Citalopram to cope with life

[Missushbb]

Hi all, I have been on citalopram for 16 months now. They made me feel much better to start with, calmer and more resilient.

But now I've put on so much weight, and I've also realised (maybe thinking straighter) that the problems in my life are circumstances; busy life, working and have two kids, husband busy job so I'll have to do more, he gets stressed and short tempered so I'm walking on egg shells, and just general busyness of being a parent and working and elderly parents and life in general.

I feel my low mood and anxiety is largely due to having so much in my plate, whilst my youngest who is three is still not a great sleep and is up so early, so I'm not getting enough sleep, exercise and time to eat well and look after myself.
Just wondering how anyone gets themselves out of this!!

no real advice but I can empathise. Ive been on citalopram for years on nd off and have basically concluded that really I use it to cope with life. I'm also totally overwhelmed with a very stresful job, kids, family life. Absolutely no help from anyone. Totally alone - no one I would even call a friend and just utterly miserable with the way my life is. yet also for various reasons there is no way I can change much of my circumstances for a good few years yet. So Im stuck. The citalopram takes the edge off the siruation but that is all. Im currently trying without it again, but am feeling really down about it all again. I am trying lots to help myself - eating well, minimal alcohol, exercising when I can, but it is really all just a bloody hard slog.
Hope you find a solution. x

Thanks for the reply silver light.
That sounds so tough, do you have any family that can help? It is tough, family life. I'm been off it a few days now, feeling the dizziness but trying to get through it.
You're so right about eating well and exercising, I'm going to make sure I exercise, just haven't had the energy for it on citalopram.