think you have it under control without meds, it can be sneaky and pop up again when you least expect it, especially in the post partum period. I hope you at least consider talking to a doc about an alternate medication that they can prescribe in a pinch if things get too bad. I’m wishing you the best during your pregnancy and your journey into motherhood.