Cilalopram...

[YommyMommy]

I can only handle positive stories right now please :)

I have started on 10mg today for anxiety and depression. I'm do relived to b getting some help and looking forward to feeling like myself...I know it won't work over night but would love to hear success stories!

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Tiredness here too, feel shattered all the time. No spots yet though, hope they don't arrive for Christmas party season! Weird sleep too now waking up suddenly in night and having really strange dreams. This drug better be worth all of this!

Hi all - I just wanted to see what your experiences of citroplam were - the GP has suggested i take them altho Im not sure about the side effects.

Hi everyone. I hope you dont mind but just read your messages and can't tell you how helpful it has been. I have suffered with depression, pa's & anxiety on and off over the past 20 years so i understand some of the struggles. Ive been ok for 6 years but suspected my dp wasn't well but he refused to get help at all.
Im 5 months preg now and he's been
showing signs of depression-seeming switched off and distant. I have been sick for most of pg and off work 2 months. He has had to look after his father who was diag with paranoid depressipn in march
Then me and now he is ill. He finaly went to doctors yday and was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. He is on citalopram( 10 mg). I think talking about it all is so important. I wish he could or had similar .mn thing because i recognise so much of how he sys he feels on here. He said after first tab today that.he had clenchy teeth but felt bit more able to go to work.
Going to get multivits for him plus good diet and walking together. He is awaiting counselling. I feel guilty too-been v difficult hugely stressful first.pg. Thanks for listening and hope u are all getting there. I really understand how panic attacks and anxiety work and think its fantastic that you do support each other on here xx

And again i dont want to offend anyone or upset anyone because its not me its my dp, so sorry if not appropriate x

Hi all, olympicvibes welcome and no it's not inappropriate at all :) I really hope they help your dp.

My day's been ok. Dp's been cooking made lush bread and minestrone soup. We went to rent Breaking Dawn 1 and watched that tonight.I wanted to see it before BD2. I've heard that one is better? 1 was ok though just a bit long winded and the music was a bit much.

My chest hasn't been so bad. Cardiac people rang but I was napping,dp said they'll ring back. Seems quick?

My GP will only ever give me 1 month at a time she said they don't give more than that? Would be great to get 6 months and cheaper.

I had it for PND. I think it saved my life. I started my recovery within days. I will be forever grateful xx

Thank you curious and good things ok today for you. Btw was really amazed to read how you felt about going to durham cathedral. It is my favourite building in the world-has the most calming effect on me and always has done whenever ive been having a tough time x

Glad to hear it helped you slatternlymother.

olympicvibes, Durham cathedral is amazing, even more so if you go when the choir are singing Dp and I are planning another overnight stay there soon. We stayed at the Premier last time for £29, a bargain! Plus it means we get more time in Durham. It's not far from home though but we still like to stay over.

Morning ladies,

Welcome new comers Olympic no offended at all, glad the thread has helped!

I'm so glad this is my last day at work we are going to the Christmas light switch on tonight in town. My boys are actually switching on the lights as its my work that deals with that :D I think I'm more excited than them, lol!!

I hope everyone had a nice day! X x

Curious can't wait to hear what culinary delights are on offer today in ur house

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Ooo YM how exciting for your dss.

I've had a decent day today. Been to glass painting and did a Christmas tree and snowflakes on a tall triangular glass bottle that I had in the house. I did freehand but the others used stencils. I couldn't have got a stencil in it. Quite surprised how well it turned out really as have only ever done it once before. I could really get into it. I fancy doing a patchwork pattern next time as saw one in a book and that looks very easy. The food of the day is homemade french onion soup and homemade bread from Dp. I've made Thai curry for tonight as friends are coming over.

Still having chest tightness but it could be anxiety?

I hope everyone else is ok?

