Hello,
I seem to be the only guy taking this.
I am taking 20 mg daily.
I was prescribed this by my GP for my frustration and anger.
My feeling is that it has levelled me out. It took about 2 months to chill after some trippy stuff during the first week.
However, if I do not take them (forget to get a repeat prescription or forget them on a trip) I start to feel it after about 3-4 days.
I am glad for the choice and the benefit I have had by taking them.
I would have been divorced otherwise I am sure.
I do, however, have concerns about the fact that I can't take them forever.
Has anyone ever come off them and if so how?
Did you personal situation change i.e. less stress.
Any input would be good
Cheers chaps
Anyone who has started
I've just come off them with a gradual reduction of dose from 20mg every day, then 20mg every other day, then 10mg every day, then 10mg every other day. Took my last tablet last week.
You need to be realistic about coming off them. They werent a quick fix when you went on them and things wont be perfect when you come off. I personally think the drop to 20mg every other day was too drastic and I had a bit of a wobbler a few weeks later. You need to be sensible and realise its the tablets and that your seratonin needs to learn to manage on its own without help from tablets. I had to be sensible about resting and not doing too much.
I do have a bit of a fuzzy head at the moment but that could be tiredness or I suspect I still have remainders of a cold (for over 2 week now). Thinking back I had a buzzy head when I went on Citalopram and my anxiety shot through the roof until it settled down. Cant expect to have no transition period when I come off them.
Just make sure that you are definitely ready to come off them and discuss it fully with your GP first, and any friends and family who know you've gone on them. Support is crucial.
Hey at last found someone with same problem as me with the frustration and anger
I wasn't depressed but more moody which i've been like since xmas 06
and 2 weeks ago i got in an argument with a taxi driver and ended up booting his car and thats not me at all so my wife asked me to see the doctor which i'd been thinking of doing anyway
He put me on 10mg 9 days ago but i have to say i'm not doing too well yet as i feel depressed now rather than stressed
i'll stick them out and see
Thanks guys.
My GP has asked to see me after this prescription runs out.
So it is possible that this could be happening in the near future.
What worries me is that I am a better (maybe not better but happier, more pleaseant and easier to live with) person on these.
People haven't changed so I am going to get just as annoyed on the commute as I used to.
Is it wrong to not want to come off them yet.
It is possible that I am anxious about coming off them after I have got used to being 'levelled out' for so long.
Whats right and wrong hasn't changed. Whats rude hasn't changed.
Well peeps I will let you know.
Thanks for your comments