Hello everyone
I'm 5 weeks into 20mg of cit, I still really suffering with the horrible side effects :-( the last couple of days I've been shaky and quite depressed. My appetite is still rubbish and the nausea is really getting me down.
I need to know I'm going to get through this guys! Is it early days still or should I be worried it's not working for me.
Liz xx
Hi Liz,
I've been on citalipram for 1 year now and when
I first was prescribed this I had severe stomach bloating and pain
I think it works differently for everyone.
Oh no Elizabeth 😞
you were one of my helpful supporters when I posted and gave me reassurance!
I was hoping to be able to follow your progress and get hope?!
so sorry to hear your still feeling bleurgh!!
I hope it's the last bit now and things start to become easier for you 😳
I am only on day 15 ......5 days 10 mg and 10 20 mg and the nausea is still bad....AND the shaking.....horrid!!
i hope someone can give us both hope that it doesn't just go on and on....it really is very wearying!!
sending you big hugs and wishing better days for you very soon
Pamela xxxx
When did your side effects go?? I had just about everything lol! Just when one goes something else comes, the nausea however really is a drag, I was prescribed cyclizine to help and it does but can make me drowsy. I've had to have one today though.
When I get days like this I tend to beat myself up that I'm not 'on top of things' I suppose I have to remember that mental health takes a while to heal.
Has the citalopram worked for you?
Liz xx
After 11 weeks on it and till having bad side effects my doc has decided move. Me. To venlefaxine. I had such high hopes for cit, but the negative side effects I have been having outweighed the good it did. Everyone is different on these pills. What I would say is try go for 8 weeks before considering other options
So I've taken something for the nausea has passed I've also managed to eat something too. I've lost 1 stone 8 pounds (silver lining)
Anyways I've decided to man up and go out for the afternoon with my Daughter and sister. This is MY life and I want to live it!!! I'm sick of my anxiety lying to me telling me I can't do stuff.
Thanks for the kind words
Liz xx
Good on'yer girl!
Hope I have enough courage to stay as strong as you....respect!!!
keep us updated please....I'm relying (selfishly) on you being one that gives me hope and keeps me going!
Elizabeth 1 CIT 0 !!!! 😜👍
xxxx
GOOD FOR YOU! Going out is good! Remember it's only a chemical imbalance which is affecting how your mind works. It takes time to rebalance and if you can overcome the nausea, which sounds your worst problem and horrible it certainly is to feel sick constantly, then try and allow the medication time to do its job. 1 stone 8 pounds = 10 Kilos in real money perhaps they ought to remarket this stuff in a different way!!!! I'd chop off my right leg to lose 10 Kilos!!
I reckon reasoning51 is right if you still feel poorly after 8 weeks then return to the professionals. I hope it has kicked in by then.
Well.....I took your lead and my son has just brought me back from a spin in the countryside in his TT....so now think my nausea may be due to another cause 😜 tee hee!!
Both my fabulous sons are being super supportive and trying to gee me on 😍
Trouble is.....at the mo I cry when they come...then...I cry when they leave!
Such a wuss!
Generally feeling rubbish today.....sigh! How many more weeks??!! Arggghhhhh!!!
Hope you've enjoyed your afternoon xxx
Hi that never help me soon as I was put on sertreline with in 4 weeks I started to feel human again. There's lots off different med s
Thanks Pam!
I ended up having a really nice day! As soon as I got going and told myself I CAN do this!!
When I look at the big picture I'm loads better than I was before taking cit and indeed last week! It's just the nausea really takes it out of me which is horrible on a morning! I know these meds are working for me it's just when my anxiety takes hold it can be hard to see through the fog.
Hay well done on going out for a spin!! TT..... Nice :-)
Hope you are well
Liz xx
Glad your afternoon went well 😊
As for mine and the ride out .....yes the TT is nice...but he does turn into somewhat of a Jason Button when he gets behind the wheel !😜.....so it's not quite as relaxing as it perhaps could be...ha!
He's a bit of a car nut ......loved them from being able to walk and talk so it was always tied on that in adulthood he would end up with something fast and flash...bless him! Why not?!
i am like you with the nausea....I wake up around 5 ish and immediately feel queasy and shaky...it's rotten isn't it...yuk!
By late afternoon I seem to be better....but then it all starts again the morning after....😳
i just want to 👊 it ......so fed up!
want to wake up like I used to do ....sleepy but relaxed!!
