hi all
after the doc messing about with my ads with is venalaxine in the morning and mirt at night i have been feeling really ill so i got to see a specalist nurse this morning and she stopping the 2 ads and putting me on citalpram but in the past i didnt take to seroxat which i know is much the same
will i be ok on this i suffer from anixey and panic attacks
i know alot of you take this drug a nd has it helped u guys in the pass
any input welcome
cheers stefen
As long as you go into this with your eyes open and aware of what might happen it's definitely worth a try. Citalopram seems to have similar side effects to Seroxat but less of the extreme ones. Very few people don't get side effects in the first few weeks and it's possible for your symptoms to actually get worse. But as long as you're aware of this you can persist and focus on the benefits which most people will eventually get in the form of one good day, then two good days and then more good days than bad. Good luck.
thank john i give a go anyway
stefen
Stefen-I have to agree with John729. When I look back on my own behaviour-regardless of what was going on in my life, or my situation-cit helped me-and still is today. In the beginning it is tough-but recently-and you should know that I was bad...my Gp and others dont know because I lay myself down with dramtaic thought in my head-over that, I started to cuddle lampost. In the beginning ( nearly 3 yrs FOR MR ONLY) i can honestly say I was really down-but saying the words to a professional -saying what I thought-didnt seem real. When I look back I know they were more than real-and now Im managing okay. Which is fantastic and I hope too youl get there. You sound inquisitive enough to find away!
To begin with the side effects can make you really forgetful. Your sleep patterns go all over the place. Infact, I can honestly state I took up drinking again after 2 weeks on this stuff because of my dearranged irregular sleep patterns. I started to binge on both alcohol and drugs- so I did myself no favours. None whatsoever! My family have got to apoint where they realise it is an ongoing thing with ME! But it helps that they actually realise it and im not hiding anymore. The fact they know sometimes helps me to speak openly about things. other times I find it overbearing. but even though Im struggling now, believe me, before I was sinking into depsair that only those 6ft under could understand! Stefen -if its not the drug for you, and your so worried about it-dont take it-but what have you to loose.
Im against the pharmacies prescribing and the physicians prescribing a pill that could possibly make you happy-it doesnt make you happy-and it never will-it ONLY takes the edge of day to day living. I was so set against taking this pill, and so set on being me, that when I did take it , it gave me a complex( thats wortnot even writing about-but it is true) I couldnt understand why I couldnt cope and function like everyone else! To this day, I still fell a bit of that-but Stefen-now I am doing an msc ( that i havent got a clue to fund) im even managing to speak to my ex ( who lives in my house) and most of all Im calmer, and ive stopped with the hyperventillating and the cuddling of lamposts. Yes, the side effects were rough. I would say at most the worst of them last 2 weeks, then they subside. the worst is okay -you get a bit dreamy-and you get a bit tired mid day, yawn and dry mouth and sometimes extrem nausea! but the memory the sleeping disorder , the appetite loos they fade eventually. Believe me Im not dating a pharmacist so try it--if in 3 weeks your stil a bit rough-ifd definately go back and tell your GP.
When I started I thought my mum was a goner, and I didnt even think she liked me-now I love my mum with alll I have and thank her for another lesson in life. Im not sure f Ive helped you here, but if your that bad -would you not just try anything( even if it is extreniuties causing the problem-everyone has strain in their life but they dont crack ( like I did) I was mental ( lol) But I was!
give it ago, seee how it goes-it may help you.
Take car and keep everyone posted!
hi badgirl and john
god i though i was going mad yesterday didnt sleep alnight and the next day i had my sister and family over for lunch i am a chef i think it was the worst meal i ever cooked but they didnt seen to worry to much
i was so pleased when they left and i fell asleep for 4 hours then went to bed at 9
feel a bit better today oh just really down
feel like i need to get back to work but after yesterdays meal i know i cant just cant bear the though of being out of work as i know when i get well it would drive me mad being at home all day
feel that no on cares everyone getting on with there lifes and i living with this shit
i know this is the illness oh and not true
did you guys go though this and do tyhings get better
cheers for your help
stefen
Stefen-They will get better. I know its allright for me to say soas I am definately getting better-and sometimes angry for it being such a lengthy time-but I guess its what is me ( if you get me!)
