Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

Well here goes Loulyn well done for working it out as we are all missing each others posts, 

Hi Mo 

Great to hear form you and that your doing so well !!!! you sound so positive it is truly lovely to hear, and thanks for your very kind comments, do stay in touch to let us know how your doing, and its fab if you could offer your support too as there are so many folk especially newbys that need to know it works, and get encouragment  xx

Mike, dont worry about OH, if your doctor says your ready then they will do a phased return for you, employers and OH are there to support you, and if you think they are not then keep a diary and see how you feel down the line once you are better. but for now concentrate on getting well and getting your life back together. 

inthewoods 

hope things are improving for you today, if not stay strong as it will get better again. xx

Hi Amy

How are you doing today, even better I hope stay strong. xxx

Hi Doug, hope your feeling more upbeat, it does take time to settle, if you feel you need an increase after another few weeks, then u should discuss with the doctor, u may need a higher dose, everyone is so different, but we all want the same thing in the end, back to a normal happy confident person !!!!

Hey Chris,

Hope your doing well and have had a great Easter, and that your pain has lessened, and hopefully the tinnitus will have as well, I have a follow up appointment in a couple of weeks at audiology, but I know theres nothing they can do however I will still attend, hopefully this will post the old way ha ha

Beco, thinking of you, hope you have had a good Easter and your hubby is recovering well, please remember to ask for help if you need it, stay strong you are a brilliant woman, look how far you have come and how you are coping with everything. take care and keep in touch xxxx 

Rick Matilda and Spence how are you all doing not sure if ye have updated and your posts have got lost or you are all doing well and living the good life. I hope it's cause ye are all feeling better. xx

Ok Loulyn

Lets see if this works lol

Love n hugs everyone Anne

Looking good Loulyn --- well done xxx 

Hehe Anne, just glad to see it's working, now we just have to remember to do it that way, it's very tempting to reply to someone on their post, I almost did that just now  Back to reality with that weather today, who would have believed it, I had to buy a body warmer today as I was freezing to the bone in a summer jacket 

Apologies to anyone who is still feeling a bit down if I've been p*ssing you off with my daft sense of humour in some of my previous posts ....... I just feel so damn HAPPY! and I want you all to know that there is a big bright shiny light at the end of that long dark tunnel and you WILL get there  I wouldn't have believed that myself 6 weeks ago, so PLEASE hang on in there. If it wasn't for certain people on this site (you know who you are ) I would have packed in on week 2 or 3 so heartfelt thanks for your encouraging support.

Sending you all golden slumbers & a peaceful night,

Love Loulyn x

 

Hey Loulyn,

You have made so many folk feel happier with your funny wit, I love it, your a naturally funny person I believe, and so glad you are feeling so good, it warms our hearts to hear it, so dont apologise for it, its giving folk hope and they will all get there too.

Yes rain all day today, but it will go away again, lets all will it to be sunny again.... folk are so much happier when the suns out, just watched Eastenders so now feeling sad, so will watch "big man on campus" to cheer me up, as day off on a Wednesday  

Night night xx

Hugs Anne xx

Aww, thanks Anne, your too kind  (((hug)))

I heard EastEnders was stunning tonight but as I've still got 10 episodes to catch up on it'll be a while before it makes me sad lol

Night night petal, have a lovely day off tomorrow xxx

Hi Mo,

It's great to read such an ecourgaing post! I've been on CIt since Jan, and I've had lots of ups and downs. I increased from 20-30 last Friday so nearly a week in, and I'm feeling kind of flat, and grumpy. Did you go through this phase before you felt much happier? X

Hi Inthewoods4.

I started at end of Jan on 10mg and increased to 20mg after six weeks, now on 12th week. I really do think we are all different and when i increased to 20mg it still took a few weeks to really feel better so yes I still felt flat after the increase. Give it a few more weeks as if you are only a week in on 30mg it is still early days on that dosage?

Keep in touch and stay positive

Hi Anne, got the hang of this now i think!

x

Thanks Mo, I really hope the increase does the trick this time! The anxiety seems to have gone, but I'm left feeling pretty down in the dumps/flat. I think the problem is that I analyse everything I feel and can't quite remember what I was like before! X

Hi Everyone

Finally managed to get on a computer!, have worked out how to read posts from my phone however have no idea how to reply.

Loulyn, you definately dont need to apologise for being happy, its encouragement for everyone else and i love reading your posts especially if im having a bit of a down moment they really cheer me up! little man is fine now he just has a little bit of a yellow bruise left now - i did still have to sign a form this morning when i took him to preschool to say he hadnt done it at school!.

Anne, im good thank you, the sunshine totally missed us over the weekend we had lots of rain and wind however its sunny today and so am i! off to the allotment later once little man has finished preschool to do some more digging and planting with my mum - being out in the fresh air doing something makes me feel so much better than sitting around doing nothing, i have even made a start on my front garden which i normally hate doing, its tiny but gets covered in weeds. 

Doug - good to see you back on here, was missing your posts, sorry your not having a great time, but hopefully will settle soon.

Tasha - hope your doing ok? not seen any posts from you or i may have missed them since the new layout

Spence - good to see your back on here too

Everyone i have missed - mums computer is now on a go slow so cant find other posts 

Update on me - now starting day 29 and feeling much better, im still a little bit shaky in the mornings but it soon passes, no imodium for 3 days so thats made me feel a lot better! sleep has improved aswell although last night was a bit unsettled due to my little boy saying he felt sick and asking for a bowl after dinner last night  normally if he was going to be sick there was no warning he would just puke wherever he was! however he had a little bit of an easter bunny and said he didnt like it (think it was too sweet for him), it was shortly after this he said he felt sick, i had a moment (bit panicky he was coming down with sicky bug - my initial anxiety was all about my little boy being poorly - however it passed after a couple of minutes), anyway he wasnt sick but i think it was just playing on my mind during the night, also today is his first day back at preschool since being off for easter and before they broke up for the holidays hubby or my mum had been taking him as i was feeling so awful, woke up- this morning with a little bit of a nervous tummy, however was great being back in my routine - kids up - cup of tea - breakfast - dressed - packed lunch done - and off to school, without any help from hubby or mum 

Quick question for anyone whos been on cit longer than 4 weeks, has anyone found when they have picked up there next prescription its been a different brand, i picked mine up last thursday and when i got home realised the box was different and its manufactured by a different company, has anyone else had this, i spoke to the pharmacist yesterday and she said it just depends which company they are using at the time as to what brand it is, but everything in them is exactly the same, i guess im just wondering if anyone has experienced side effects returning from using a different brand - although at the same time i guess its just like buying paracetamol, the box if different depending on where you get it from??

Well enough waffle from me - off to do little ladies lunch

Hope your all having a great day 

Amy x

Anne,

Forgot to say have managed to cut down to three cups of tea and two coffees in the morning and then switched to hot fruit squash throughout the afternoon and one cup of tea at 6.30 whilst putting little ones to bed, vast improvement on what i was having before - i would be near on 20 cups of tea/coffee in one day.

Am working on cutting down the smoking too :-)

Amy x