So I was on citalopram 40mg for a good ten years. Never had any problems apart from insomnia (on Zopiclone so that helped) and dry mouth, but one side effect that really affected my life was the lack of sex drive
So my doctor put me on Mirtazapine 15mg. All was well, until put on half stone in two weeks. now I'm a gastric bypass patient so having lost half my body weight, I wasn't going to allow myself to increase weight again, so I came off them
then I was put on Reboxetine 4mg twice a day. after one week, I felt like crap. I wasn't sleeping, even on the Zopiclone, and I felt spaced out, giddy, dizzy, just really drowsy and off my face. I ended up having a day off work and being put on different duties when I returned because I couldn't cope. I was also really emotional. they spoke to the manufacturer who advised these symptoms won't go on that dose, so they told me to cut down to one a day and see if the symptoms would ease, thinking maybe it would help my body get used to them better. they haven't, and on Saturday I made the decision to stop taking them altogether. I still feel like crap but I'm sleeping again. the other symptoms haven't eased though. I couldn't see the point in taking something that was making me feel worse than ever, hence why I had no choice but to come off them.
tomorrow I'll be speaking to my doctor and he will give me a prescription for something else. but what? any suggestions I can throw at him? I want something that won't affect my sex drive, but also won't make me put on weight, and won't make me spaced out. All options gratefully received.