Thought things were turning up but now I feel like things are falling apart again

Hi Devin

I was exactly the same its normal to feel like this early on but it does pass !

I coudnt stop crying , didn't want to do anything, wanted to be on my own. Felt like I didn't fit in anywhere at all and was terrified I was going to feel like this forever!

But good news Devin it does pass.... You won't feel like this forever.

The fist 14 days weren't great for me but everyone is different remember , you may feel better sooner.

Stick with them . Posting on here helped me loads.

Take care x

Hi Devin 

pits normal to feel the way you do! I remember clearly feeling the way you do and it takes weeks and months to completely feel fine again.The first two weeks were bad and then episodes after that for about 12 weeks. To feel really anxiety free and.able to engage with others happily about six months . Just try and get through one day at a time and focus on small successes.like eating breakfast having a shower doing necessary chores and then have a rest in the afternoon. Distraction is a good coping skill. 

This is a long slow process to recovery but recover you will . Promise.

Morning devin,

It will pass, it takes time, keep posting and reading to help you through the cr*p times.

You are experiencing your first high followed by a low, do not worry, accept this and always keep in mind the highs to get you through the lows as they happen. It works! This is the usual with Cita (well, for most of us anyway) and you'll eventually, sooner or later, learn to ride them.

I always kept (and still do) an emergency duvet downstairs because sometimes I would force myself to get up only to find downstairs was as far as I could get!

Keep posting that's the ticket! You'll find the answers here.

Hope you have a good one today!

Regards,

David

Devin,

It does get easier just stick with it like people have said the first two weeks are very hard. I personally had highs one minute then some bad lows my mind was racing most of the time. and the side effects were hard to cope with my concentration was none existent. I did carrying on working just to tough it out and looking back on doing this it was the right decision for me.

I'm just starting my 4th week my 3Rd on 20 mg and am feeling a lot more positive I am talking to my wife a lot more now and am doing stuff around the house again.

I'm still having a few moments of anxiety and feeling a bit fuzzy in my head but these are getting less.

Stick with the medication it will get better you just have to give it time stay strong it is a battle with your self a lot of the time. I used this forum if not posting myself just reading what everyone else has gone through and that alone helped me through it on a daily basis.

All the best Kev.

Hi Dev

How you feeling now any better?

Just remember everything you feeling is totally normal and you will feel better soon x

Debi

Hope you wake up to a better morning Devin this morning .Try not to let the dreaded thing beat you . Get up and set yourself some simple tasks to get through the beginning of the day which is always bad. Have a banana milkshake and keep telling yourself you are one step further to recovery. X

hi devin23, I started cit on friday. i am totally with you here. imfeel like crap. i wish i could crawl under my covers and sleep. this sucks so bad. whats worse is i am on prac and have 5 days to work to pass this unit and it is doing my head in. i swear my nerves are humming. i feel so out of it.

it is a terrible thing that we wait till we are so low to go to the doctors to be prescribed this and then the cure makes us feel worse!??

im trusting that i can outwait the side effects.

hang in there. we are nearly half way.