Funny head
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week 18 in a few days and still have this funny/off head feeling and pressure. ive had it snce the 2nd week. i didnt have this before meds.
seriously dont know what to do, i know im not recovered but i cant live this way. it has not gone away. maybe lessened a few times for a couple hours but thats it. my parents have to drive me everywhere.
im feeling so hopeless. seems like nobody can relate to this feeling.
how do i know when i leveled off? what are blips?
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wayne9379 jazmin86904
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Hey Jazmin, i have the pressure and dizziness from the 1st week i started citalopram and I'm weaning off them now, i sometimes wonder should i be driving to and from work but I'm having to deal with it, i hope it subsides soon
jazmin86904 wayne9379
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hows the tapering going wayne ?
wayne9379 jazmin86904
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hey jazmin
i hope you're well....The tapering down is going well, I'm now down to cutting 10mg in half til 5mg... I still have the dizziness/fatigue all day... I have a family wedding to go to today which I'm not looking forward too at all and to be honest i couldn't be bothered going too... how are you getting on
jazmin86904 wayne9379
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hey,
im glad to hear its going well.
I hope the wedding was good and you were able to enjoy yourself at least a bit.
Im struggling over here. totally chickened out on going down to 5. mentally i feel like im just not strong enough yet.
im still pretty anxious many days. I would love to get off but feel it may be worse and maybe im better off trying a different med til i recover. idk.
anyway, i hope you continue to do good!
wayne9379 jazmin86904
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hey Jazmin
The wedding was really good and the day in total was fab... I'm down to 5mgs a day and just finished my 1st week, i still have the dizziness all day and I'm really hoping that when i finish this course of tablets which will be in 2 months cause I'm cutting 10mgs into 5's that it will ease off and I'll be able to get on with my life and start enjoying it again...
Don't even think about the effects of the 5mgs and take them, you have us here for support
MargsSA jazmin86904
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This is my second time going on this drug, and I have had the same head thing, it takes a while to go away, but it has both times for me. Going off them makes the anxiety worse and the dizziness was way more intense, It sucks, but hang in there
jazmin86904 MargsSA
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will do. i did notice it got a bit better between 12-16 weeks.
i started doing edmr therapy and feel my anxiety rose. thinking of taking a break from therapy until my mind can heal.
robbie499 jazmin86904
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Hi there.
Whilst I have not experienced the dizzyness per say, I did experience fatigue and just kind of generally off for a good few weeks, the anxiety would come and go for the first 3 months, it was only really on month 4 that I felt I had made some progress and even now I occasionally have a few blips of feeling anxiety coming on, but I am able to lean into the anxiety more now and just let it be and to know that I have gotten through it before when it was way worse, so dealing with it occasionally now is totally manageable. Lots of folks on here have talked about how it can take 6 months to a full year of being on the meds before they felt fully recovered, initially I found that quite a scary prospect, but now it brings me comfort, to know that I already feel alot better and to think they I may recover even more and actually get fully back to myself, it brings me a lot of relief. For me I also found that as i was having these feelings of fatigue and not quite dizzyness but a lil wobbly, once I started forcing myself to excercise, like running or being on a bike machine at the gym, whatever feels safe whilst at the same time gets your heart racing, it helps burn off the nervous energy (and thats all anxiety is, is nervous energy) you also get some lovely endorphins but it also builds your confidence, that you can start doing things like excercise again, its when we avoid things that we stay in fear. Hope you start to feel better soon! hang on in there.
Robbie