I wanted to write this to everyone here suffering with anxiety, and panic attacks whom are on the road to feeling better taking Citalopram.
I personally have been taking 20mg of Citalopram for almost 2 1/2 months and things are starting to clear up for me and I’ve been feeling better and better as days go by. I keep reading through the forums here and seeing how others suffer from this, and wanted to write what else you can do while taking the medication that should help on you’re way to feeling better, some things that you can do to help with future issues that I have found.
The fear that we are feeling most of the time is all based on the anxiety and the medication does help to get you to feel better and function, but when we start to feel that again it sometimes it sends us spiraling back down that rabbit hole, and while the medication does help to get you to a point to where you’re able to live a more normal life, I would suggest taking that time to work on why you’re having it, why you’re so afraid of it so that future occurrences are less and less and that we can deal with them as they come. I myself have had anxiety, panic attacks, and all that other stuff that comes along with it severely since I can remember all at different times and different severities so I am all too familiar with how scary it is. For the past 25 years I’ve only taken medication for it and it has helped don’t get me wrong but I still was scared any time I felt anxiety coming on or had any type of trauma to deal with. And, I did what most do and that was come off the A/D when I was feeling better, only to be put back on them down the road because I never learned to deal with the anxiety that scared me so much. But this time I had enough, I didn’t want to be so afraid of it anymore, I wanted to be able to handle it like it should be and anxiety is a natural response to traumas or things that should scare anyone and we were meant to have it but to a point which mine went way beyond that and ended up causing things like the OCD and depression etc. So, I ended up doing some research on the subject and some very nice people here (katekogs & Gill) referred me to some really great info for me to read and for the first time in 25 years I am finally understanding, and I am practicing what it teaches and I am more able to know what is happening when its happening and not to let it get to those levels and just go about my day. It’s been hard for sure! But each day it’s ‘re-wiring’ how I respond to it and I can finally start feeling it and it feels good. Anyway, I truly hope that everyone that is suffering as I have will also try to look into some of the self help, or therapy if you have a good therapist to really work on the root of the problem as I have been doing.
Sorry for the long post but I felt strongly about writing this because I know all too well how bad it feels, and wish we could all beat this. Thanks for listening.