I was like that-in fact couldnt bear to be around my family. I rmeber screaming and I mean screaming at my mum\"dont fffffffffff touvh me!\" My poor mum-she knew somthing was up-but I dont htink she thought shed get that response! Then I felt really really guilty - I guess I still do, but she knew only a little then of whta was going on and she didnt know the full picture to understand what I was thinking. That it wasnt her that I was wanting to hurt, but that I was hurt and Id rather she understood, than cuddle me-at that time that was awful. Now I always cuddle her goodbye and things have improved-though I dont know if she has forgiven me yet :oops: :roll:
Anyway, Ive stil got a yuckie bug-thanks friends :twisted: But okay. been reading on PCT, I quite like the theory but cant find the case where the psychologist takes of the patients shirt-been searching all day as its part of evidence for debate...been sitting here since I dont know 1 pm this afternnon, and found not a jot. I prefer the person centred approach to problems than CBT...There are loads of other therapies theat do not get mentioned, maybe you could find one to suit you.. theres Dbt, EDMR, and loads of others , everybody seems to think people are all the saem oh here have a pill and maybe if your lucky in a couple of years here have a therapy///I mean really shouldnt we be widening peoples ways to fulfill a better quality of life. I fyou look very few people actually mention other therapies, that exist because theyhelp the indiviual...we are not all the same and I just do not buy CbT, not in this climate. Peole are quick to see insecurities and quick to whack you down and some tharapist telling you how to think just puts wind in my spine....I definately think once you find a way to help yourself, its you that takes the credit for it and the credit for sometimes getting out a place that you should never have been in in the first place..I could go on but ill stop with the ranting! Theres a book that you can use to record the way you feel and then to remove negs and try and find your own methods ( not given by some outer hierarchy that ..okay ill shut up) But its called :Think you crazy?' Think again\" Its really for people who sffer with delusions and hallucintaions,,,,well Ive decided my life is one or another of these so I can laugh instead of cry-does that make any sense to anyone? Anyway, I think Ive gone mad! Take care stefen -sometimes i feel like ive drank on this stuff, like I feel a little bit high and want to be funny ( dont know how it appears to otheres though) and someimtes I canforget to take it and I think I am a total banshee...screaming one minute and laughing the next...but at leats the laughter is there-it wasnt before. God sorry you can tell ive beeen on my own all day and reading mince...Okay, hope Ive helped you , take care, and keep your chin up!
thanks badgirl
take care and have a good night x
stefen
Stefan,
Yes, most of us will have been through it and will recognise your feelings all too easily. But hang on to the fact that it's an illness, it has a chemical basis, and it can be helped.
One of the worst things about depression is the lack of ability to be functional on a day to day basis. But it looks as though you can still do it or you wouldn't have been able to cook that meal at all. Hang on to that and try not to let it slip. The citalopram will help in due course but one of the best therapies alongside it is to keep doing things - anything. It's so difficult at first but as you get more used to it and the drug starts helping it will get easier.
Hope things really improve soon and you can get back to work. If you can mange that it will help a lot.
Hi there. I've never taken drugs in my life, and have been taking citalopram for a week now to address the stress of the adduction of my children. I found this place when I was looking for information on what to expect.
It has given me a sore head - a real \"pressure\" headache behind the eyes. Ibuprofen didn't help much. If I do nothing, I'm relatively ok although I feel sleepy and and yawning all the time and had to take a nap this afternoon, which I NEVER do.
But if I try and do anything mentally active, or anything that requires me to focus (like typing this), my head starts to get quite fuzzy. I find it disturbing, although maybe I'm just not used to \"drugs\" feelings of any sort. I don't think I will continue. I'll try running and natural methods instead.
(Citalopram 20mg, 1 a day)
hi richie,
i've been taking cit for a month now and i am going to advise that you stick at it! the headache, nausea and lack of attention span drove me mental for the first couple of weeks but it did get better (for me at least and a lot of people on this site seem to agree that the first couple of weeks suck but it pans out). I still get a little spaced out from time to time and i was an insomniac but now i seem to be settling into a regular pattern of sleep.
The natural methods (improved diet, exercise etc) are all well and good but you seem to be going through some heavy stuff right now -did you say that your children have been abducted? it can be hard to motivate yourself to do these things when your feeling low, so take the pills for a bit to give yourself a little time to come to terms with your situation and sort your head out and then start integrating the natural stuff.
good luck
x
hi john and badgirl
after the most intence feeling of aduation on monday i called my gp and asked to come of it just cant stand it any longer he give me some valim to help calm me down and want me to try and stick it out
so i think my neigbours think i gone mad i went into the garden painted the fences cut the grass and did loads of weeding was out there untill 8 oclock my mind was going 100 miles per hour alday but i did it and the garden look great lol felt today like the deep down feeling of bitter depression was starting to go so may look like we have a result been on it 11 days now so i am hoping it starting to kick in also coming off the ven and mirtiazinpe must be going on as well so hope it all going to be ok at last if not i am going to do a liz macdondled and get some ect and be done with it sorry dont mean that the poor woman been though hell and i think i would die than have that done
hope ur both ok
stefen x
Stefen-thats good! Its good that you can se the light-well done you( that sounds really patreunising-but its a very lonely business! You can probably tell ive been on the comfort juce ( again!)) Im not so low, but I have moments of total despair. My exs mum is dying! I really dont want to talk about it or write about it-Ive done ennough damge..Im really exhausted-but love going to my wee job-its such a break. My first born will be ten tomorrow and its an eyeopener. Anyway, Stefen just rember your not alone, I am sure there are more than many tht want evn have been honest enough to ask for help, that you have, so feel proud! Mind you, im going through a phase of I wish Ihadnt\" ...It will pass , but im so sad, so so lonely but im lucky to have my girls and god id probably dead had in ot had them even if their daddy doesnt like me, it doesnt matter anymore!