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Been on my meds 3 weeks now. Citalopram 10mg. It has been up and down. Yep, a total roller coaster of a ride. First the side effects, then the numbness, then the lack of emotion, the insomnia, followed by some good days, and equal bad days. Feel like all this was starting lo level out. I was starting wake less night, and my mood had been increasing. Today I'm a mess. Felt stressed and exhausted last night, but couldn't sleep again. this morning feeling weepy for the first time in weeks. Head sore with tiredness I think. Down in the dumps. Distracted. Fidgety. Tired. Grumpy.
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tony830352 E.L.R.
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David_21660 E.L.R.
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Yep tis a bummer! Trust us you will come out the other side! Its just that, at the moment, that old roller coaster is going through some fuzzy old fog and yer feeling jaded. As you may know I am on 40mg been here since month 4 now I am on month 6 going on 7 and in a couple of weeks my Doctor will consider reducing me. The month by month increase was right for me as after the first month I levelled slightly then hit some turbulance and increased which meant a slight increase in side effects, but this did not last long. By February I was starting to feel better, more so than not, and this gradually levelled out. I did get some unexpected downers! Which at first really p@@@@d me off! However, as these became less persistant and lesser in time I managed to go with it.
Now, here I sit ( slight buzzing, but that may be because of reliving the bad stuff as I type.
Anyway, when you feel you need to post something or just chat there be a lot of us here to listem and help!
Regards,
David
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Thanks for the replies. It's always encouraging to hear from you, especially on days when I'm not 100% sure what's going on with myself. When I read success stories it's inspiring. I hope that I too will be posting the same type of success stories soon.
I guess when I have a good day, I'm getting excited thinking "this is it' and 'I'm getting better'. Then when this is followed by another downer, it feels like a double blow. I think I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but all too soon it fogs up again.
I know it's early days for me on cit. I know I got to walk before I can run, but patience has never been a forte of mine. This is adding to my anxiety I guess, but I don't really want to admit that.
I'm back to the GP in a couple of days. I guess I'm trying to understand and know exactly where I'm at, so I can make my review as honest and open as possible. Feeling better this evening than I was this morning, but now I get a little scared that a high will undoubtedly be followed by another low.
Again thanks for the encouragement. It's much appreciated.
shazzer69 E.L.R.
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I felt the the same way you do.Feeling up one day then low another and wondering why because.I was on citalopram and these should make me feel better but it doesn't work that way.As my doctor said everybody has bad days and then I realised that I needed to relax and don't get too fixed on taking the tablet so I pretended that I was taking an aspirin every morning and itworked for me.
I do think like you that I was impatient because I felt bad for so long that that I wanted to feel better straight away.
You will get there and it is worth it in the end.
I've been on them 18 months and I am just starting reducing now and I feel great in myself.
All the best,
Sharon. X
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Done.
shazzer69 E.L.R.
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You will find out for yourself as time goes by..
Sharon. x
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su1965 E.L.R.
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Recover quick. Let's forget the bad days, and anticipate good days to come.
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how are you quys getting on?
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