interested to hear from anyone who took Citalopram if they were under 25. Preferably for failed relationship or work related. What were symptoms and how long did they last?
Ive had the worst day of anxiety so far. from Fearing my ex being with someone else to me never meeting anyone else. It's horrible. Just went to cinema and was ok, but now I'm home I'm back to feeling rubbish, not to mention wide awake
Hey Joe,
I started on citalopram at 18 years old after an abusive relationship. I found out my boyfriend at the time was cheating on me and making me out to be some paranoid girlfriend. After he treated me so badly I thought i would never have motivation ti go to college. I dropped out for a month but the docs gave me citalopram at 10mg and i knew it was the best thing to help me at the time. I felt so happy one minute and the next really anxious and sad. Often mood swings and feeling off my food and so forth. But i stuck st it and after a month and a half I started to feel more up lifted. I went back to how i remembered myself before all the drama in my life. I was happy, content and the happiest i had been in a long time after i settled on the tablets.
Also yeah, the sleeping pattern is totoally non existet on them for me at least. I was up till 6am with weird dreams. Often waking up in a panic or heart racing but i would tell myself it was a nightmare and sleep it off. I didnt sleep till 6am till i was exhausted for about 6 weeks if not longer. But it flipped back to normal eventually, and when it did i slept better. I found i felt hot a lot, waking in a hot sweat at times which i later realised was the tablets effect on my body. I eventually came of citalopram but when i was on them i too had constant paranoid thoughts, worries, racing thoughts not to mention feeling suicidal. But i texted people, told people how i felt through it and it really helped
Sorry for the long widned response. But hope this helps you! And here if you need to chat 😁
K
Hi Kerry, thanks for your reply!
i have started to notice a little bit of a change in my moods, whether that is linked to the Citalopram or just me naturally getting over the break up I'm not sure, but I do still suffer first thing in the morning (anxiety/thinking about her)
im about 10 days into the cit and I do feel calmer. By no means out of the woods yet. Still wake up in the night and have vivid dreams. The jealously still eats away at me, and the thought of being rejected doesn't sit well.
I have managed to get myself back to the gym and into a routine. I am developing a hobby which distracts me from my issues. Before, I would just mope about at home or work late, but lately I've had a reason to leave work at a good time to get down the gym.
There will be bumpy patches ahead but every day I seem to make progress.
Hi Joe,
Its good to hear you hsve something to take your mind off it all! Definitley better then sitting and dwelling for sure.
It will take some time but you sound like you have a mini plan in place to help you through it. It does take some time like you said, Im half wondering if i should go back on anxiety meds since i suffer badly with panic attacks... we will see
Hope you start to feel much better sooner then later 😊