My partner has taken citalopram for a number of years and after becoming more stressed he was switched to sertraline. It was done semi gradually. It seemed ok for a few weeks but then absolute rages started. Losing his temper and being generally mean every day over absolutely nothing.
I read a few things and after talking to him he went back to the doctor who has now stopped sertraline and put him straight back on citalopram.
It's been a week now and some of the fog has lifted. We've had some decent talks but there's still a darkness behind his eyes. He started today fine. We are going to a Christmas Event today.
All was ok but he just came in the living room and did the sigh he does when the red mist is forming. I can hear him banging about upstairs, no doubt stressing about untidiness.
We have 3 kids under 5 and one is still a baby. I have knots in my stomach about this sense of misery in the house affecting them and I'm bending over backwards to prevent setting him off.
Anyway. My question is will it take a while for him to balance out after all the tablet switching? He knows he's being unreasonable but he can't quite control it. I'm so sad for him but I'm getting more sad for myself and the kids.