hi i have been posting on here for a while and have been taking cit for about 8 weeks , my gp wants me to run something along side this med and has suggested pregablin , not sure how great this is for depression but have heard it can help anxiety , but i dont want to rushh on to another med well not this one , has anybody found any other med taken with cit work well ,and does not have to bad side effects , its not the taking of the med that worries me its the withdrawel i fear if it doesnt work
Mirtazapine is another. It can be taken with Fluoxetine, so I expect Citalopram too. Helps with the sleeping too.
K x
Why does your doctor want you to take another medication? Is t it enough for you with the Cit?
have been doing the cit for 8 weeks now and no change anxiety crippling tried nearly all ssri and snri ,so doctor wants to get a grip on the anxiety 12 months of hell no let up ,i think they are running out of options
I tried progablin but a 50mg knocks me out so I couldn't take it in the day and if I take it before bed I get very restless sleep even though I feel sedated. Consultant really rates it though and side effects ment to ease but I came off it as it worried me. I'm hoping to try mirt with the sertraline intake as my anxiety is hell
I'm thinking of asking to try this with my sertraline as my anxiety is awful x
hi rachel , i took 50mg of pregablin last night and i slept slightly better have taken 50mg this morning , felt really tired when i woke this morning now feeling lightheaded and dizzy , lots or racing thoughts going through my head , what ifs , i know its early but i will give it a week or so and if i dont feel any benifits i will stop
My son takes Fluoxetine and Mirtazapine and it helped him through the darkest time. Helped him sleep too. He still takes both and has no problems with them. He's recovered now too :-)
Something else needs doing as I'm anxious and can't cope with little things I'm loosing my mind and I don't know who I am. I try really hard. Went out for tea last night but I get so anxious and dizzy and my mind drifts and I'm just not in the moment at all. So stuck in my scary spinning head STILL . Can't work out if sertraline helps as I'd say it does a bit on and off but I keep getting up to be dragged into a sticking hole that is very heavy to lift out of . If only my mind would forget xx
Iv stopped it I was getting awful thoughts !!! Too scared to carry on iv been through enough. Let me know how u go x
How long has it been now ..... on meds?
Different meds suit different people, different doses too. Usually I'd give your meds a good 3-5 months before deciding if they're suitable for you. Mirtazapine or similar could be beneficial, but do check with your doctor and even discuss changing meds ..... that's after giving the meds a chance to work though.
It took my son 5 months, and he really went through hell. Very heartbreaking to watch. We'd started to consider him changing meds when suddenly he started improving.
I used to wish my mind would forget when I was ill, but as I recovered I noticed I didn't think of it as much, and slowly it got put to the back of my mind and forgotten about. I think about it, but it doesn't bother me anymore.
Recovery will come to you in it's own time. You can't hurry it up, but you can make sure you go about life as calmly as you can, exercise, socialise, eat well, get plenty of sleep, and keep taking your meds.
If months go by, then do go discuss your meds with your doctor.
K x
I'm seen weekly so they must know what their doing but I feel so weird my head feels really fuzzy and heavy my focus is awful I'm away with the fairy's. I get really dizzy when anxious it's like I'm confused and over loaded. I just try and act normal as I can. I get better then drop then they increase then I drop again. I'm on 125mg now the aim is 150 but I tried and it was too hard to carry on. I'm just unsure what's going off. I wouldn't say I'm depressed as such but I'm anxious and god knows why my head won't clear. Maybe it's just a symptom that won't clear 
I've not had experience with Sertraline so not sure what the standard dose is. How long have you taken it for now? This feeling does wear off, but can take weeks. Depends how long you've taken it for.
Most people feel they're getting better, then drop back again, and this keeps happening time and time again. That's just normal and will even out eventually.
It takes a while to find the correct dose, and even the correct meds. Maybe your dose it too high.
All depends on how long you've been taking them for.
4.5 months. I think the feeling is from my anxiety rather then the meds. 50mg is the starting does then up in 50s to a max of 200mg. The most good days if had was at 100mg that lasted 9days but I dropped so p doctor said to increase again , I need to try get on 150 like she wants and if it doesn't settle il say I want to come back down d
You felt good for 9 days - it proves something is working. Recovery does seem to work like that - you'll gets good days, bad days and flat ones. People are often foxed into thinking the meds aren't working, but hanging on that little bit longer often shows results suddenly. Each time you have a dose increase you may feel side effects which are increased anxiety, so it could be that. The medicine needs to build up in your body, and even though you feel rubbish, it's working away in the background. It really does take a long, long time to work, and everyone of us is different.
Yes it could well be the anxiety that's making you feel head, dizzy etc. They are signs of anxiety.
K x
Your so helpful Kate thank you your support means a lot to me ! I'm took the 150mg twice now. Last time a lasted 4 days only when I dropped to 125mg I was a wreck for a week my body really doesn't like meds any meds at all. I need to try ride the 150mg as doctor wants and at least then I know down does is the only way left to go. My head is banging though and I feel drugged up
Yes, it's trial and error getting the dose right to suit you. I've been on 3 different meds over time, 1 of which didn't suit me at all.
Im im sure in time you'll find the correct doseage for you.
Panic attacks are back soon as I increase they hit I just don't know how to stick it out or if I should . Still in bed aching all over and sweating it's gross
When you initially start these meds and often when you have dose increases, your anxiety will be increased. It's something we all go through unfortunately, and you have to stick it out and get through it. There's no magic answer sadly, except be kind to yourself, take each day as it comes, carry on with life as normal as you can, exercise, breathe gently, eat healthily, pamper yourself, try not to lay in bed as it may affect your sleep later, but of course it doesn't hurt to have the occasional lay in. All this whilst waiting for the meds to work.
If you're really having a hard time, then maybe it's time to best talk to your doctor. It's no easy ride on any of these meds - you have to get through all the unpleasantness and out the other side.
Il stick it out longer this time but I can't believe such a tiny increase messes me up so badly. My head is like a pressure ball and my eyes can't focus I feel so sleepy yet can't sleep. It feels like a nightmare I can't woke up from. Seriously fuzzy headed . I'm going to give 2 weeks for the increase to ease and if not I'm coming down and trying a add on. Nurse coming tomorrow. Scared because partners back at work and my son's are away so just me and baby and I just sit in totally fear of nothing I used to be normAl I'm sure I just can't remember what that was like