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I've been recreationally using Solpadol 30/500 for 2 years, usually 2-4 pills. It used to be every now and then but became regularly. I've realised that it's time to quit as it seems to be getting out of hand. I have also been dealing with anxiety and depression for a year now and I believe the pills might be contributing to this issue. The doctor prescribed me 10mg of Citalopram, I took one this evening but I regret it already as I'm worried about depending on antidepressants and the side effects.
Since the anxiety and depression could be because of the pills should I wait till I start the citalopram or should I just continue with the antidepressant whilst I recover from the Solpadol withdrawal?
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mari34228 honestavocado9
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I am not a doctor. This is only my opinion.
If the anxiety/depression is new (and not the reason for getting hooked on the Solpadol in the first place) then, personally, I would wait. Ease yourself off of the painkillers first. I hope you are cutting down slowly and not going cold turkey. If you have just stopped the solpadol straight, then you may just have to ride out the withdrawl symptoms, as bad as they may be.
Then, once your body is free of that drug, if you still feel like you need the citalopram then go-ahead and take it. 10mg is a tiny dose. I was on cit for 18 months, a year of which was at the highest dose of 40mg. It did not help me. I seem to not agree with anti-depressants, but they do appear to work for some people. And I think citalopram is probably one of the easier ones to wean off of.
Like I said though, I am not a doctor. Do what feels right to you. You know your own body and mind better than anybody else. If you feel like you are not coping, then try taking the 10mg for a while. Like I said, that is a tiny dose, so it probably won't have much effect and should be a doddle to wean off if you decide not to stay on it!
Best of luck
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Hi Ann, no sorry I don't know. Not yet anyway. I'm currently having a hellish time on cymbalta. Wishing I hadn't started it. Been on it for 10 weeks now and haven't left my flat since June. I hadn't even realised I had missed a whole month till I checked on the calendar when I last went out. If you haven't tried this one I would warn you not to...especially as you have the same reaction to them as I do! I am giving the cymbalta another week at the most (to please the doctor) then that's it. I have had enough of popping pills for now. What one are you currently on?
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mari34228 ann55375
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Hi Ann, yes I'm in UK. I have my first psychology appointment this month. But it's health psych for my fibromyalgia, which is the reason the mental health team, where I had an an appointment with a lovely CPN, couldn't refer me to see one of their doctors! I felt so upset when she phoned to tell me that. It's the mental health team I need to see, not the health. The fibro is fairly new compared to the problems I've had with my head over the years. I think it's actually just a by-product of all that has gone on.
That's a shame the Mirtazapine hasn't helped you. It was great for helping me sleep! I felt very odd on it though. I thought I was better but I really wasn't! Thinking back, I was both up and down at the same time. I just know that people (including the gp) thought I was doing really well, but they had no idea just how 'weird' my thinking was! And oh yeah, the withdrawl was horrendous. Like you I had horrible vivid dreams, woke up with a start every night covered in sweat, anxiety went sky high, racing thoughts that went round in an interminable loop! And I was only on 15mg. Go slow...the gp tailed me off too fast I think.
How did you find coming off the cymbalta? I am terrified. I feel like a zombie too. But it's also increasing my anxiety. And I can't eat. I'm living off chocolate and crisps. And I'm sick of them. I should be losing weight but I'm probably just giving myself diabetes. And that isn't a joke. My mum has type 2. I'm so angry the gp has kept me on it. It's like they just don't listen. He should have taken me off, not bumped me up to 120mg!!
PM me if you like.
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