Electric shocks, pins and needles
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Hello everyone.
I have withdrawn from Citalopram after 7 years. The electric shocks and pins and needles got me more than any other withdrawal symptom.
Just to say I found warm drinks, holding a warm cup and keeping busy helped.
walking helped exhaustion and I avoided all the little things in life that would stress me ( we all have those friends/ family members hey?)
warm food seemed to help too, soups and flu remedies for aches and pains.
It has certainly given me more sympathy for drug misusers and their need to get rid of symptoms when withdrawing!
It is very manageable when you know what's happening although a bit uncomfortable.
Hope these tips help others
We are all great and being strong
Mary
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IntheMiddleofNo mary13680
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Mostly I'm nervous that I could feel worse than I do now while going off of it.
Really appreciate your post!
mary13680 IntheMiddleofNo
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Now I'm on week 3 completely free and my head feels so clear for the first time in years.
I'm going to be careful though and step up my exercise and eat well to stay better. I have to make myself go home from work too or I get tired/stressed.
Do you mind if I suggest CBT and exercise, even walking, might help your fatigue, motivation. I'm not a doctor but if an SSRI isn't working for you it might be physical rather than mental? Also a light box?
hope you don't mind my suggestions and apologies if you have already tried everything like most of us do!
best wishes for feeling better soon and my support to you
IntheMiddleofNo mary13680
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I've always been kind of against CBT. My husband and I went to marriage counseling for a few months, and it definitely helped us at the time (although once we stopped going things quickly went back to the way they were before ). Perhaps you are right... I should try to not be so narrow minded and give it a whirl. Where I live, there are also few psychiatrists that will see you if you are not in their therapy program also, so I haven't seen a psychiatrist and am only treated by a DNP. ... maybe it's time!
Thanks for your support and advice! I'm so happy for you to hear that you are not depressed! For most of us that have struggled with it off and on throughout life, when we are depressed, it's easy to feel like this will never end... and when we are well (at least for me), we tend to think that we are "finally over that". You are wise to recognize that some preventative steps (health) are important to stay in this positive state!
mary13680 IntheMiddleofNo
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When you are better you will realise how low you have been but I hope you will also know how strong you are to cope
I wanted to die, I didn't think I was a good enough mummy and I had nothing to give my husband who was his usual demanding selfish self. But he hadn't changed I had...i was ill.
If you can start just making yourself feel a bit better...a special coffee, a manicure...whatever you used to like before children, marriage and depression...it will work. It has too. But now its medicine, before it came naturally.
CBT is fab...it gives you some tools to work out your muddles in your head
You are very strong, I admire you.
Let me know what you manage to arrange. I'm in the UK and send my support!!