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Why is it so hard to get on citalopram? ?

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lizz1976
lizz1976

Hi everyone, I'm day 21 of getting back on to citalopram 20mg, I suffer mainly from health anxiety and worry about becoming ill or dying, I also have mild depression, I'm really suffering bad with side effects, this is my second time on this tablet and I'm never coming off again x

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  • Sparkly40
    Sparkly40 lizz1976

    Posted

    Morning ladies

    Quick question when you take ur diazepam how long does it take to feel the effect ??

    • Marf
      Marf Sparkly40

      Posted

      About 10 to 15 mins I think xx mornings are sooo hard, I wake up with the biggest anxious feeling ever then get up and retch and retch (to much info sorry) then gave to sit down for a while then take a diazepam 😬😬😬 it feels like it's been going on forever! 😞😞
    • Sparkly40
      Sparkly40 Marf

      Posted

      Feeling that way too this morning not feeling so good this morning at all xx
    • Marf
      Marf Sparkly40

      Posted

      I've posted another new comment in the hope of some other advice! Clutching at straws probably!! xx
    • lizz1976
      lizz1976 Marf

      Posted

      I feel exactly the same this morning, I retch every morning, Just taken a diazepam, shaky , been awake half the night with sweats x
    • lizz1976
      lizz1976 Sparkly40

      Posted

      Same sparkly, not a good morning at all, I'm giving up hope x
  • Sparkly40
    Sparkly40 lizz1976

    Posted

    I'm sort of thinking day 23 is this as good as it's gonna get??
    • lizz1976
      lizz1976 Sparkly40

      Posted

      Feeling the exact same, already cried this morning, let's try keep each other positive throughout the day today, I'm going to have a couple of hours extra sleep this morning because I'm exhausted, not sure if it's a good idea or not x
    • Marf
      Marf lizz1976

      Posted

      Hmm I went back to sleep the other day and it was a bad idea xx can you potter around for a bit then have a rest on the sofa? Then you're kind of up but not! Xxx
    • lizz1976
      lizz1976 Marf

      Posted

      Well mums just gone, don't know how I'm going to cope, I can't stop crying, I don't know what to do with myself, why does this seem to be getting harder not easier x
  • Sparkly40
    Sparkly40 lizz1976

    Posted

    Don't go back to bed you will feel worse, watch a wee bit of to and if you doze that's a good thing. Sorry you mum had to leave but try to look forward to seeing her in a weeks time and she is at the other end of the phone, have a good cry don't try to keep it in.

    Does anyone else avoid watching the news of reading magazines or is that just me

    • lizz1976
      lizz1976 Sparkly40

      Posted

      Thanks sparkly, I can't watch the news or read magazines, it's all doom and gloom, scares me and sets my anxiety off even worse xx
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