Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

Hi A

I was just like you back in August last year, I was too scared to take the CIT and waited thru 3 months of bad anxiety before I had to just take it, I decided I couldnt go on any longer how I was and just took the first one and nothing happened and I continued and havent looked back, I feel great now and back to myself, the side effects I now believe were just my anxiety playing up, so do yourself a favout take the first one today then keep in touch and we will support you here, the sooner you start the sooner you will be better xx

Anne

Hi Nicole, I had the exact same lump but once the CIT kicked in there was nothing even there, no lump, no pain swallowing nothing, I felt silly, but it was so realy, the brain makes us think allsorts, I lost 3 stone while like this, but after the cit kicked in I was fine, couldnt believe there was actually no lump at all.

SO stay strong it will pass xx

Anne

How long did it take for you? This is feeling impossible at this point. I feel worst now with the meds then I did before. 

Your comments have really worried me. I already have a difficult relationship when it comes to food and this freaks me out even more so! 

I had the anxiety lump too but it didn't affect my eating so I wouldn't worry too much Ar, it's completely phsycological. Since I started taking cit I haven't had the lump in my throat once 😊 

You just need to give the cit time to work though, six weeks is about average 😉

Loulyn x

It doesn't feel phsycological. I never felt this lump with my anxietybefire the meds and i didnt read about it before I felt it. Only time in my life I have had it was right before I throw up which is why I am having a hard time eating. 

Nicole and Ar everyone is different, some folk have no problem with eating etc or side effects, ur just hearing the worse here, u may not have any, as i said i believe my side effects were not the cit but my anxiety.

Anne x

nicole I know what u mean, but I promise I was adament i had this lump it  was as real as anything, hardly able to swallow, now nothing lol, I really find it hard to believe i was convinced i had a tumor but it was my anxiety, 

Hi Nicole,

Sorry honey, I wasn't dismissing your feelings, I was actually commenting on Ar's post 😉

Can I just say though that I was at my doc several times begging him to do something about the lump in my throat. I was going into hospital for surgery and my doc even arranged for the anaethetist to examine my throat while I was unconscious to put my mind at rest. Absolutely nothing was found. Once I the cit started to kick in the lump and other anxiety symptoms I had, pains in chest, a feeling like the skin off a baked bean was stuck at the back of my tongue and not being able to get a deep breath causing me to hyperventilate all disappeared. I would never have believed that these things were caused by anxiety because they all seemed so real but you live and learn.

I do hope you feel better very soon sweetheart,

Love Loulyn x

Thanks loulyn. I just don't know how I can hold on for 6 weeks when at just over 1 I don't know how I can make it through the day

Nicole, at the start it can be hard because your taking the pills yet you feel worse. But honey, you will be surprised how quickly the weeks fly in especially if you keep yourself busy, go for walks, have a pampering bath, do your nails, a bit of gardening ...... anything to take your mind off it. The busier you are, the quicker the weeks will pass and you'll start to notice the difference. Just bear with it for now, keep coming on here for support. The side effects will go in time, the alternative is to keep suffering the anxiety and you don't want that. You've been brave enough to do something about it, don't fall at the first hurdle, you owe it to yourself 😉

You will get through it babe, it's an awesome feeling once it kicks in so just go with the flow for now ok? Promise your Auntie Loulyn? 😉

Try & get a good sleep but if you can't sleep just lie and relax and remember to take deep breaths, breath in then take longer to breath it out xxx

I will try. I don't want to give up it's just so paralyzing. I'm a totally single mom of 2 kids so they do keep me busy but the pain is too strong. I just put on my "mask" n hide it from them 

Hi loulyn

just into week 5 after 4 weeks on 10mg and one on 20mg. Some days feel like I'm improving but these awful anxiety attacks wake me up at 4am every day and feel spaced out a few hours after. Please tell me this is normal cos I really want to give up on these. I feel like I'm going mad x

Nicole

I suffered terribly with side effects and one of the things i found really hard was to understand how something that was supposed to be making me feel better was making me feel so awful, however i am now half way through week 5 and i feel alot better, side effects have nearly all gone, i had the lump in the throat feeling - and its back again this morning however i can just ignore it now!, it is very tough going to start with but i do really believe it is worth it in the end. 

The time it takes for CIT to start working varies from person to person, alot say 6-8 weeks for the full effect but it could be earlier for you, i started to see big improvements from 3 weeks once my side effects started easing. I am now sleeping normally again (at the beginning i was waking up an hour after going to bed and i would be awake for hours before i would finally fall asleep and then i would just wake up again).

I also have two children (i am married but hubby works shifts so alot of the time we dont see alot of him for a couple of days).

There are alot of people on here who will support you through this and even if you just want to have a moan about how you are feeling, you will find the majority of people have experienced exactly the same as you.

Try and stay strong, it does get easier 

Amy x

Thanks Amy. I keep reading how it will get better n I'm just trying to focus on that. I hate the lump n the hard time breathin n the sexual side effects but hearing that it will leave is only thing keeping me going. Thanks again

Laura ur not going mad I promise, you are getting there and will be so glad that u persevered xx it takes time for ur body to adjust and everyone is different, so stay strong xxx practice deep breathing when u wake at 4am it will help u settle x

take care Anne