Well, another good day, in fact I feel 'normal' and not like I should be on this thread at all now! Which I know is great. i would just like to say to everyone that you have to give the tablets 6 weeks to work properly and at least 5 weeks for your side effects to wear off. I feel so much better and am looking forward to an organised Christmas this year. My thoughts are so much clearer.

I am going to sign off this thread for now but please message me if anyone needs advice.

Glad to hear ur doing so well second!! you'll b missed x x

That's great second thanks for your posts! On day 12 here and think I am starting to feel better, is it possible they can work that fast?

Hi Arcadia,

Some people say they work really quickly for them so I guess it's possible they could b starting to work!

What dose are you on? X x

Bye for now SR see you around and glad you're so well

Yes Arcadia they can work quickly. Are you on 20mg yet?

I'm ok today, been to the cliffs with the dog and the sunshine and frost were refreshing.

Got home and hospital app there for rapid access chest pain dept. It's tightness not pain but it is uncomfortable. I went to glass painting yesterday and one person there said her friend's ended up with angina due to anxiety. I really wanted to hear that!!

Hope everyone has a nice day.

Hi I am only on 10mg and seeing doctor again week after next - the three week mark. I was actually functioning OK when I went on them, just feeling flat and down, but not terrible, so now wondering if it just passed on it's own and I was too hasty. I'll see what she says.

Are you going up to 20mg at some point YommyMommy?

I was really perky this morning but felt really tired again from lunchtime today. Also haven't got much of an appetite and have lost a bit of weight.

Your walk sounds lovely curious it has been a beautiful crisp winter day, nice change from rain!

Arcadia you could be tired because of your diet? We need a bit more fuel in winter Maybe try to eat snacks and what you fancy instead of meals? Nuts and seeds are good for energy as are bananas etc.. I can't eat bananas as recently found I have an allergy to them. Peanut butter's good too.

i have picked my prescription up from Dr's but still undecided as to whether to start them.

But i am very tearful, concentration has gone, cant sleep and im making mistakes at work - i actually felt really out of it today - i went to work but i dont actually know what i did when i was there.
I walked around the shops at lunch time but have no idea what i was looking for.

Cant did you tell your dr your symptoms? Might be worthwhile going back?

Have you read the thread? You'll see there are more positive stories than negative on here so may help you decide? The citalopram shouldn't be worse than what you're experiencing surely? I didn't really get side effects and if you do they soon pass. Sounds like you're struggling to function which isn't a good place to be in. I hope you find something to help you?

the dose is 20mg which seems quite high start. yes I did tell him my symptons - he said he certainly didnt have a problem prescribing them but that it was my decision.
I think i probably should start them - this week alone i have missed parents evening, forgotten a kids event, made a big mistake a work, not actually done most of the work i should have done, burst into tears so many times, not slept, drank every night, i feel very upbeat one minute and very down the next

I always start on 20mg but I've been on and off them a few times over the years.
So sorry to hear this. Are you happy with your GP? Did he mention seeing a psychologist?
I hope you can try to cut down on the booze. What do you drink? Could you add soda to wine? Or lemonade to beer? Make it a long drink? Maybe going on the meds will help you cut down? Better not to drink as I think it can stop them working properly?
You'll get support on here chick keep posting.

By the way how heavy are you if you don't mind me asking? I'm over 12st. I think the mg is decided by this but am not certain? Just my theory

Hi all, have found this thread really interesting. I started on citalopram a week ago and have been signed off work this week with anxiety related stuff . I'm also similar to xravenx in that I'm very anaemic at the minute (my iron level is 7) which means I'm v tired and it makes it more of a struggle to cope with anxiety.

No massive difference yet since starting to take it but have been working up to full dose slowly as I'm scared of potential side effects. Thanks for a v interesting read.

i weigh 9stone 5 and dropping!
i will cut back on the drink - ~Monday morning i will start back with my exercise and stop drinking during the week, get back to the healthy eating.
GP is good - he has given me a form to self refer to counselling but there is a 6 week waiting list