Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

Hi all,

Hi Chris,

The amitriptyline should help with your sleeping, I have to be in bed when I take that as I am asleep in about 1 minute. may help more at the 30mg I feel I will be going to that in 2 weeks om my next GP visit, as my OCD is still bad, I check the door about 4 times when leaving, even tho I know its locked, never used to do this. I am doing well other than that and obviously the tinnitus is annoying, I did'nt suffer many side effects when I upped to 20mg just some headaches. so hopefully you will be fine when u increase (if u do) take care and I hope ur pain is improving,

Thanks Mrs VN doing ok at the moment, going away for the weekend so hopefully stay in good form. How did it go with your hair appointment ? looking good I bet, you are an inspiration to us all.

Susie,

So glad the breathing is helping you, well done on mastering it, and so proud of you persevering and now on the way to been your old self, all that driving too well done !!!! we are all on the journey to calmness normality and happiness, keep strong Susie ur doing great xxxxx

Carol ,

you are welcome you are doing so well and staying strong too, and now even laughing with ur wee dogs, how happy I am to know that. we all know the simple things in life can bring us happiness.

Rhys,

stick in there, early days and your doing really well, exercise is a great way to focus yourself, my friend helped himself by swimming, such a release for him, so any sort of exercise will oxygenate your brain and body making u feel better, x

David,

Its good to hear you are a bit better today, stick in you will improve more and more each day, well done. You have a great attitude as well so I believe that will get you there x

Hi Diane

Hope you seeing some improvement again today, x

Hi Christine,

Hope today is a good day for you. x

Beco,

how are you, been thinking of you a lot today, so hope ur seeing more improvement, be strong and you will get back to your old self soon, and I am looking forward to the day you post your feeling good xxx

take care everyone xx

Night night Anne

Hi Anne

Thanks for that - just worried that I may not get the benefit out of Amit as I was on Dosulepin until recently(125mg) and that is similar but did not give any pain relief.

So we shall see.

Have a good sleep.

Night all

Chris

Hi Anne and everyone

Thanks for thinking of me Anne.

I had my counselling this morning. I think my counsellor saw a big change in me. The drugs have kicked in. I'm not totally panicking leaving the house incase I meet the neighbour. I'm still very aware of where she is and still left the school yard early so I could get home before her.

Either the increase to 50mg cipramil or the seroquel at night is knocking me out for the day. I could sleep forever.

I'm a bit concerned that what I'm feeling now is a false high - as in that the drugs are giving me a temporary lift but that I'll come crashing down again. Did anyone feel an improvement and stay up or did you all slip back again?

Does anyone else have a jerking/ twitching sensation in their arms and legs when falling asleep? It's like I'm getting mini electric shocks!!!!!

I'm off to England in the morning for a funeral. I'm up at 4.45!!! Hopefully I'll be ok. As my counsellor said I'll just need to cling on to my sister so I have company and support for the day.

I've my next psychiatric appt on Tuesday. I'm hoping she won't up my dosages.

Thanks again to all on this forum.

Take care

Beco

Hi Beco

Your welcome of course I am going to be thinking of you we have been on here together for a while now, and I am waiting for the day you feel 100% and have no feelings about ur neighbour.

Well done on your counselling and its great you and the counselor can notice a difference, that's fab x the tirdness is all part of the healing process, I am still feeling tired about 2pm every day but I fight it so I can sleep at night, but you will be grand tomorrow for travelling with you sister, just sorry you have a funeral to go to, be strong you will be in good company with your sister there, she will support you.

I had twitching in my left eye loads but not as bad now, your body is getting used to different medication thats all, support your body in this and know its making you better, so glad u visited the Phy and got better medication to help you as I can see a big improvement in your mood, which makes me happy, so be brave tomorrow and I hope all goes ok for you.

Take care

Anne xxxx

Hello everyone,

Beco stay strong you're doing really well I hope the funeral will go as well as these things do.

So the patches of good and bad make sense now. Realising I am having more good patches, it's just a shame that I still struggle slightly when I wake up.

Yesterday was a positive day. Although I had a couple of moments I just said to myself its the anxiety talking again. As my old counsellor said its like a parrot that needs knocking of my shoulder.

So my counselling/therapy has been put back for 2 weeks :-( a bit disappointed as I was so focused on getting in there and talking. I also wanted to start it so that I can start focusing on getting back to work. It's frustrating being scared of going back to work.

Hope you all have a calm and good day.

Emma x

Hi Beco and everyone,

I'm so happy you are improving, keep it up! I went back to work after 2 and a half months off sick with anxiety and I'm feeling great. Have done two lessons for two weeks, next week 3 lessons and then the whole day. Going back to school was a bit scary but everyone was so supportive and good to me that I feel relieved.

My cit is working ok, am on 25 a day now but will decrease to 20 eventually.

so, have a good weekend

Grace

Hi All,

I'm pleased to read that most of you are now turning the corner and things are getting better for you. One minute I feel they are for me and then other times I still don't feel like I am getting there, the mornings are still terrible, I am still waking at 4/5 am and feeling very tense when I get up, some days this goes quickly and others it can stay most og the morning, I have to see my GP on Thursday, If I am the same as I am now I really don't know what to tell him because I have a fear of going on anything else, I don't think I can go through another 8 weeks getting use to it, I am now on my 5 th week of 20mg so that is 8 weeks altogether with the 3 on 10, .

