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Hi everyone, before I start my treatment with Citalopram , I wanted to ask and hear some opinions from people which got any benefit from it, for panic attacks, anxiety . I wasnt keen on medication and hoped I will be able to cope without them.
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gary20100 adrianV
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rachael27921 gary20100
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Hi Gary, i knon your post is over a year old but I was hoping you might be able to help me, I'm struggling really bad with panic/anxiety and feeling suicidal, does Citalapram help to stop those feeling in your experience? Thanks
nnelso111 rachael27921
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Hey Rachael, I can only speak for myself, but I'm on week 4 of Citalopram 20MG and my racing thoughts and panic have slowed down quite a bit. The first week/week and a half sucked. I constantly felt weird and out of it. Really hard time falling asleep and increased panic and anxiety but those were just side effects for me. Now I have no side effects and I'm so happy I decided to take it. I'm terrified of pills and I actually had the script ready for me for almost 5 months before I filled it out and started taking it. Again, I can only speak for myself but my panic is way more manageable. I feel so much better and I'm really glad I decided to take it.
rhirhi_x nnelso111
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rachael27921 rhirhi_x
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rhirhi_x rachael27921
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Did the antidepressants cause that? I'm going on the same drug because my panic and depersonlisation has got so so bad! Xx
rachael27921 rhirhi_x
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No the antidepressants didn't cause this it was just the anxiety the antidepressants should help take that away X
nikki1978 rachael27921
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Hi there,
I've been having bad derealization/depersonalization after being off an antidepressant called Imipramine for 2 months. I was curious if your dr dp has went away and what medication has helped.
Thank you!
Nicole
pamela51740 rhirhi_x
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joseph58702 nnelso111
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Yeah I'm 60 years old I've had panic anxiety attacks since I'm 24 lot of times I'm scared to leave the house scared to drive they put me on Citalopram 10mg I've been on them for 6 weeks and I don't feel nothing yet
nnelso111 joseph58702
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amy75782 adrianV
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katecogs adrianV
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I've taken this type of medication for 15 years for depression and anxiety, and it's the best thing I did. I recovered.
Don't expect a quick fix - this medication take a long time to work, and it often gets worse before it gets better. But, it worked for me.
As I was recovering I had many ups and downs with my mood and it felt like I was repeatedly back at the beginning, but understanding this was just a phase to go through, I persevered and eventually recovered. It took around 3-4 months to feel some improvement and was much better by 6 months.
katecogs
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I came off this meds after 15 years and had no problem. Yes withdrawal was a little weird, but doing it real slow is the answer (and that means months and months) :-)
Unfortunately I restarted last year due to the emotional stress of family illness and it started to affect me, so I restarted the meds before I fell into a dark hole again. Am now feeling great again and have started reducing my meds once again.
People take meds for epilepsy, diabetes, heart problems etc etc., and anxiety, depression, panic is no different to this. Depression is an illness - a physical illness - like any other, and if medication is there to help then take it.
I was was ill for so long before starting these meds - and once I started on them, it was like being born again! :-)
K x
rachel62244 katecogs
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katecogs rachel62244
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Great to hear from you! You're baby isn't very old yet is she ...... and she's Ava isn't she?
My son seems to be going along at an even keel - sometimes he seems really jolly/happy and sometimes just so-so. He's still on Fluoxetine and Mirtazapine and I expect he'll stay on that for a while longer yet. I'm doing fine after my relapse when he became ill, and have started reducing my meds again (have gone from 20mg to 10mg) and must say I feel fine then flattish ...... but was on Citalopram10mg for years before stopping, so am happy to stay on 10mg for a while yet. Will stop them eventually, but will probably wait til next year. My daughter gets married next year so don't want to jeopardise anything until that's passed :-)
How are you feeling following the birth of baby? Are you feeling settled?
K x
rachel62244 katecogs
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katecogs rachel62244
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A couple of very interesting episodes I had many years ago always reminds me that excitement makes more serotonin which makes depression go away. I'd been very depressed for years and when my first marriage broke up, it plunged me deeper into it. After a while I started dating a work colleague (my husband now) and the excitement of a new relationship made my depression and anxiety just disappear for about a year. It was great! It came back with a vengeance and I struggled on for a few more years. We got engaged and the excitement of that and the forthcoming wedding again made my depression disappear and strangely came back when on honeymoon. Again I believe when the excitement had passed,the habit came creeping back. After having our children I was put onto these meds which helped me recover. These meds 'hang onto' serotonin longer before it's re absorbed into the brain - probably a similar action was happening when I was excited and happy, which goes to show I have low serotonin levels. Once raised, I'm absolutely fine.
When we're depressed, lots of small situations can have such an effect on our well being - even a weekend used to throw me, holidays were another, and sometimes I couldn't account for why I felt so crap. These meds have evened it all out for me.
Having a baby makes our brains turn to mush ;-) (not literally of course) ... but you're so busy with little ones, always putting them before yourself, that I found there was no room in my brain to think of anything else. The meds make us a bit forgetful too - I know I'm not as sharp as I used to be, and that's after 2 children and many years of meds.
Im sure when your 'baby' hormones have started settling down and you keep on with the meds, things should start to turn around for you.
I know, my daughters wedding! We're having fun trying to find me a nice outfit .... my daughter has her dress ... sniff :,-}
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