Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

Been a little while again since I last posted, so thought I should give everyone an update.  I have been trying to keep up with the posts though!

Amy - thanks for thinking of me!  The reason I'm not posting as much is a good sign, as I'm generally doing a lot better at the moment.

I went back to see my GP today now that I've been on 30mg for just over a month, and am happy to say that I had good news for him - in general I am now feeling much more 'normal', and pretty much all side effects have now gone too.  Motivation is still an issue, although I am starting to do more and want to do more, but it's just not coming as easily as I'd hoped.  I often find I can't focus on things for too long before getting distracted and having to do something else, but I'm trying to work on this and hopefully this will improve.

I've also just been given my first appointment for CBT - first session this Thursday, so that will be interesting.  Nervous about it but also keen to get started in the hope it will help me further.

So I guess in summary at the moment I'm doing well,  much better than I was 4 months ago, but know I still have a long way to go!

I hope everyone is doing OK and making progress, if not all I can say is hang on in there as it really does get better if you keep at it & push through the tough times.

Take care everyone, and thanks for the support over the last few months.

Doug.

x

Am still yo yoing like mad and seem to have a few good days and then a BAD one follows.

Some of my symptoms have subsided a little but I still get this odd taste in my mouth-bit sour ( like when you were a kid and touched your tounge with a matchbox sized battery - bit weird but thats how it feels)

Am just finishing week 7 on Cit. and feel if I havent improved significantly will go back to GP and ask to be upped to 30mg. Am fed up with living with anxiety-just want to get back to me . I understand that  is a journey and in time I will improve, I just want to be able to be in a better place to be able to live again not exsist.

Charlotte x

Good to hear from everyone - sorry I've been absent for a while. I have been pretty busy with a number of things including two of my grandchildren visiting from Dublin.

However a couple of weeks ago I had to stop taking Pregabalin for FM, as it was causing quite a bit of weight gain (and I'm not the slimmest of persons); also I was getting a strange type of confusion/shortterm memory loss which was disconcerting. So Preg had to go. Doctor offered me Gabapentin but I thought I'd try Amit once again and see if I can conquer the headaches it gave me. So I'm back on them and sleeping well once again. But there has been quite an increase in pain since the Preg stopped which is only just beginning to die down as amit starts to work.

Hey-ho! That's life. I continue with Cit - it does not cause me any problems and seems to control the depression I once had, so please keep at it, everyone!

Take care, one and all. Do hope you are keeping well, Anne.

Chris

I'm going on hols this weekend and I'm so scared something will happen.

Laura

Hey Chris really good to hear from you, will have really cheered you up to see your grandchildren,hope ye had fun. 

Sorry the Pregabalin had to go but you have ur healt to think of too, I hope the Amit is kinder to you this time round, I am still not back on the gabepentin but feel I really need to be, but fighting a bit longer, booked in for some pain injections in 2 weeks, so am dreading that, as never had these before. I also get a bit of confusion/shortterm memory loss noting major but enough for my closest to notice, so I spoke to Neuroligist and he said it can be due to tiredness caused by the mini strokes, but I told him if it doesnt improve I want a test for alzheimer's he just laughed at me and said it wasnt this, how is your tinnitus ?? I think I am just used to it now, will never accept it totally cause at quiet times it annoys me, but nothing I can do about it. hope yours has quietened down now. I am so glad your sleeping well, as thats so important for our recovery, seen a tv programme the other night saying sleep is more important than anyone realised, and if you are unwell you can sleep for ages which is your bodies way to get better. I am up for that haha just now I can sleep so well, hard to get up in fact.

Anyway I hope all goes well you have suffered for long enough take care and keep in touch, 

Anne XX

Hey Laura try to keep away from the drink, its really not good to take with CIT and you were doing so well, hope you ok now, if you feel like this again, please call and speak to someone instead, or post on here, get your feelings out, have a fab holiday and just tell folk ur on medication and cannot drink with it, bet your still great fun without the drink, and just think too you wont have any hangovers

Anne xxxx keep in touch.

Charlotte do continue as you are getting there day by day, its strange the taste in your mouth, do you get dry mouth too ?? if so ask the doc for artificial saliva, its really good and tastes great lol hope you are back to yourself very soon, be strong. Anne XX

Doug  its great to hear your feeling so much better, well done you have been strong, and it is a tough journey so be proud of yourself. xx

Laura, the trazdone will help you sleep and that will help you so much, I was prescribed this before CIT but I wouldnt take it as too nervous, but I was the same about CIT and just had to take something in the end and  the CIT won, are you still taking the CIT as well ?? I hope you get well very soon, and you defo need sleep, this was my worse thing not sleeping for days walking the floors every night, getting more fustrated by the minute. so I hope you have got some sleep now.

Take care and stay strong and keep in touch xxxx Anne

Hi Mike... how are you doing now ??? hope your getting there, every day is a day closer xx 

Hi Loulyn, hope your well and enjoying the great Edinburgh weather, 22 degrees today, thunder and lightening yesterday and hugh hailstones on Monday ha ha I have a BBQ organised for 31st May as my famiy will be over from Ireland, so wonder if the weather will have a combo of all weathers, hope not lol fingers crossed for some sunshine, 

Hi inthewoods hope your doing well

Hi Beco hope your improving and that your hubby is getting over his broken shoulder and more able to do stuff for himself, I hope your getting support, dont ever be afraid to ask for it, take care of your self your a wonderful woman, you have been thru a lot, and are still persevering so you will get there stay strong xxxxx Anne  

Hi Louise 

So good to hear form you and that your doing well, great support for newbies to see folk getting thru this and coming out the other end. I am so glad the deep breathing still helps you, I must admit it still helps me if I every feel anxiety may come on, a close friend died on Monday as I started to feel anxiety kick in so the deep breathing then kicked in and I calmed myself, still a very sad time, and makes you feel humbled to feel so well. 

ar2693  how did you get on have you started taking your CIT?? hope ur ok,

simon2020  how are you doing, this will be 3 weeks in for you, so hope your ok, keep in touch if you need to.

Hey MO Missing you how are you doing ???

Matilda  hope your doing well, have you turned that corner ?? It would make me happy to hear you havexxx keep in touch when you can, xxx

Well if I have missed anyone its not personal, its just tiredness I am still waiting on results from my scan for the strokes but the doc is blaming them for me been so tired, so I AM NOT BEEN LAZY ha ha

Take care all and big hugs xxxx

Anne xx

I saw the psychiatrist on Tuesday.  She reduced the seroquel to 100mg - take that for 2 weeks and then come off it.  She's leaving me on the cipramil 50mg.  She did suggest adding a second antidepressant or changing the cipramil to Effexor but I'm going to see how I get on.   

I've had 2 very upsetting evenings.  I just sobbed.  Not sure what triggered it off.  

I hope everyone else is doing well. 

Beco