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Christine xx

Hey comic have you seen any improvement whatsoever? chances are the doc will put you up to 30mg a day, I hear many stories of nothing happening to people on 20mg as soon as they go up to 30 after a few weeks it does wonders for them. x

I mean Hey cmc46 :P

Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing well. Had a day of nausea and fatigue yesterday, but today has been better. Still having random sweats but did housework this morning and a friend visited this afternoon and although I'm a bit tired I feel good. Just taking things a day at a time. Tortoise tortoise tortoise!

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Hi all,

Not having a good day today still very anxious,nauseous and a strange feeling in my head since taking the

sleeping tablets I only managed to sleep for 4 hrs and woke with palpitations. I did the deep breathing but

It didn't work so I don't know where I'm going wrong but it did work yesterday when I went for a drive with my husband to get out of the house. I went to the beach today to get some fresh air to see if it would release

some of the anxiety. I must have overdone it because when I got home I felt so ill and cried like I have never

cried before. I feel as if it's never going to end.

Maria x

Hope your all doing well today

Hy Rhys,, Not sure whether I'll be able to have 30mg as I am 67 and I think the highest dose for people my age should only have up to 20mg but I think I would rather have that than change to something else, I do have good days, first thing in the mornings are terrible.

Diane, Pleased you have had a better day today, how long have you been on cit now?

Maria, Sorry to hear that you have not had a good day, I hope things get better soon.

Hope you all have a better weekend

Christine xx

Hi Christine,

On Monday it'll be 5 weeks on 20mg, but I'm not straightforward. I have probable post viral fatigue which may or not be exacerbated by erratic hormones.

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Hi, everyone!

My 4th day on 20mg after 20 days on 10mg, and I was really, really scared about having all the horrible side effects that I had when I started the 10mg. But I hardly had any at all, and am feeling much better!

I agree with people about doing exercise and getting out of the house, I think that's really important.

Has anyone tried mindful awareness? I had counselling last year and my counsellor recommended it, and I got the book and CDs. I did it on my own and it really helped at the time, but now I want to do a proper course in it. The next one near me is after Easter, but I'm going to sign up.

Maria, it might really help with your anxiety...am I allowed to post links to websites up here for anyone interested to look at?

Hey everyone,

I've had another good day, although I'm exhausted now as it's probably been the busiest day I've had for weeks now! I went and had a massage done as a treat, which would've been lovely if the lady doing it hadn't decided that it was a great opportunity for a chat! She didn't pick up on any of my hints that I wasn't up for talking so I ended up feeling tense waiting for her to start talking again! Nevermind! I'll try somewhere else next time!

I also went and had my hair done yesterday and was so pleased with myself that I managed to sit and chat for a couple of hours and felt absolutely fine all the way through! I'm off to my sister's 40th tomorrow. I remember mentioning to Beco a while ago that I was anxious about it but I'm really looking forward to it now. My nephews have told my sister they're going to jump all over me...oh joy! (I think it's because when i was really bad they were warned that I was feeling really sad and not to climb and jump all over me like they usually would!)

Grace, hearing about your return to work has really reassured me. I go back on tuesday on a phased return after 6 weeks off so it's good to hear you're doing well. It's set my mind at ease.

Beco, I hope the funeral went okay and that you managed to get through it. Funerals are never nice at the best of times so when you're feeling unwell and have had to travel a long way it must've been tough. I'm so glad you've started to feel better though.

Jules, I used mindfulness to get me through the awful first couple of weeks, I'm still continuing to do the 8 week programme in the Mark WIlliams and Danny Penman book. Is that the one you used? A friend has signed up for the course and starts next week. She was the one who recommended it. She found it a massive help as she has had PND and severe OCD following the birth of her last two babies and she has another on the way in a couple of months. She swears by it. I must admit, I'm having to really push myself to do the exercises now I'm feeling better. It's recommended as it can prevent future relapses in people who have had several episodes of illness. Although it has some similarities to CBT some of the strategies conflict with CBT so if anyone's having CBT it's a good idea to bear this in mind as it could end up making you feel confused which could lead to more anxiety. You can post links on here Jules but they have to be approved by an invigilator so it can be a few days before it's approved.

Oh Emma,

I'm so sorry to hear your counselling has been postponed as I know you were hoping to get that underway before you go back to work. That must've been really disappointing.

Maria, I know what you mean about it being exhausting, I found just doing the washing up wore me out when I was feeling ill. A walk on the beach sounds like a great way to get some fresh air and exercise though, keep it up, I sobbed my way round several of the walks I was coaxed out on and I did feel brighter later on than I would have done otherwise. It'll also help to wear you out so you might sleep a bit longer.

Rhys. You're sounding a little brighter than a few days ago, are you feeling better?

Diane, Tortoise, tortoise, tortoise ;-D

Christine, There's no reason to think the citalopram won't work for you this time, it sounds like you're starting to have some brighter patches. I read that if you've used it successfully before it's more likely to work again than if you haven't.

Anne, Hope you have a great weekend away, you deserve it! You're another success story for others to take hope and comfort from.

Chris, I thought of you when Jules mentioned the mindfulness as there's also a mindfulness book specifically for pain management. My mum has bought a copy too as she saw how much the mindfulness helped me with my depression and anxiety. It's called mindfulness for health:a practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing.

Hope everyone is either seeing some good patches or finding comfort and hope from other people who took a while to see those improvements.

Have a calm and peaceful weekend all xxx