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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Yes curious I'm home now with my boys. Glad my working week is over :)

I'm looking forward to bed time tonight I must admit!

That's terrible about ur DS getting ripped off :0 can he not take stuff back n get it else where?? How is he feeling now? X x

Enjoy your weekend YM

Ds1 is keeping the stuff we'll just put it down to experience although am tempted to email head office? No doubt I will.

Am off for a weekend with dp tomorrow until Sunday so will chat soon and see how you and everyone's doing? xx

Thank you curious! I hope u enjoy ur weekend away with DP, are you going somewhere nice?

Well I think my mood is def lifting, but the crippling anxiety is still with my! It's so draining!

Hope everyone else is well! X x

Hello, may I hop on too?

I hit rock bottom yesterday and went to see my GP - started on 10mg today.

I hadn't realised that I had let things get so bad - my anxiety has got worse and worse over the last year and a bit and I've been struggling on and finally, yesterday, a dear friend insisted that I went to the doctor.

I'm actually feeling better already - just the relief of knowing that I should feel normal again in a few weeks is relaxing me.

I have three situations that make me ill with worry - an 18yo who is very difficult a 16yo who is a breeze in comparison but has a serious health issue and money worries. These things are not going to go away just because I am taking these tablets but I am hoping that I will be able to feel mentally well enough to deal with them like a normal person rather than being consumed by them. In the last year, I have been riddled with anxiety, up almost every night for hours with diarrhoea, panic and terror flooding through me, feeling (and sometimes being) sick. Needless to say, any day that follows a night like this just feels like climbing a mountain.

The sun is shining here today and I actually slept well last night. I feel so relieved that I've taken a positive step to turn things around. I'm prepared for some initial reactions and ready to persevere through to the other side.

Best wishes to you all.

Welcome Quichie :)

I have just taken my 8 tab today! My mood is definitely lifting but the dreaded anxiety is still around.

I hope you start to feel better soon. I was the same last Friday...so relieved to have help.

Don't worry about side effects too much, I've had very little. Can feel a bit jitter a few hrs after I've taken first one but it passes!

Keep us posted on how ur doing! Lots of lovely support on this thread

Good luck and I hope they work well for you x x x

Hi Quiche. I found that the meds made the bits in-between the worries much better. I could relax and enjoy myself more so when I did have to grapple with the crap parts I had more energy to problem solve. Glad you're already benefiting.

Morning, welcome QuicheL.

I'm off to Northumberland. The weather's awful today but it doesn't matter. It's just nice to get away.

Have a good weekend everyone x

Hello everyone! Glad your starting to feel your mood lift Yommy. I'm on day 4 now and my mouth and jaw are feeling weird and jittery. I read in the paper that PND is associated with stomach pains and over the summer I've had ultrasounds to check for gallstones. I'm hoping the cilalopram will help. Strange how mind / body all connected.

Blue sky here in Herts hope it is for you too in Northumberland Curios

Hi Brices,

Not having a great day today. Never slept great last night so really tired.

We are off to see the fire works tonight so looking forward to that. Just hope I sleep better tonight n feel better tomorrow! X x

Dr said that's one of the worst aspects of all this the not sleeping properly. Start off negative and tired which makes everything a struggle. I'm getting really impatient now for these tablets to start working, you must be too!
Not that keen on Saturdays as DH works, just trying to go with the flow and hope DC have settled afternoon.
Enjoy the fireworks, wrap up well!

Yeah I am too Brices. I am pretty much up n down at the moment. My little angels seem to b playing up more than usual today! Hmmmm!

Very much looking forward to bed time x

I didn't sleep well either and have felt low and anxious all day today. Yuck.

I'm really hoping for a better night tonight and to feel a bit brighter tomorrow.

Send you all good wishes

Morning quiche,

That's pretty much how I feel every day. The morning are the worst. I'm falling asleep as soon as I get to bed, but waking about 5. This morning I never had that nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach so I'm hoping that's a hit of the meds kicking in now.

I think I'm going to opt for a relaxing day at home today. Need to take DS 1 to football practice this afternoon but other than that a chill out day!

Hope everyone else has a good day! X x

Hi all, I had a lovely time thanks and yes the weather was good. I had a bit of a panic attack on the way there though. Been having chest pain (central) but I think it's indigestion? and had a pain 2/3rds for the way there which made me go into panic. My vision went Luckily dp is very calm,poor bugger was driving. He just said, don't panic, and mediatate. It worked.