We WILL......we have to believe that or we are on a road to nowhere!
Heres to a good night for both of us ......and nausea's free days to come 🙏
God Bless xxxxx
Jason Button????
*****Jenson****** ....ha ......Cit brain!!! X
Morning Pam
How's you today?
I'm glad to report I'm having - so far a better morning. I managed to sleep in till 9, from 11pm and woke to much less nausea. Don't get me wrong I didn't spring out of bed singing lol but better, more relaxed I suppose. I forced myself some cereal down even eating it outside to distract myself.
How are you getting on? Have you asked your dr for something for the nausea? I've got some cyclizine. Do you take your tabs morning or evening? Also, have you asked about some therapy? I started CBT last week, I'm having to pay for it but it's really useful. Sorry about all the questions!
Keep smiling :-)
Liz xx
Hiya
so glad to hear you're brighter this morning....good news!👍
me.....still bleurgh I'm afraid....woke at 5 which seems to be the norm at the mo and took myself off to the settee with a brew and then dozed till around 8 till hubby got up and then back to bed!
Just feel absolutely horrid in a morning....so nausea's and I shake like crazy all over usually followed by a bout of crying!😔
My poor lovely husband ......I feel like I've deserted him right now and he is so patient and loving...it's so unfair!
i am currently sat on the bed having just forced my morning breakfast of porridge,banana,and a fruseli bar down....I make myself eat it!!
oh dear...it's all woah is me right now...hate being like this...I'm usually the exact opposite!!
going on to see my darling Grandaughter who is 31/2 sometime today...haven't seen her for a while.....don't like the thought of her seeing Nana crying....don't like any of my family seeing me like this even though I know they understand and are so very supportive......they shouldn't have to see me in this state 😣
i have for the very first time in my life just started seeing a therapist....only had one session so far but felt it was productive.......except for the cost £50 a time...ouch!!
going to the Docs next week so will mention the nausea and see if he can give me something....have just got some over the counter things at mo which seem to help a little.just wish I could stop this flipping shaking.....it's so scary!
nice to hear from you Elizabeth and thanks for caring xxxx
Yep the Therapist I'm seeing is £40 an hour! I'm in the wrong job! I'm a self employed social worker so in my job I'm busy trying to solve everyone's else problems, whilst mine get neglected! I've taken this as a massive wake up call that my mental health is so important. I'm a single Mum too and I'm always juggling something. I've managed to go to work every single day though, granted looking like death but I got there!!
I've just bought some wrist bands from eBay that help with nausea by using a acupuncture point on the inside of your wrist, worth a try!
I hope you have a lovely time with your grand daughter, in my experience Nannas are always amazing be it in tears or not! My Nan is an epic women although we've lost some of her to Alzhiemers :-( She still cheers me up though. Keep going Pam, you'll get there.
Remember the climb up the mountain looks huge at the moment, but the view from the top will be bloody awesome!!
My dad was a social worker so I understand just how demanding the role is!
I worked as an NNEB for 30 years but gave up around 5 years ago now....miss the camaraderie but not the work...not enough stamina now!
i lost my mum 2 1/2 years ago now...she too had Alzheimer's ....it's so sad to see them change into someone you barely recognise right in front of your eyes...broke my heart 😢
i suppose all of this we are going through at the mo is a result of years of coping with the slings and arrows we have thrown at us in life.....some people they bounce off others like us get pierced with a few which wound and scar!
This nana will keep climbing Elizabeth and when I get to the top of that mountain I will whoop with joy!
Wishing you a peaceful Sunday my Cit friend xxx
Hi Liz, I have been on Citalopram for. 5 weeks now , and suffering the same things as you. ! The sickness is horrible isn't it? Worse in the morning, better by evening!
Like you I have lost about the same weight, which I wanted to, but in a more pleasant way!!
If the doctors tried some of their prescriptions , they wouldn't dish them out so easily !!
Best of luck in feeling better soon!
Paula.
I took this for 10 weeks, 6 on 10mg and 4 on 20mg, the side effects werent clearing at all, and having suffered the same on another SSRI the doc suggested that my body wasnt going to take to them and put me on to an SNRI instead
Hi Paula
Yeah the nausea is a real pain and makes me feel rubbish most mornings. Have you got anything for it? My dr prescribed me cyclizine it does the trick, I only take it when really bad.
Have you any other side effects left? I get days when I still quite anxious and a low mood.
Liz xx