I was diagnosed with major depression around 4-5 months ago, and it has been absolutely brutal. Before I got depression, I was struggling with a bad case of anxiety and panic attacks, it got to a point where I went to the ER 3 days in a row. I also was dealing with some other issues, fear of getting killed by someone and with all that happening I suddenly started crying uncontrollably and that was probably the start of my depression . I ended up in a mental hospital for around a week cause of Suicide toughts and got released with Citalopram after Prozac gave me bad insomnia. The first month was ok really hoping that I would be my own self again, but actually didn’t really get better on the depression part, on the panic attacks I more less did. I’ve been on Citalopram for around 4 months, and I feel like I’m here but not really here, like a mental fog type of feeling. I don’t feel like my old self, sometimes I feel like going crazy. No motivation, I don’t want to go out much just play video games all day. I decided to take vitamin d and 5-htp supplements, and have stopped celexa 3 days ago, am I heading in the right direction? What should I do please help. Any advice would be amazing.
Robert please please don’t just stop the drug it is better to wean off it slowly under direction of your dr. It takes at least 3-4 months to reach ok levels in your brain and to stop it so suddenly may give you awful withdrawal effects it did this to me in the past!!!