Pitocin

I had my son on April 6th 2000. This was my 1st child and was very excited to be having a boy! In the hospital, I was given Pitocin twice. I asked for it once and then asked if I could have some more and the nurse gave me some more of it. I don't remember how far I was dialated by the time they gave me my 2nd dose of pitocin, but I know shortly after it was time to push. I felt all drugged up by the time I had to push. My doctor arrived just in time to push and I remember him asking me to push although I didn't have enough energy or the strengh to push more than prob a few times. He had to use a suction cup on my baby's head to help him come out.  I had to have an epizeoutomy? sorry about the spelling...thats when they cut you down there and then sow you back up between your vagina and anus. When my son was finally born they had to suction out his mouth and nose. I believe they said they had to suction out the excess fluid out of his lungs. Then they poked him so many times on both of his little hands before they finally found his vien to draw blood. They gave him a bath and layed him in my arms. I was so excited to be a new mom. I was waiting for my son to open his eyes and greet me. He was born at 7:37am and did not open his eyes untill around 6 or 7PM!!! I believe the pitocin affected his ability to open his eyes. 3 day later I found out he had Jaundice. I think all this could have been avoided had I not recieved so much pitocin. I wanted to share my story because I think they should look into the pitocin side effects more and not use this drug during labor any longer. Now my son is 10. When he was about 4 to 5 years old he had problems going to the bathroom. He was always constipated. I took him to the doctor and he had a test done for his constipation and bloating. He was always backed up. I don't know if maybe this could have had anything to do with the jaudice. Thankfully my son has surpassed his bowel problems and is healthy. I'm just starting to get a little concerned now because he has started to show symtoms of add or adhd. Can anyone please help with advise?? I don't know if I getting paranoid or if all this could have something to do with the side effects of pitocin. Now one in my family or my husbands has a history or any mental illness, so I am kind of concerned. I will talk to a doctor to see what they have to say. I don't think there is enough research on pitocin yet. I would advise any pregnant woman to choose a different method. One last thing I forgot to mention is after I gave birth to my son while still in the hospital bed, I had to get up to use the bathroom and my left leg was completely asleep. I had to get help from the nurses to carry me to the toilet. It was numb for  a while and went away before I was released from the hospital. I did use a wheel chair because I was very week.

the doctors forgot to take it out of the iv and well three days after delevering the baby had psyco symptoms dont know for sure if it had somthing to do with my thyroid but I didn't sleep for 10 days and had severe sweating hormones were all out of wack now I still cant be myself fifteen months later.. this stuff is horrible it speeds up the labor but its got bad side effects. I think it was just to much for my body to handle it was the second time I used it the first time I had a little bit of the symptoms but nothing compared to what I just said. *DONT_KNOW*