I had a lovely time whilst away but came back to mega stress. Poor exMIL is very poorly. She's 89 and has leukemia, she's really not good. Exdh asked us to go for dss at her house. I adore exMIL she's the most wonderful person. I got such a shock when I saw her though, she's so so ill. I've been supporting exdh trying to advise him on her care etc.. but he's all alone. His brother won't help twat. He's there quick enough when she's doling out thousands of pounds to him but not when she needs care. Anyway that's really stressed me out but I'm coping. Just feel stabby towards exBIL
I've told exdh to ring SS and to ask her GP for morphine when they go tomorrow as she's in constant pain. It's awful seeing her suffer

Talking of citalopram it did affect my sleep tbh. It affects everyone differently though. Once it's properly in your system you should start to feel much more confident and less stressed? It can take weeks to work properly or work quickly?

Hi curios,

Glad you had a great weekend. Other than the small panic on the way there :/ it's great the meditation worked - just proves you are now in control

So sorry to hear about dMIL that's such a shame! I hope they can get something for the pain today, poor soul

I slept really well last night, best I have in weeks. Not sure if it's due to the meds or the fact that DH is home tonight I hope it's the meds as don't want to go back down hill once he goes back to work

I am feeling very nervous about Op tomorrow, just can't wait until its all over n done with!

Hope you all have a good day today! X x

I think you'll start to feel even better once the op's over with. It must be on your mind a lot? One less thing to think about is a good thing :)

exMIL wasn't sick yesterday and slept well last night That's good to hear.

Take care and I'll be thinking of you xx

Curious,

How do you meditate? Did you buy cd's or books? X x

I just go into the quiet. Close my eyes and imagine something/somewhere that relaxes me. Imagining a light filling my body helps too, a calming colour. Red probably wouldn't work unless it's a calming colour for someone but if I need energy I imagine orange. For calmness it tends to be blue or green for me? Or lavender. xx

I have been on them for about 6 months now and feel good. Still lacking in energy and motivation but getting there. Life is certainly much better. I never actually remember to take mine at the same time everyday due to shift work but doesn't seem a problem. I also have no libido and like sky that's not such a bad thing as ex walked out on me a year ago for OW. I am actually liking the lack of libido really as it means I am not wishing I had a man and I am very happy on my own

I can't remember who said further up the thread that they lost their appetite initially but that it came back with a vengeance and so has mine. I loved being slimmer but over the past 3 months I haven't been able to stop eating and I have put on the 2.5 stone I lost Keep trying to do something about it but never get very far LOL.

Good luck OP

I've had a tight chest sensation for a lot of today, triggered by stress. I'm seriously thinking of starting citalopram again? I'm worrying about exMIL. She's just been told by the hospital that she does have a fractured spine, L3 vertebrae. So she's suffered for 8 weeks being told by GPs it's old age and she's just worn out.

Plus DS1's going through GCSEs and that's stressing me out. He's really bright but one subject he can't do and doesn't like is French. They've put him down as being able to get an A. He won't and says if he doesn't get what they say he should get then he gets detention every night after school. I'm so angry about this. I think I'll talk to his tutor?

I'm glad you're feeling better Happylander

Hi curious...

Life just seems to b an never ending bag of stress at times, doesn't it??

How on earth did exMIL end up with a fractured spine :/ she must been in agony

And as for ur DS, that is terrible the school putting that pressure on him it's not like French is of a great deal of importance unless you plan on using it in the future!

You are under some stress right now, do you think you could ride out the storm for a few weeks? Tight chest is very normal with stress...just try to keep ur self calm!

I'm bathing my little angels at the moment. We are waiting on Daddy coming home I'm feeling good tonight, but already worrying about him going on his next trip and it's not for two weeks! I have a great family, but can't have them stay over for the rest of our lives, lol!! Just want this whole crazy mess to bugger off n let me b anxiety free

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Hi YM, I know I should try to ride it out but it's so uncomfortable. I think I'm perhaps hyper-sensitive to stress and get these symptoms? My bp is normal as I checked it.

I'm glad to hear you're having a good night

Citalopram and propranolol for me. Generalised anxiety disorder and panic attacks which are now 95% controlled. CBT helped me, and also working out things to do when I was panicking. I literally say to myself now "what's the worst that can happen? You are not ill, it's not your heart" and I try to make light of it by thinking in my head when I feel it coming on "oh hello panic!" And then carry on with my day
Exercise helped me too by making me realise being out of breath and my heart racing wasn't always a bad thing

I know just too well how horrible anxiety can be at its worst curious. I managed to get through it all once and was fine, but this time has been much worse...I think if I didn't have to deal with the ill health I would have been fine!! If it's not to bad I'd say try to ride it out...if it too much to manage def go back to GP!

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I've been on Citalopram for about five years now. I started on 20mg, went up to 60mg and have been back down on 20mg for about three years. The initial side effects were bizarre, but it's all fine now.