Started on 10mg citalopram 5 days ago
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Hello everyone - I've been posting in a different/old thread but I figured I'd make a new discussion just to get a wider range of responses.
I started on 10mg Citalopram on thursday (was prescribed 20mg but at this point I don't think I'll actually increase from 10mg - the side-effects have been brutal)
Friday was complete hell for me until around 6pm when I started to feel better. I had diarrhea, eating had gotten even harder than before (I almost threw up trying to eat some bread). I was trembling a lot and for a while I had a 100+ fever. My heartbeat had been faster than normal pretty much all day as well. I was honestly just completely hopeless that day and I was walking around in a panic on the verge of tears - how I felt was "If this continues, life isn't worth it at all..."
On Saturday I was definitely feeling a lot better than the previous day - most of the side-effects have gotten a lot less severe - I pretty much just felt tired all day.. my heart rate tends to increase occasionally but it calms down within an hour or two. I still had no appetite but it seemed easier to eat - no gagging on food. It did wake me up at 5am after 6 hours of sleep and I couldn't get back to sleep at all (I was hoping it didn't continue - I've never had trouble sleeping in my life and not even the depression had affected it much). I was really hopeful that things would continue to get better.
Sunday morning I woke up at around 3am with bad diarrhea and shivering... diarrhea stopped after awhile but I got really hungry after that. It was really rough for me - had to actually wake my parents up around 4am just to help me deal with it. All I could do was walk around and ask myself "What do I do, what do I do?" ... Is that what you call a panic attack? I had the same thing on Friday. I tried my hardest to sleep after that but I honestly have no idea if I got any... so in total I got around 3 hours of that night.
Later that day I went to a walk-in clinic and was prescribed 0.5mg Ativan to help with me waking up in the middle of the night and the resulting panic attacks. As expected, I woke up at 4am so I took one and it didn't seem to do anything to help for like an hour.. got back to sleep around 5am and then I still woke back up at 7am and couldn't get back to sleep again. Is there anything I can get to help with sleeping...? Should I go back to the walk-in? I was thinking of trying Zzzquil.
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Tazchurch Gwerf
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Most of the symptons people have described i already get anyway outwith the diarrhea, maybe why i haven't noticed much change yet
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I went to my GP yesterday and he prescribed me trazodone to help me sleep... I took 25mg last night and I slept 6 hours I think? Before this started I'd always get as much sleep as i wanted... 8-10 hours, even with depression. This is really hard for me... I'm so exhausted. When I woke up this morning I couldn't stop yawning and shivering and my heart rate was really high so I also took some ativan to calm myself down.
I'm so tired and I just can't sleep... ever since I started on these antidepressants it's literally just been me dealing with these side-effects. I'm starting to wonder if I should try a different antidepressant - my GP offered to switch me yesterday but I wasn't sure. I'm honestly quite scared to come off this and start something different... I'm afraid I'll end up experiencing something another day like Friday which was the absolute worst. But I've also seen some posts from people where things instantly got 100 times better after they switched to something else, so I'm conflicted.
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I can absolutely sympathise about your reluctance to get off one and go to another.I have now done it a few times and you get hopeful that "this is the one that will fix me" and you endure the side effects and then the withdrawals.(and the disappointment) From the many posts I have read it seems that it is fairly common to try several different types of meds before finding the right one for you.I know this doesn't make things easier for you but at least you can know that your experience is very similar to most other people and you are not alone in your feelings of conflict.They are very reasonable thoughts to have and I know I have certainly experienced them.If you have a good medical professional treating you then I would really suggest that you take their advice about the meds.Unfortunately they can't know which med will suit you until they monitor your experience and then they can make an informed decision.With regard to your sleep trouble I have had tremendous success with Mirtazapine (Remeron) so you may wish to ask your professional if it is appropriate.I get a perfect eight hours sleep straight through and do not wake up feeling groggy.The first few days on it I did feel spaced out but that passed very quickly.I hope this helps. Best wishes from Rick
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I've been waking up every morning after <6 hours sleep with bad shivering and a high heart rate (~140bpm) since sunday. i talked to my counsellor and he said that it's a very abnormal side-effect and suggested i try a different medication. i have an appointment with my gp today to talk about doing that. hours="" sleep="" with="" bad="" shivering="" and="" a="" high="" heart="" rate="" (~140bpm)="" since="" sunday.="" i="" talked="" to="" my="" counsellor="" and="" he="" said="" that="" it's="" a="" very="" abnormal="" side-effect="" and="" suggested="" i="" try="" a="" different="" medication.="" i="" have="" an="" appointment="" with="" my="" gp="" today="" to="" talk="" about="" doing="">6 hours sleep with bad shivering and a high heart rate (~140bpm) since sunday. i talked to my counsellor and he said that it's a very abnormal side-effect and suggested i try a different medication. i have an appointment with my gp today to talk about doing that. >
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Hypotension, postural hypotension, tachycardia (at least 1%)-(fast heartbeat {my note}); QT prolongation, torsades de pointes, ventricular arrhythmia (postmarketing).
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Big hugs
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