Success on Citalopram😁

four weeks is not long enough give it 12 weeks.

my dr. told me they shouldve worked by now, I've also worked out the worst time happens a couple of days before I come on my monthly, my nan worked it out and told me ages ago but my Dr dismissed it, I'm making an emergency appt to get a 2nd opinion as my nan really doesnt think I should be on all these meds, I csnt take another 2 months off work, only another month and a half otherwise I will loose my pay, I cant deal with this anymore especially where I get a whole lot of hope for 3 weeks then come crashing down to almost suicidal again i just cant cope with it especially since this all happened for no reason and I have my little girl to think of aswell 😭😭😭😭😭😭

how many meds are you on?

oops sorry just read also trazadone if i where you i would only stick to cit.adding to many antid.meds is not the answer.i know that thru my experiences.best regards

I dont think I can cope much longer 😭😭😭

Four weeks isn't long enough - keep going with the Citalopram without taking the extra medication for 12 weeks first. Your period 100% will interfere with your recovery, its normal and because your hormones are a little all over the place at that time!

so I got a 2nd opinion from a female Dr today, she agreed and didnt dismiss anything I was thinking or feeling, she has told me I need to ride out the bad days and go back to her in 2 weeks, it's just I'm worried I'll never be able to go back to work and have a normal life again, she completely understood and was quite sympathetic, she has told me to stick it out on the citalopram, and not take the trazadone, so basically a big waiting game to see how I get on in 3-4 weeks time when my period is due, would you guys just mind being a support mechanism for the days when I'm really really downhill with depression, tears ?

I'm no doctor but I 100% believe you are doing the right thing listening to this second opinion. The first time I went onto citalopram 7yrs ago I recovered on 10mg only! I only back on it because I had a health scare that gave me anxiety. I'm only on week 3 of starting 20mg and I'm very up and down too but generally better than when I started, which is all I can ask for at the moment. I am on the pill and I have decided to take my next packet straight away so I don't have a period this month because it did unsettle me so much last month. Honestly everything you are going through is normal and most of us on this forum have been through it or are currently going through it x

have you been to the point of suicidal and cant stop crying hopeless etc? please tell me I'll get better soon, I'm so worried becuase I just want my normal life back and be able to be a proper mum to my 2 year old and be able to go back to my job I love so much 😥😥😥 also, the fact I'm done for 3 weeks then not for a few days to a week really throws me off 😭

I was on 10mg for 3 weeks from 18th december, went upto 20mg on 8th january after going downhill after 3 weeks, so definatley seems to be a pattern forming where its every 3 weeks I go downhill

I'm at the 3 week 20mg point and ive also had an anxious period for the past two days! I think its subsiding now though as feel a little better today

thing is where I have these horrible days, depression hits too and I get suicidal, and I just cry for 2-3 days straight, my life almost stops for those days, partner has to do EVERYTHING when I'm like that I can just about get out of bed and this weekend I went back to bed and cried on a few occasions, even got someone I know to come round and cry too, considered hospitilising myself as I felt being like that around my 2 year old and partner wasnt fair on them etc, Im getting so fed up, I'm also worried becuase I've been signed off work for a month and a half already, and in another month and a half I'll have to go down to only half pay, and with nursery fees to pay for I'm seriously worried about it as we dont get much money, not enough to cover what I'd loose anyway, it's just so hard as as soon as I get that warm anxiety feeling in my chest area, the depression and crying all sets in immediatley

just keep going both if you

it will settle but you need to stabilize on the therapeutic 20 mg dose

it takes time

and yes its awful whilst you wait for that to happen

stay strong keep occupied

it will pass

i agree with lois

I've never had any issues with PMS or PMDD before but it now seems every 3 weeks I go massively downhill for a few days then pick up again seemingly back to my normal self 2 days after ive came on, but you'll see in my comments above how low I was at the weekend 😭

I've even convinced myself I have cyclothymia, which worries me becuase I never really had any of these issues when I started meds, was just abit scared if burglary at night which started keeping me up 😭

all those weird side effects you are having from the cit will subside it just takes lots of time.

what feeling completley better for 3 weeks then going massively downhill? I've thought of hospitalising myself becuase of how low I've been 😭😭😭

I feel like I'm floating not even existing as me anymore becuase of all this 😭😭😭

so my Dr has now reffered me for a mental health assessment becuase she is looking into the possibility of bipolar and I'm SO SCARED 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Emily,

Please don't panic. This is only going to make the cycle you are in worse. The fact that you had 3 weeks of good is a sign things are working in the right direction. You are going to have highs and lows, it is just part of the healing process. Here's a quote from a book I am reading that seems to sum up your situation...The author is recounting a situation where he, too, fell into the 'this isn't working' cycle.

"I started questioning it all over again, falling into the trap of telling myself that this is not working. I thought I had recovered, but now I felt worse than ever. I did this on numerous occasions, feeling great one week and terrible the next until it was eventually drummed into me that this was only to be expected and part and parcel of the recovery."

I really hope you feel better soon, but don't overreact to what is a normal part of the process (unless of course you are afraid for your life).

if all the above is the case,- why would my Dr be looking into bipolar? I dont get any extreme highs, I just went completley back to normal for 3 weeks, now I'm the lowest I've ever been unable to feel happy at all, and like a zombie again

Hi, I have a diagnosis of cyclothmia. I'm on 40mg of Citalopram and am also taking a mood stabilizer to stop hypomania from the high dose of Cit. Haven't heard of the other med you're taking so will have a quick Google. Hope your ADs have kicked in now.

I was seen by a consultant phsyciatrist, he confirmed I have moderate depression and extreme anxiety, he said the reason I went back downhill was becuase my cit dose isnt high enough and upped it to 30mg, I saw the effect of the 30mg within a week on my depression but not much on anxiety so I've been prescribed propranalol for the physical symptoms of anxiety as that's my main issue, which causes my depression, which seems to have worked wonders, so far I've been ok since 22nd feb, I'm returning to work on Monday, so fingers crossed I'm in the clear now as I've felt completley myself for a while now 🙂