Coping with citalopram
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anyone else out there have issues with neck and shoulder pain when taking these pills? My sleeping was poor before taking these tablets but has now become much worse, I am only 11 days into taking 10mg so understand there will still be side effects to work through, have had a lot of them and happy to say some have eased but still have extremely poor sleep, at best a couple of hours at worst none. I think the neck and shoulder pain is contributing to this and must be tension but could this be the pills making me tense just now - looking for some reassurance that this may be the case and will pass.
Anyone else had this ?
Val
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renfrew valerie85524
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elizabeth20203 renfrew
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renfrew elizabeth20203
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Dawn1208 renfrew
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valerie85524 Dawn1208
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dont nut worry you are not alone , I too have been I on these just under two weeks and still feel horrible, possibly a little better than at beginning so a gradual improvement. The nausea passed for me after about a week and that meant my appetite has improved. The worst bit for me is the lack of sleep, it was poor before tablets but his has made it worse along with the anxiety / agitation. I just keep taking heart from everyone else on here that things will improve - Hang on in there and be kind to yourself
Val
Dawn1208 valerie85524
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valerie85524 Dawn1208
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i am lucky in that I have a lot of support from my partner, we are self employed working from home with not too much on at the moment so have been able to just think about myself. When I do go out it's usually just for a walk, managed the shop one day but always with help. Haven't even considered driving, so in that respect you're doing well. Take heart in the small things , have you tried some of the herbal sleeping aids with Valerian to help sleep. I had a couple last night and slept well. Also, been listening to a you tube Video of Paul McKenna for sleep and that can be helpful sometimes. Anything is worth a shot, I know how hard it is to function without sleep.
Val
caramax valerie85524
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Most of the stuff I have read is to give it a month so and if you can hold on past that it gets much better. I am going to give it a go but I had to get some low dose valium to help with the anxiety during the day for my job. I work part time and the rest from home so am quite lucky but even now, typing can feel me clenching my teeth.
Maybe we need to treat ourselves to a massage
Hope you feel better soon and keep me updated how your feeling. You get any other side effects / thought about going up? x
valerie85524 caramax
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yes I had loads of side effects right from day one of the tablet and felt like I was poisoning my body, no way could I go out to work but lucky enough to work from home so I can more or less please myself. Initially, I had nausea, little or no appetite , I've lost loads of weight, worse anxiety and sleep but most of these have eased apart from the lack of sleep which is what led to this anxiety in the first place. I've not yet been back to discuss things with my doctor that's next week but already feel I would not be keen to alter the dose unless she was sure it was absolutely necessary. I would be scared of going through all of these side effects again - I virtually lay on the couch for a week unable to function.
i have had a couple of quite good days and these always follow a night where I've managed some reasonable sleep, so think the key at the moment is to get that back on track just don't know how.
trying not to stress about anything but don't know if it's me or the pills that are causing stress now .
sorry for rambling on , let's hope things improve soon
Val
caramax valerie85524
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Probs best not to go up, I think the pills are strong so just keep remembering it's not you, it's your brain and body adjusting. They are not for everyone so if after 6 weeks maybe think about changing. My doc said if I am still experiencing bad side effects in 3 weeks, he will change me to setaraline which apperantly work in 3 weeks straight but am just hoping cit will be the one and feel better in a few weeks.
It's good to hear some of your symptoms have eased and you've had a couple of good days ( I had my first one in a while yesterday - but think the vallies helped with that) but maybe go see doc - reckon should be appointments every few weeks till you leveled out- it's such a big shift.
The nausea is bad for me too and comes and goes in waves. I've found forcing myself to go for a jog with a friend or do mediation helps. I'm also going to order a really easy thriller book or something that engrosses me to stop me being in my own head as much (my main problem is obbsessive thoughts / worrying and anger about a previous situation / people). If Cit can even help ith 50% of the above it would make a massive difference to my life. Am doing counselling as well and hoping that will help, though it hasn't much in the past - have never done the both together.
Are you doing any counselling?
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valerie85524 caramax
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no no not been referred for any counselling just trying my own stuff to help - meditation, relaxation tapes, talking to friends and family and generally being really open about my issues, not trying to hide any jinx.
when I do feel reasonable I make sure to get out walking and that's been good rather than doing any heavy work outs- trying to be kind to my body and leave those for when these side effects have hopefully gone.
Hope I don't need to change medication purely cause I don't think I could face going back to square one.
Good luck to you too
Val
Richardt caramax
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valerie85524 Richardt
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nice to hear a success story, we need that in the early weeks as it feels like things are worse at times . Did you also suffer with side effects in the beginning ?
Val
Richardt valerie85524
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