Thinking about coming off Cit

Treatment and medication
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Hi,

I've been on cit for just over 6 months now. I feel so much better than I did and have got my life back on track. Im worried that when I stop, I'll go back to where I was, which is a scary thought...and then ill have to start again and go through all the side effects again. Any advice from someone who has gone through this would be great. When is it time to come off them?x

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If you're feeling better and you've got your life back on course then the chances are that you've put right some of the problems which contributed to your depression in the first place. I reached this stage after about a year on C and decided to stop using it. I reduced the dose very very slowly (from 20mg to 10 to 5 to 2 to nothing over about 2 or 3 months. You can easily divide the tablets to suit) and I didn't experience any return to my previous state. I think this was because, like you, I had put right most of the issues which tipped me into deprsion in the first place. If I hadn't done that I don't think I would have been so successful. So, be careful but, more importantly, positive about it if you decide to take the plunge. C will have done a job for you whilst you couldn't do it for yourself. Now maybe you can.

Hope things go OK.

J

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Hi Grace

Glad to hear that you are feeling better and have got your life back on track.

If you are thinking of coming off Cit, then have a word with your GP, who will monitor your progress.

Should imagine that in the next few months my GP will consider me coming off Cit, but that will be in the weaning off process, as to stop taking them suddenly may cause a reverse action and I certainly do not want to return to the state I was in earlier in the year.

I have been on Cit 20mg since April and feeling so much better now that I am out of the big black tunnel. Did have a few problems whilst we were driving to London, so I know that the anxiety attacks can still arise.

Best of luck and keep well. :D

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Hi

Thanks for your messages. I've decided to stay on Cit a few more months ...just to get me on an even keel for a longer period.

I suppose I'm concerned that I need the pill forever.The depression forced me to take cit as I'd just reached rock bottom...but even before then I'd often feel low and prone to anxiety.

Funny thing now is that when things are going right, natural excitement with the cit, takes me euphoria.Sometimes it makes me almost too happy to handle. I'm not complaining though.

How my life has changed in the 6 months since I've taken cit , have been amazing .x