Hi. Wow. Great forum guys. Read nearly all the posts and can relate to most of them. Im on Citalopram for obsessive thoughts bout dying of cancer (every lump/bump/ache/pain is cancer) and mild depression. Im on day 16. At first i suffered really bad loss of appetite and had NO energy at all. My appetite has slowly come back but the tiredness remains. Most days i9 get up at 8am, take my little boy to school and then flop onto the sofa for 3-4 hours unable to move as im soooo tired and everywhere aches. The only exceptions to this were monday and tuesday this week (days 12 and 13) - I woke with an energy i havent seen for a long time and this carried on into the day. I even helped my dad move a tv and had loads of motivation, this lasted until 9pm ish on the tuesday night. I woke up wednesday feeling like cack and believing that the tabs had kicked in for like 2 days and stopped working. Today (touch wood) i feel ok. no sense of overwhelming happiness but im getting by just about. i slept through the night last night for the first time since starting the tabs ( i went to bed at 2am tho lol) the tiredness at its worst is UNBEARABLE. i play football every saturday afternoon but havent for 3 weeks and dont think i will tommorow either. I got told by so many ppl that the tabs would kick in after 2 weeks so was panicking as am on day 16 and not much better so am relieved to be reading different views and expiriences on here.Thanks for all the posts, they are helping so much and has made me realise how evberyone is different and react differently to them. AFter monday and tuesday i thought i was on top of the world and thought i was saved. lol. Now going to take it one day at a time. My health anxiety is that bad i have got physical aches and pains that my doc brushes off. Would love to hear from you with your stories. Thanks 4 reading lol
hi Rob,welcome to this forum.. 
well ive been on the tablets for nearly a year now!! mine started with panic attacks,then went to anxiety and then i got agrophobia and couldnt go out,like u i was scared of dying and frightened of everything..it was the worst time of my life...it was hell..Anyway i took it one day at a time as i had good days and bad days.but it did take a few weeks to really work,i was better after a couple of weeks but it took just a while longer to really start to feel better,i still have bad days now but im so much better than i was..i couldnt even pop to the little shop near my house god i was so bad...i would cry all the time.my anxiety was terrible..theres some lovely people to talk to on here.It helped me so much.just remember one day at a time...and when u have a bad day come on here and tell us,it realy helps..take care.kim.x
Hi there,
I found this site by accident on Tuesday and I love it, it is so reasurring that there are other people out there that feel down too!
I am on day 5 today! I was on them before for about 9 months when I had post natel deppression, but forgot how they made me feel when I first started taking them.
I don't really know why I'm deppressed or feel like the way I do? I am tierd all the time and find eveyday life hard to cope with, I am horrible to my husband and shut him out. I have a stressful job and 3 kids which I adore so much and the reason I go on! But I went to the dr's on monday and asked to be put back on them so I am too taking one day at time and will be a regular visiter now
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Hi Goldielocks and Rob & welcome :D
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hope everyones good...xxx
Hi Rob, I had the same issues as your self re the cancer I had something called pericarditus in Jan -05 this is like a heart attack but is caused by a virus, this lead to severe anxiety, after about three weeks of being released from hospital I was constantly scanning my body for any unusual feelings which my mind told me was cancer, even hunger pangs, the word just kept popping into my brain, I also have all the aches and pains you describe I think these are all to do with the anxiety, I eventually found that I could change the word as it started to form to cancelled and eventually it went away, I have been on Mirtazapine for what seems forever and still feel edgy but am considerable better than I was, I am reading this section in the hope of finding a better drug for me but it all sound as though these are all pretty much the same with similar side affects although Mirtazaipine is certainly good for sleep.
Hi Rob/Colin
If it is any help I have been on citalopram for two weeks at first felt ok except felt tired and yawning all e time now i feel a bit down again but will hang on in there. I have had cancer radiotherepy,chemo etc and am now clear try not to worry too much about cancer there are alot of cures out there although i can relate to that scared feeling of having cancer!!
Keep in touch and I hope you feel beter soon XX