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anxiety feelings after slimming pills

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michelle70045
michelle70045

hi guys

i started taking pro ultra slim and african mango pills on new years day to help loose some weight, i went into this blind i saw good reviews and thought right lets do this sad  after a few days taking 4 pills a day my appitite competely went i started loosing weight, but started feeling very poorly shakey, panicky, tearfull, but i was full of energy i was running about at 100 miles an hour!!!  after 5 days i went to the drs who told me to stop them straight away as i had overdosed on the caffine sad  since then i have been suffering terrible anxiety attacks and feel like i need to be busy all the time and dont like being alone ive now lost 14lb since nyd!! i went to see a phamasist at my drs as there was no dr on duty at the time and he put me straight on 20mg of citalopram daily im on day 6 now the anxiety has calmed a little but the shaking is terrible and major headaches,  after much research i decided to request to have my thyroid checked which i had done on friday just waiting for results now, my mum has overactive tyroid so thought i would check it as i dont want to have ad's if not needed,  hate feeling like this sad

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  • elizabeth20203
    elizabeth20203 michelle70045

    Posted

    Hello Michelle, Put taking these diet pills down to experience, if it was a magic pill we would all be taking them. As for the Citalopram this can cause anxiety to increase to start with. I started on 20mg but the side effects were too much so decreased with Drs permission to 10mg. It takes the body at least 4-6 weeks to stabilise before you get the full effects. Give it more time. I hope your Thyroid test comes back negative. Keep strong and try not to worry. 

    Best wishes.

    Elizabeth.

    • michelle70045
      michelle70045 elizabeth20203

      Posted

      thank you elizabeth,  im hoping that im not taking wrong medication for nothing as side effect are not nice on citalopram sad x
    • elizabeth20203
      elizabeth20203 michelle70045

      Posted

      Side effects can be awful to start with and when i first started Citalopram last June i felt the same as you. People here advised me to stick with it and after about 6 weeks i felt the full benefits. I can now say i feel so much better my anxiety is mostly gone and i have had no panic attacks since July. Keep talking here as people are going throught he same and we can support each other.

      Elizabeth.

  • michelle70045
    michelle70045

    Posted

    hi all, 

    well my thyoid blood test was all normal, so it is my brain thats the proble rolleyes

    x

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