Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

this is a bit weird (the new layout) but then I feel a bit weird so thats probably ok!

Good to see some of us are improving ... Loulyn, yup, the grinding can cause all sorts of pains, usually related to the Temporomandibular joint (your jaw joint) as the capsule that basically covers it gets inflamed and then pain can be referred from that along the nerve pathways. Grinding is common in SSRI use but generally settles down (I'm a dentist by the way lol) I would get a soft splint made if it continues though

How are my fellow 7.5 odd weekers doing? (Mike, Spence, Matilda and some others I think)? I thought I was making some headway but have been hit again by the shakes and anxiety, especially when I wake up. Dreadful feeling it is too. Today hasn't been a great day (anxious, shaky, down, weak) but then I've had a cold (or it might be a touch of allergy to all the fields of oilseed rape that surround us here) so that may be making things a touch worse. My sleeping pattern has crashed too. I'm hoping this is a blip as I'm getting to the point where I've had enough and need some sort of normailty back.

Anyway, enough complaining (it's hard not to sometimes!). I hope we all have a good weekend and Easter break. This dentist intends to eat plenty of chocolate!

take care everyone

Rick

Hi Amy 

Just saying to Loulyn I not sure how this new set up is working as not many updating so dont know if its cause we cant see the updates as u are replying to one person or everyone is feeling good and keeping busy away from the internet, which would be nice.  

Enjoy the rest of the easter and the good weather, 

xxxx

Anne  

Hi guys *waves frantically*,

I'm here, but what a faffing about to get here  It's enough to put a girl off her Easter eggs!! (that's a lie ... nothing would put me off my chocolate )

Rick, that's fab info regarding the grinding, thanks so much for that. I had the test done for temporal ariatis (I think it's called) and that was clear. Actually I had it done twice ... once in December when the temple pain first started and I freaked myself out by reading the net and all the things it could be. I got into a state of high anxiety (pre cit) overnight and called NHS24 in the morning and went to hospital where I had the test. Then, around wk 2 on cit it came back and my doc did the test. I didn't remind him that I'd had it as I wanted even more reassurance  I have to say though, that I'm not nearly as bad now thanks to our friend cit  What is the soft splint you mention? Is it a mouthguard thingy?

I hope your feeling a bit better than you were a couple of days ago and you've managed to get a decent sleep (and plenty chocolate, but not at bedtime hehe)

Amy, I think we've all got lost in the maze, I've given up a couple of times myself as it's so time consuming to find what you're looking for now. Very frustrating

Anne, hope you're not working too hard this Easter and managing to get a bit of that big shiny thing in the sky over Edinburgh just now, not quite sure what it is but I like it

Have a lovely chocfest Easter everyone

Love Loulyn x

 

LOL I seen you waving !!!! yes I dont know how to find any posts now, so I am going to send a note to the Moderater as I dont get emails when theres a post either, so thinking theres no one on line but there actually is just all mixed up in each others older posts ?? LOL I am with you when u mention about the health anxiety that goes along with the full on anxiety, I was at the doctors every 2nd day, even making emergency appointments, and I rarely used to go to the doctors before but they got to know me on a first name basis on reception lol so glad thats finished for now...

Enjoy the rest of ur Easter, I am working 8 - 4pm tomorrow too greedy for the double time, but I do have a big bag of peanut butter M&Ms 

Take care the sun is to last till Wednesday whoo hoo !!!

Anne XXX

That's a good idea Anne, this forum is a lifeline to us at times but at the minute it feels more like a lifeboat

I'm awfully glad I wasn't the only one running back & forward to the docs, I was at him or phoning him about 3 times a week .... good job we've not got the same doc! (Or maybe we have ...  ha ha)

I'm 8 - 3 pm tomorrow, no M&Ms but hoping they've left me some Easter cakes Then a wee bit shopping in town before going home to put my feet up

Loulyn x

Done, I reported it through feedback, so hopefully they will reply, just so we can post the old way and you see everything folk have posted in order of the time and date, 

I bet all the doctors have folk like us on a regular basis, I laugh some days when I pass the surgery when I remember how bad I was lol 

well hope u enjoy ur Easter cakes tomorrow, enjoy your shopping tomorrow, it was really quiet shopping today as I think lots of folk out enjoying the sun or away for the weekend, I have promised my Niece I wont open the Peanutbutter m&Ms till she is over in June for 1 Direction she is only 13 yrs so she has me wrapped round her little finger.

take care and hope work goes in quick

Anne xxx

Hi Loulyn 

your recent posts have made me feel really positive, you seem so much better?

Amy x

Hi Anne,

I definitly agree about the health anxiety, its what mine was all about only mine was about my 4 year old son, since christmas i took him to the doctors for the silliest of things (which i can now see were silly - however at the time i needed the reassurance from a doctor), i no longer panic everytime he falls over or has a little mark on his skin that wasnt there before, so i guess i am making progress :-). He had a door smacked into his head a few days ago whilst playing with my niece, he had a big lump come up on his head which has changed to various colours over the last few days, and i was so pleased at how i handled the situation rather than having a complete meltdown.

Hope your having a good day 

Amy x

 

Hey Amy

Well done, you are defo getting better, and it will be good for your little boy too, it does take a lot of positive thinking too, and remember the deep breathing helps reenergise your body, hope ur enjoying the Easter break, and this lovely sunshine, hope its stays a while, 

Take care and stay strong x

Anne

Awww, thanks Amy, actually, I do feel bl**dy marvellous!   I think I'm drunk on CIT lol. It's just so GOOD not to spend all day worrying about pointless trash, I feel like someone's set me free  Not worrying also means no stress related symptoms as well like the lump in the throat and not being able to get a breath etc. I'm just starting week 7 but I had to go and check the calendar because I'm not even counting now whereas at the beginning all you seem to do is wish the days and weeks away so the side effects will go eh. The side effects I have now are much reduced and consist of a tight jaw during the day and night, a bit of a headache now and again and the temple pain that I've had for a while but, as I say, they're not nearly as bad (apart from the jaw) and don't last very long when I do get them. And everyone says how well I look now, I think it's because I've found my smile again lol  It won't be long 'til it's the same for you, you sound as though your almost there  Hope your wee boy's bump is going down now too, the brave wee soldier that he is, give him a kiss from me

Stay positive sweetheart,

Love Loulyn x

 

Wow Loulyn

Brilliant news !!!  and a great outlook, also drunk on CIT ha ha your a breath of fresh air these days xxx

Big hugs Anne XXX

ps finished work early (dont tell anyone lol)

 

LOL Anne, I knew you'd skipped off early when I was sitting on the bus! It was five past three and there it was ..... a freshly written post from our Annie!! I thought look at that wee skiver, just cos I was getting away at 3, there's no bloomin' show without Punch! 

ha ha ha ha ha, good on ye babe, getting double time for sunbathing, doesn't get any better than that, your secret's safe with me 

Love 'n hugs,

Loulyn xxx

 

Ha ha caught redhanded, well worked out !! I'm not good at covering for myself, you should be a detective xxx

Big Hugs xx

Anne xxxx