Hope everyone is ok 
Started week 7 on citalopram today.
The past week the depression has slowly been creeping up and getting worse. Seems to have hit a peak today so feeling really bad and struggling.
Depression has been on and off since starting. Does that mean it will likely pass again. I’m worried I’m getting worse as I feel like I did when I first had my break down. It has passed a little in the evenings the past week around 4-5pm. Just leaving bad anxiety x I feel I can cope with anxiety better as there are meds and tools I can take or do to help, where as depression is a lot harder for me to deal with x
I’m getting really worried that the meds arent working and that I’m spiraling and will end up having another breakdown again as I feel not far away.
Anyone who has dealt with this or felt like this roughly at this stage would be great to hear some positives and to give me some hope to keep going as I’m close to packing it in now and just giving up x I haven’t felt this bad since my breakdown last year. them same feelings are back
30mg citalopram I'm on
You are having a reprieve in the evenings from the depression which is great. They take forever to work for those of us who have been on them before and switched meds. i am just about 4 months in and improvement has been so slow for me, a snails pace. This week i went to my book club and last night to a big pot luck supper and bonfire, which i enjoyed. The depressive waves have pretty much gone and the waves of fear if i get them disappear quicker. i just read katecogs blog and it helps me. Keep pushing through.
Hi oh boy so sorry to hear that you are going through this , depression is not good are u seeing your Dr about this ? Are u thinking of hurting yourself ? If so I like to say first of all please get help . Also the things u going though are still side effects of the Celexa it is a very slow working pill very slow . U maybe see thing happening by the week . Also have u hear of the pill Lexapro it's of the Celexa . They took what works the best from the Celexa and made it into this new pill Lexapro. I only know about this because my Psychiatrist mentioned it to us last week, maybe something u can ask ur Dr about . I still have side effects and going as of tomorrow on week 6 so it's normal I guess and I am sticking with this meds I hope u will to . But I also know depression is so scary because I had it , please see help . babsyboo
30 is too high for you x just my 2 cents x I've said this many times that docs are too quick to increase everyones dosage x
hi potatoghost sorry your struggling, all i can say is hang in there, i know you feel worse before you feel better, being mindful helps for me....excercise, eating well & a good noghts sleep
I agree with dubry with the dose sounds too high. I started on 20mg which took 12 weeks to start having a positive effect. I'm now on 15mg n feel better than I did on 20mg n aim to get down to 10mg. A higher/stronger dose doesn't necessarily mean better or faster results, in fact sometimes it could mean more n longer negative side effects due to your body and mind changing to adapt to that dose. I'm sure it will work for you but you just have to give it a bit more time. 7 weeks isn't long on that dose. If it really is too much, I would suggest lowering your dose.
thanks lynn x hope you're doing a little better. yeah the depression seems to lift a little in the evenings sometimes. the anxiety is sky high and the depression comes and goes in the evenings x I'll keep pushing through x it's hard to do when feeling so terrible x what dose have you ended up settling on? x
no I'm not planning on hurting myself so that's atleast positive x I would definitely talk to someone straight away if I was planning on it x thanks babsyboo for checking x it's best I stick to one med rather than switching for now I think as lexapri can still cause side effects and stuff and withdrawals would make me worse right now x
hey dubry how are you doing now? it's too hard to tell if something is too high or not as I wouldn't know what to look out for. I have been on 40mg before with no problems at all in the past.
thank you. I worry about lowering my dose because I would be starting again from the beginning so to speak. and adding withdrawals in would be really scary right now. so did it take 12 weeks before you noticed any change at all? how did you know your dose was too high if that's ok to ask? thank you x
thank you buddy x trying my best to keep exercising and eating right x 😊
just a quick reminder on how i felt my dose was too high.the withdrawls i was experiencing became worse i had headaches from the withdrawls but once i started taking the cit the withdrawls became more intense severely intense.that is how i knew it was the cit.saying prayers for you .i know what you are feeling all too well.
I know how you feel. Yesterday was good for me. Today I woke up with those thoughts of awful fear, but not the physical symptoms. My mind gets stuck in a loop and I cant stay completely in the present moment. I got up and took a shower. It,s 13 degrees outside and 6 inches of snow, but the sun is bright. I am on 62.5 mgs of sertraline. I have been off the luvox for ten days now and up on the sertraline. Is it hard for you to not ruminate and stay completely in the present moment. I know for me it is a defense mechanism ; I used it continually as a child, but its not helpful now because I am no longer in danger. I hope the thoughts of a new baby bring some joy into your life.
Hi how are u holding up today ? It's morning and I'm not so good with the mornings yet how about u ? I still get very high anxiety early morning as soon as I'm awake and up that goes till noon or so . But evenings are starting to get better I think . I'm starting on week 6 today so we see how it goes , slow lol is the depression calming down as of yesterday ? U on week 7 right so early for us but will get better from all I read on here . Yes changing would have side effects just u have now u right . Yes stay on what u are but maybe ask ur Dr if u on to high of the meds because the 20 MG is usely the one for most amen . I'm so happy u not hurting yourself and would seek help before that would happen ☺ how long till u a dad ?
Between 8-12 weeks is when I started to notice little changes. Soon after I managed to start helping myself again to repair everything. In all honesty 20mg was fine for me, but now I'm better I want to start feeling more human again. I don't intend to try n come off cit for at least another year, but reducing my dose has definitely helped me more.
thanks for replying. x what positive differences have you noticed since dropping back down again? it's so hard to keep going when feeling so terrible isn't it. so no improvements until 8 -12 weeks. it's hard to know what to look out for as everyday is so different and bad in it's own way if that makes sense x I'm worried about decreasing as I really don't want to restart the clock all over again and then it turns out it's the wrong decision if that makes sense x
thanks lois. the tingling under the skin has stopped and the muscle aches are better than they were l, I assume they were withdrawals because they have stopped now even though I feel worse than I did a few weeks ago x
Im only just starting on these (on day 16) but im having the strange feeling skin symptom with a sore, burning type feeling on a small area of one arm and also the side of my neck. Did you find your skin over sensitive and easily irritated? Im wondering if my shirt is the cause of todays neck skin soreness and burning along with my increased anxiety
that is good to hear potato about the withdraws .so now is time to figure out how to approach the uncomfortable feelings from the side effects from the cit.iam a strong believer with ssri that less is more.