Melbi stops taking Citalopram
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LOL wanted to start a new thread for posting my experience of coming off citalopram.
[u:7123dfc0b9][b:7123dfc0b9]Day 1[/b:7123dfc0b9][/u:7123dfc0b9]: Missed my 20 mg dose that I have been taking in the mornings. So far feeling okay - I know they supposed to stay in blood steam for is it 35 hours?
I have a slight headache - I have been having those anyway since taking them.
Slight back and shoulder pain - that had disappeared a few days ago but for some reason is back now. Tension at the worry of any upcoming withdrawal symptoms?
I don't feel as groggy as I normally do at this time of the day and yawning has almost ceased.
A little shaky but again have been shaky since starting them 4/5 weeks ago. Or is it 6 now? Damn tablets - I swear someone came and nicked my memory while I sneaked a few hours sleep one night :roll:
Will update tomorrow.
Melbi xxx
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Spent the whole night having the most awful and vivid nightmares. This time I didn't seem to be able to wake from them yet felt aware of myself trying to do so.
Finally woke at around 3am sweating and very restless. Went to the loo came back to bed then slept dreamless until 10am.
Also last evening I had a terrible headache and at one point quite severe pains in my chest that generated into my back right between my shoulder blades. These pains only lasted a few seconds but were quite painful.
Still have a slight headache this morning but chest pains gone and still feeling more sane than when I was taking the citalopram.
Getting to sleep is still a major issue just as it was before I started taking citalopram. I am now considering seeing a different GP to see if they will address the insomnia and not try and treat the effect of insomnia.
When I first started posting here - some may remember I couldn't work out if it was the insomnia that was causing the anxiety or the anxiety causing the insomnia. I have now concluded that it is the insomnia causing the anxiety!
I have had no anxiety attacks since I stopped taking that silly tablet and do not feel anxious throughout the day - I do however start to feel anxious come bedtime (viscious circle).
Last night I had ran out of night nurse AND codiene - how could I have let that happen beats me :evil:
So my anxiety levels were higher than the night before.
I ended up searching the internet for somewhere I could buy sleeping tablets online. I did find one that sells temazepam after an online consultation with a doctor that would cost in the region of £150 then a further £60 for 30 tablets.
Yes, I did click buy now - I am that desperate to be able to climb into bed and fall asleep within a reasonable time rather than watching the hours tick by - well they don't tick because it's a digital clock :roll:
I also found another tablet I could take as a sleep aid - will this self medicating ever end?
Anyway, having not long been awake and feeling tired and groggy, probably due to the fact that when I did sleep it was a very restless one, I have decided I will go and see a different doctor and try and convince him or her that if I can get my sleep pattern back the anxiety will be resolved too. Surely I know my own person better than anyone else?
For today I will call into a chemist and buy some night nurse, phone the doctors tomorrow and make an appointment. I will tell him/her that I am at present self medicating to gain some sleep. Gosh! I'm also going to have to tell them I stopped taking the citalopram of my own accord last Wednesday - this should be fun :shock:
Hope you are all keeping well and staying strong.
Melbi xxxx
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Not been a good day - spent all day in bed :shock:
If I move too fast my brain feels like it is shaking around and I lose my balance.
Headache hardly noticeable today.
Feeling absolutely exhausted.
Very depressed & extreme tiredness.
Anxiety levels are fairly high (due to some upset caused yesterday)
Some morbid thoughts.
I don't want to go back to work and I certainly don't want to see a doctor.
Melbi xxx