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Night 4 of citalopram even more scared

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danielle10513
danielle10513

I feel like I'm going crazy. It's so hard to describe what I'm feeling but I just woke up from an hour nap with an extreme sense of dread. It's like I can't focus on anything or think about anything. Nothing will distract me, nothing interests me. I'm scared I'm going to forget everything. I'm so tired of this. I don't want to take these pills anymore. I feel like I'm not going to make it. I tried to go do something just then and forgot what it was I was going to do a second later. 

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  • Jmoo123
    Jmoo123 danielle10513

    Posted

    I have also had this at the beginning of taking cit and it is scary, but it will pass x
  • Mark7004
    Mark7004 danielle10513

    Posted

    Hey Danielle. Welcome to the Citalopram club. I am so sorry that you are starting to experience the side effects of the drug that many of us go through when we first start. What you are going through sounds perfectly normal in terms of one of the side effects. So the bad news!  You may have a few more days like today. The good news, it will pass and get a little easier each day. It can take 4-6 weeks for these effects to subside as your body starts to adapt to them. However, hang in there because it does pass and you will start feeling better soon.  Read lots of posts on this forum and you will see we all have the same experience. Search Citalopram on google to look at the side effects.  It helps you to understand that you are not going mad. Keep chatting and keep comms open. There are lots of very experienced people on this forum who have gone through this a few times.  Take care and hang in there. Easy now x
    • danielle10513
      danielle10513 Mark7004

      Posted

      Thank you so much... it's absolutely awful in the nighttime but at least it's better in the morning and I can get some sort of relief. I always dread bed time though (being unable to sleep dosent help either). I'm really hoping the effects lessen soon, I feel like a madwoman going through all of this.

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