So I have only been awake two hours n I feel shocking! Can't stop my foot jigging, feel dizzy sick , my body feels to heavy to move. I can't even talk feel like it's to much of an effort. Only just opened my eyes. Could this be a side effect of the citralopram? I took my first one last night. I don't even have the energy to cry feel completely dazed and horrible. Just feel like doctors don't take me serious
Morning,
You poor thing 😯 - I know how you feel...
Honestly for the first three days of that medication I felt terrible. It's really hard to see light at the end of the tunnel -and it takes time with the tablets. Try to stick with it. I stayed in bed a whole day on day two if it and just slept and watched tv.
It will get better - I found taking kalms tablets helped and a few drops of rescue remedy too.
But mostly I used this website and really researched hiw other people were effected.
I'm on day 17 now... just increased from 10 mg to 15... Was told to up straight to 20mg. .. but like you the side effects weren't great so I'm taking it slow.
You will get there - just try and think of the end goal you want to achieve but remember to take each day ad it comes ☺.
Massive hugs xx
Thank you for the reply,
did id you have strange side effects? My mum rang this morning and I had a full 15 minute conversation and I can't remember any off it I didn't believe her when I rang her back so checked my phone log.
I am am still in bed at the minute feeling a it better but I am suppose to be meeting my sister in town to book a holiday and I am dreading it!
i will try sticking at the tablets because I go away in 10 days and the thought of going is unbearable.
xx
It sounds like you're winding yourself up more. Scouring the Internet for ideas and clues to why you feel a bit off, but you know the exact reason as you're posting in this forum. Your doctors take you seriously but you're winding yourself up so much about things that there's not much they can do. They can't change your thoughts and the way you think about things, the medication doesn't stop your thoughts. It has to be used in conjunction with some sort of therapy, are you in touch with a therapist? You need to learn to relax your nervous system as youre stuck in a cycle, you have a bad thought you react to it you get physical symptoms which leads to fear and more anxiety which makes you think worse again and the cycle continues. You need to break the cycle. Just remember medication doesn't SOLVE your mental health issues, it just makes it slightly more manageable. Book in to see a therapist. Best of luck Holly.