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I’ve been on 10mg citalopram for 8 weeks and I’m feeling awful and not feeling better?

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Jessica12356
Jessica12356

Please help!

i was taking 20mg fluroxetine for 3 years, just after christmas i had a mental breakdown due to moving house and changing jobs it was all too much for me and also on top of that i wasnt taking my fluroxtine properly and had actually ran out of my tablets so i hit rock bottom. ive been to the doctors and they have put me on 10mg of citalopram and ive been on these for 8 weeks nearly also being prescribed 40mg beta blockers (propanalol) every day i am feeling strange, anxious, weird, head fog, i feel like im walking/driving at 100mph, i feel depressed, i have weird negative thoughts racing through my mind all day, im constantly tired, have very little energy. i feel like im stuck in a constant cycle but i thought by now surely i should be getting some benefits from the tablets? are the problems/feelings i am experiencing related to side effects maybe from starting new tablets (citalopram) ?

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 Jessica12356

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    you shouldn’t have to feel that awful after eight weeks. of citalopram.

    It may or may not be the citalopram but definitely talk to your doctor about this. He or she can make some adjustments or stop the citalopram. I’m sorry you have to go through this. But don’t suffer through this every day talk to your doctor! I do hope you feel better soon

    • Jessica12356
      Jessica12356 jan34534

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      thank you! im not sure whether its because im on a new tablet from fluroxetine but im not entirly sure why, it comes in waves. i have been to the doctors now for the 6th time, i never walk out of the doctors surgery happy and reasurred, i think half the time they arent very useful and im worried they will think im a pain for going back everyday. i also do have anxiety so it could just be that.

  • jan34534
    jan34534 Jessica12356

    Posted

    yes anxiety is very tricky. And it could very well be what’s going on. Do some things to relax your mind that’s the only thing that slows down my racing thoughts and negative thoughts and everything else anxiety dishes out to us. ugh

  • Jessica12356
    Jessica12356

    Posted

    i actually rememeber now before christmas i went over to meet a friend a couple of miles away from where i live and we went for a walk with the dogs and i felt funny then and had a bit of a panic attack/funny turn and i had to sit down and i felt all out of my body then and that was before i started taking citalopram and was still taking my fluroxetine then.. so i think it must he a build up of everything thats happened. i dont like change and moving house has pushed me out of sink. Its the racing thoughts id like to stop, the negative thoughts going round in circles all day which then leads me to feel depressed and helpless.

  • cheryl20077
    cheryl20077 Jessica12356

    Posted

    hello how are you now 8 weeks down the line please? hope your feeling better ?

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