Effects of stopping Citalopram abruptly?

Fab news, let us know how it goes xx

That's good news and great that the doctor called and was concerned good luck x

Hi Sarah Thankyou for your reply. Firstly just want to wish you lots of progress in feeling better every day.

i can see a difference in my son this last week, although far from recovery. After refusing the doctors on Friday I was concerned he was just going to stop medication , but since then his doctor rung him and made another appointment for tomorrow (Monday), so fingers crossed. The one thing I wish he would just give a try to is the counselling but fir some reading he refuses this. 

Hi there.  How are you feeling now?  How long have you been on the cit?  Ive just increased to 30 and feeling extremely anxious!! x

Hi Debbie

I been on them a year, i tried to commit suicide, it wasn't a cry for help, I just didn't have anything good in my life and nothing to look forward to. I started on 10mg, Feb 16 increased to 20mg then in December 2016 increased to 30mg. My anxiety is mainly triggered by travel, I also have low self esteem, I went to counselling and they set me some targets and I give myself goals, where I want to travel, who with, and I test it, it seems to be working and I am a lot better but it still hasn't gone, I have suffered on and off since I was 7years old. My depression stemmed from looking at everyone enjoying life. I know that my anxiety would be so much better if I gave up smoking but don't want to put to much pressure on myself so haven't done it yet. What about you? Xxxx

Hi Sarah

Oh you poor thing.  You must have felt absolutely terrible to do that.  How old are you?

Mine started in November after a health scare.  I was fine but for some reason I couldnt get rid of the overwhelming anxiety and panic.  I went on cit and diazepam.  I only take the diazepam when really bad which appears to be when I increase the cit or have my period.  In between I just wake up nervy which sort of fades towards the end of the day.  At the moment though the anxiety if bloomin horrid but I only increased to 30 2 days ago.  I am going to give it a few weeks to see if it works and then see what happens.  Mine could also be peri menopause which i am being tested for.  I also smoke and I did try and give up on Monday but the increase has send me smoking again!!  xx

Mornings are always worse!!! I'm 32. I tried diazepam and beta blockers first, they didn't help!! I definitely think it's better to try things rather than be stuck in a rut. What part of the health scare worried you most?

My uncle is on 40mg of citalopram he seems fine now... haha

God arent they just!!!  I cannot sit still at all in the morning, constantly up and down.  the diazepam only calmed me, didnt make me feel normal apart from the fact I could eat again!  

I had a bad cough and couldnt get rid of it, so the doctor decided to send me for a chest x ray.  Then I googled and came up with the big C word.  That sent me panicking for a whole two weeks before the result came back ok.  But I couldnt stop worrying.  I then had shortness of breath and another doctor told me I had emphysema, I didnt!!  Its just been one thing after another and its taken its toll I think.  I know health wise Im ok but it put the fear of god in me and I think its going to take time for me to come back down if you see what I mean.  My doc has also mentioned peri menopause as well so could be that!  x

How long did it take your Uncle to feel better out of interest?x

hi Honeybee.  

Oh no, thats not what you want to happen.  Did he see the doctor on Monday?  I know its a horrific experience for him feeling like he does but he must try and carry on taking them.  I still feel crap to be honest after having an increase but I have accepted that that happens and just have to battle through it.  Is he getting any other help? x

No it wasn't what I wanted at all, brought me to tears yet again. Just so difficult when it's not your choice.

He is pretty stubborn and I'm sure he just wants to feel bad, he hasn't given me a reason. On the plus side Day 3 without tablets and no side effects as yet, he seems pretty chirpy and going on a 50k walk this weekend. But saying that s a 2 steps forward 4 steps back life style so I try not to get my hopes up.

He refused the doctors, although she did allow me to pick a prescription up for him. I left him a nice note explaining the doctor had let me pick it up and that I didn't mind if he wanted to come off but please could he make the right choice and do it gradually and that it was his choice ... obv he refused them.

He also doesn't want any other help, even though I know some form of counselling would be great for him. All I can do is stand by and watch really.

Hope the bad days disappear quickly for you x

Do you know what started all this off?  Was there any reason behind it?

I might be worth just leaving him to it, keeping an eye on him obviously, for the time being.  It may be that he just needs some time out and he will recover in his own way.  The walk will do him good, he probably needs to go and do a walk every day. Do you have a dog??!!  Obviously not a 50k every day but exercise releases the endorphins which apparently make you feel good....im a bit lazy lol but I do walk my dog every day.

Yes so do I and I hope they do for you and your son also.  Half the time I think we read and hear too much negative stuff on TV, internet etc and it scares us without realising.  We start googling and before you know it, you have a terminal illness.  Have stopped doing that now!! x

It all started with girl trouble, when in a relationship he gets anxious that something bad will happen to that person and then obsesses with them to the point of pushing them away! He then can't let go of the loss and becomes almost stalker like. Then he feels that he us a bad person, life is rubbish, hurts everyone he loves etc etc

This happened before about 5 years ago (but he wasn't suicidal then), this time he is older, quit his job, quit college, spent all his money, self harms and I think he wants to feel bad because he believes he is bad?

But on the flip he is still going out with friends, driving, clubbing and he is a young leader for a local cubs and scouts group. 

Yes google is great for some things and not for others. 

Ok the same sort of thing happened to me when I was 20. My boyfriend did commit suicide. He had been telling me for about 6 months that he was going to do it and I believed him. I tried to get him help, told his parents, who didn't believe me, samaritans all sorts. Anyway, one day he told me that was it and he was going to do it. I was so worn down by it that I said go ahead. I didn't mean it but it just got too much for me. He then did it. Left me a suicide note. It was an awful time, took me a couple of years to lesrn to live with it. I then met someone else and that's when I turned like your son, couldn't let him out of my sight, scared something was going to happen to him etc. He got so fed up he threatened to leave and that's when I ended up seeing a counsellor. I don't remember an awful lot about the counselling but it must have hit home somewhere as it worked. The trouble you have is getting him to one! X