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lorraine90511
lorraine90511

hello, does anyone ever feel like they are making no progress even if there has been some?

im on week 7 of increasing citalorpram to 30mg. if i look back i can see theres been improvkents but j still seem to fear being like this for ever or feeling like ive not made any progress if that makes sense?

im still off work i tried to return a couple of weeks ago but couldnt manage. so im off again now. how will i know when im ready to go back?

i miss the anxious free me. this started three months ago after i got covid. but feels like ive been suffering forever. i watch my motions all day and live inside my head although that has lessened.

i guess im looking for some reasurrance that what im feeling is normal during recovery?

thank you

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 lorraine90511

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    yes, what you are feeling is very common and normal.

    it’s important to take one day at a time. Acknowledge the progress you have made each day. If you start looking too far into the future, you’re going to start over thinking things and not consider how well you are doing.

    The what if thinking is destructive and The future does not exist all we have is right now. So stay in the present and congratulate yourself for every baby step that you take in the right direction. every baby step will build upon its self. One day at a time!

    • lorraine90511
      lorraine90511 jan34534

      Posted

      thank you so much for your reply, did you feel like i am? its such a lonely ill ess but im glad that what i am going througj isnotmal.

  • Ojh3
    Ojh3 lorraine90511

    Posted

    maybe the citalopram has stopped working for you. when i switched to venlafaxine i felt so much better within 2 weeks. the citalopram had just stopped working after a few years.

    • lorraine90511
      lorraine90511 Ojh3

      Posted

      how are you now? are you still doing better? maybe it has stopped working i really am scared to try anything new incase it doesnt suit me and i keep going round in circles.

    • Ojh3
      Ojh3 lorraine90511

      Posted

      loads better. i noticed a huge difference by 2 weeks.

      you can straight swap from cit to ven too. it was rough at first, but once you get over the innitial side effects it was such a difference.

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