I hope everyone is doing good today. Iām just finishing my 9th week at 10 mg. I just need to share this with you all. I had a frustrating follow up visit this past Monday with my neurologist. He couldnāt understand that I had so many side effects from this med. I was so disappointed at his statement. Trust me I couldnāt believe the side effects I was having. I Never looked at the list that came with the meds. I figured if I looked at them I would never take them. As it took me 5 weeks of looking at the filled bottle before I started them. It was a bad dream. Now 9 weeks laterIāve been without the panic attacks and many side effects are gone. He suggested for me to drop my meds from 10mg to 5 mg to wean myself off. Again I couldnāt believe what I was hearing. Iām still not at where I want to be. I told him Iām staying at the 10mg especially since Iām going on vacation in 10 days. I want to enjoy myself and not have any more side effects and not be able to enjoy my vacation.Last summer was very hard for me with the headaches, panic attacks and anxiety. He agreed to my terms as I was very forward with him. Another disappointment with him was I told him I found this wonderful support group on line. He looked at me weird and couldnāt understand the forum and how it helped me. So I left there and went for a nice long walk and reflected and I didnāt dwell on it. I thought about the wonderful people Iāve talked with through this forum. People that understand and experienced what Iām going through and how you all helped me through this journey! šš¼šš¼
I also thought about the hellish 2 years I went from Dr to Dr and tests and finally my ophthalmologist set me up with this neurologist. Heās looked at one of the best drās on the northeast. And yes after all this Iām so elated he suggested celexa (citalopram) and I do thank him for it.
Doctors sometimes really do not understand their patients so we need to stay together for support and communicate with each other.
Wow I can't believe a doctor will tell you to wean off so quickly..was there any reason for him wanting you to wean off?9weeks you been on them..wow another cracker jack box license doc...
I totally agree i have 1 doctor in my practice who is a complete idiot .When i was doing really well i asked for advice about tapering off them he said just come off them and bite the bullet.I said to him you cant do thst his reply was whose the doctor here i told him i didnt agree and left x I dont see him anymore but ive had him on telephone call backs he has no compassion what so ever. I have found a really understanding one now he is great very reassurring explains everything . You know whats right and how you feel you are doing good stick with it
There should be another 'side effect' included with these meds on the Patient Information leaflet, that says:
May be accompanied by idiot doctor. If you experience this don't be alarmed and approach with caution. If discomfort and confusion continues its advised to wean off doctor and switch to another one of more professional quality.
and understands. The sad thing is my Dr is booked out over 3 months. And I had to wait 3:15 min to see him with an appointment. But.... how is your nausea?
Thanks for the support. šš¼šš¼We know our own bodies and we do need meds to help us and we also need SUPPORT and EXPERIENCEās to get us through those blips.....šš
Thank you for sharing :-) I'm at the beginning of this ride and it's so hard. Have had problems with different meds in the past and trying really hard to stick with this. Only 15 days into Citalopram 20mg. Yawning and sleepy in the beginning. Which wasn't a bad thing and any sleep I get is good. Within the past day or two I've started having a lot of anxiety and am sleeping very little but very tired. I'm going to ride this out and see how it goes. Just ready to start feeling better. So it's really nice to hear it gets better.
Haven't been on here for a bit as I hit a rough patch last week. I am sorry to hear about your Dr. if you are seeing improvements stick with it otherwise you'll just keep asking yourself what if, if you have any setbacks. I am dealing with my own Dr issues as well, like I said last week got pretty bad for me and my anxiety seemed to morph into full blown depression. My wife was very concerned and I agreed to call my psych and to see my GP. I left a message with the psych receptionist and in the mean time my GP made time to see me on his lunch hour. I have a great relationship with my GP and had a really good conversation about how I felt he seemed to think I was making progress but needed something to help stabilize me and prescribed mirtazaprine(another type of anti depressant??) At the time I was so desperate I agreed and have seen improvement but now I want to sleep 12+ hours and feel out of it for the first half of my day. My psych's receptionist called me back two day later and left a message that the psych would like me to stop taking my citalopram and he would see me at my next appointment(May 31st)!!! I called back and let her know what my GP had prescribed and that I was concerned coming straight off of the CIT. Her response was that is what the Dr recommends but she would let him know. I still haven't heard anything back, almost a week later.