Citalopram : 20 mg pendant 8 semaines puis 30 mg pendant 2 semaines - je me sens beaucoup plus mal !

Traitement et médication
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Ah true ..... my son has nicknames for me too biggrin

Thanks - you have a good weekend too.  Bloomin freezing here!!!

K xx

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Hi Katecogs, not sure if the forum is still active but if so would you be so kind to message me the link to the book people have been talking about here?  I am new to this. Have been put on Celexa 20 mg 2 weeks ago, had a couple of good days but had a major set back yesterday with increased anxiety, depression etc. I am so down right now, trying hard to get back on track but it's just so difficult and so worried that the medication is not going to work. 

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Hi Leonie

Yes I'll message you xx.

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Thanks, much appreciated. It's so difficult to keep hope and a positive attitude when in the middle of this. Trying so hard to get back on track for myself and my family and feel so discouraged right now. 

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It is a very difficult thing to go through, but you can do this.  When you're in the middle of it all it seems a never ending bottomless pit of despair, but the meds will be working in the background and will really help you - though you won't really see progress for a while yet.

I've sent you a book link and the website link too, with another weblink.  Read the Anxiety website as it'll explain about taking the fight out of it - trying too hard to get better just causes tension and frustration, so you need to do the opposite and give up the fight and let it happen.  The site explains more.  I trust the sites words 100% (and the book).

You will get better.

K x

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Hi katecogs.....I'm new to all this forum stuff but I find your posts really interesting to read, you seem to know more about this illness than the doctors do...haha. I have been on citalopram for just over 3 weeks and suffering really bad, today has been a day from hell as soon as I wake up. I was wondering if you could message me this book or link everyone is talking about please? 

Thanks x

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Hi Brye

Yes sure - I'll message you to wink

You know, that feeling of gloom as soon as you wake is quite normal (at the moment) though know how hard it is.  For me, even as I went through recovery I'd still wake with that gloomy dreaded feeling, but by the evening I started feeling well ..... only to wake again the next day with that dread.  This happened every day throughout recovery but my days got better.  So that feeling isn't always an indication of how the day will turn out ...... though I know at the moment its early days for you on meds.

It gets easier.

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Haha - forgot to say, I think because I had it for so long and also read lots of books on the subject.  Its very hard to understand exactly what it feels like unless you've had it, so I suppose its hard even for doctors too.  My doctor was fabulous and really helped ..... yet I've seen others who weren't so good on this subject.

K x

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Hi Brye, Hang in there and I will try to do the same. I have just started my Third week on citalopram and after experiencing a good day on Sunday I plummeted back yesterday and last night. It was absolutely horrible. I just went to the store and bought the books and hopefully that will help as well, I now seem to be doing a little bit better.  Hope you're feeling a little better as well. 

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Hi Leonie

Having a good day followed by being back in it all is completely normal and seems how the meds work.  Its all part of recovery.  You'll have many times like this - sometimes a few hours feeling good or days, weeks followed by days or weeks feeling bad again.  When those bad times comes just don't fight it - let it be, relax towards it, know its part of recovery and it will pass.

During the good days you'll feel hopeful and during the bad days you'll feel like you're back at the beginning.  You're not.  It also doesn't matter what dose you take you'll still go through the same process.  

It gets easier ..... just let recovery happen as you can't hurry it.

K x

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Hi,

I’m new to Citalopram day 15. I would love to know what book this is, would it be possible to send it in a private message please. I’m literally willing to try anything to overcome this.

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Hi Nicky

Will do - I'll private message you too.

K wink

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Send it to me too please! 

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Will do wink

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Had to reread this message today to feel a little bit more encouraged and to accept it's all part of recovery. Had a few really bad days, I feel I am back at square one. 6 days ago I was switched to the brand Celexa instead of generic (every pharmacy here has a different generic). My doctor prefers to have consistency since I am sensitive to medications. Since switching from generic to brand starting 6 days ago it feels I have all the side effects again I had when I started weeks ago, increased anxiety, thoughts that go around in loops etc. I know it will pass and I have to relax towards it but it feels so discouraging at times. 

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I've read from a few people on this site that they've felt a huge difference when they've taken a generic meds compared to the branded one, and have read that though the inactive ingredient can differ (that being the shell of the meds), the active ingredient is the same.  That could mean some are more sensitive to something in the difference of the meds though.

It is hard to accept feeling like this and all the backwards and forwards - its very tiring.  Yes meds increase and changes can cause the side effects again which are increased anxiety - and of course, with anxiety comes those looped thoughts all of which are just a side effect of anxiety.  It will go - really it will, even though you can't feel it or even imagine it.  Once back in the anxiety all positive thoughts go out the window ........ but once the anxiety starts to ease you'll see those thoughts will ease too.  So don't try and get rid of the thoughts, they're just a side effect.  Its like trying to curb a runny nose when you've got a cold - you know its a side effect of the cold and know it'll go once the cold goes away.

I used to just hang onto that thought 'it will pass, the thoughts are a side effect and will go once the anxiety goes'.  I didn't feel it, but I said it to myself anyway.

And yes, it did all go away in time.

 

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If you have a chance I'd love to know which book has been so helpful to people on here. On week 8 and doing well for now, but could always use some motivation.

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Hi Leticia

I'll have to private message you with the details as any reference to books / websites will get deleted by the moderators here wink

K x

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Katecogs,

J'aime votre inspiration, c'est super utile. C'est la troisième fois que je traite un problème d'anxiété et que je prends du citalopram. Je me demandais si vous pourriez me fournir le lien vers le livre.

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Hi katecogs, I love your posts. Could you please private message me the book you've been talking about?  Thank you!