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Due to start citroplam today - positive stories needed x

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Painintheass22 · 10/06/2022 08:02

Hi everyone

Due to start citroplam today and I’m nervous. Been prescribed different AD’s over the years, take for a couple of weeks then stop. Due to googling and scaring myself. But I literally can’t go on the way I’m going on. I need help.

please tell me ur positive citroplam stories please.

big hugs to you all x

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ladyvimes · 16/06/2022 12:46

Been on a moderate dose for years. It literally saved my life! Felt sick, dizzy etc when I started it but nothing now. I definitely notice when I don’t take it!

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Painintheass22 · 17/06/2022 10:57

Day - 8.....

Tablet again last night at 9.30pm. Slept wonderfully. Although today I am absolutely shattered beyond shattered. I did take my period yesterday though so maybe that’s why I’m so tired too.

Overthinking still brutal. Cried twice yesterday as I had made 2 fakes scenarios up in my head and upset myself 🙈

overall though I feel calmer.

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Painintheass22 · 17/06/2022 13:19

Did many of you gain or lose weight on Citropalm?

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Cameleongirl · 17/06/2022 15:35

No, it doesn’t have much effect on my weight, but I’m on a low dose of 10 mg. I also take Levothyroxine for an under active thyroid and again it hasn’t affected my weight.

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Painintheass22 · 17/06/2022 15:55

Feeling shit this afternoon. Am I mad to think this should be kicking in already? Feel so up and down. Hope it’s worth it

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stillherenow · 17/06/2022 17:54

I felt up and down at at about your point, I think as I'm guessing when you first go on it perhaps it wears off towards the end of the 24 hours initially, now it seems have stabilised and I can't even tell I'm on it. I keep having to ask dd if I really seem different to her and she says massively and that I seem like me again. I'm nearly 2 weeks in and definitely not panicky anymore and I've been a lot better at work whereas before I was struggling to get through a day. Looking forward to when it kicks in fully in a few weeks!

Cameleongirl · 17/06/2022 18:31

You need to give it longer, OP, it’s still building up in your body.

Notanotherwindow · 17/06/2022 18:42

You won't feel much benefit for a good 6 weeks.

Full effects are around 12 weeks. It's a cumulative drug, it takes time to build up in the body.

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Painintheass22 · 18/06/2022 16:04

Thanks everyone for ur replies.

My intrusive thoughts/overthinking are still so strong. Today, AGAIN, ended up thinking of the most silly scenarios and upsetting myself so badly! Has anyone else been like this and overcome it?

On a plus, that aside, I feel a bit better, able to cope slightly more. Things can only progress forwards

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Cameleongirl · 18/06/2022 16:49

Just my personal experience, but I was feeling consistently better after 2-3 weeks so you may be lucky and react the same way (and not need to wait 6 weeks). Keep going!💐

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Painintheass22 · 18/06/2022 19:07

@Cameleongirl oh I hope so. I still think I need to slightly adjust the timing. Even though I’m sleeping better, I’m still so tired xo!!

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Painintheass22 · 18/06/2022 21:32

Hit an almighty low here and shouted at my children and have left them crying. Why oh why

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Painintheass22 · 19/06/2022 23:01

Day 10.....

just ok today. Had a lot of stress today and could feel my anxiety prickling through my head 😕 Still overthinking a lot too but it’s early days I know

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Shehasadiamondinthesky · 19/06/2022 23:10

I've been on it for two years, I can't come off it or I start hallucinating and hearing voices.
It does the job its meant to do and I take mine in the morning, if I take it at bedtime I'm wide awake all night.
I degenerate within a few days if I come off it so I keep taking it. Anxiety completely gone, depression gone.
The only problem I have with it is stomach bloating and excessive flatulence.
But it's better than being mad I guess.

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Painintheass22 · 20/06/2022 12:14

@stillherenow how are u getting on now with the AD?

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stillherenow · 20/06/2022 16:50

I'm ok thank you. Feeling normal really. Not having any anxiety spikes . I'd like to be a little calmer but this is only my second week on the full dose so I'm hopeful that will come .

stillherenow · 20/06/2022 16:51

Its completely stopped the panicking and catastrophising already

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Painintheass22 · 20/06/2022 19:14

@stillherenow glad to hear that. What day are u on now? R u on 10mg?

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stillherenow · 21/06/2022 05:57

I did a week on 10 by splitting the tablets then took 20 which I've been on now for 10 days.

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Painintheass22 · 21/06/2022 10:55

@stillherenow i am on day 12 now and I’ve hit a brick wall. Maybe this is normal I’m not sure

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Painintheass22 · 22/06/2022 09:40

Ladies needing encouragement....

Took a real breakdown last night. Don’t know if I should continue the AD or stop.

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goldfinchonthelawn · 22/06/2022 09:47

Citalopram transformed my life. I had tried other ADs before. This was the only one, after a couple of weeks settling in, where I felt the depression lift and real emotions emerge. I felt like 'myself' again - all the rages and and crippling doubts and neuroses just vanished and the person underneath them struggling to get out emerged. With other ADs I felt they killed the depression but most other emotions alongside it. It really did feel like a wonder drug and it changed me from being a raging, unbearable mum and wife, into a calm and cheerful one.

My only issue with Citalopram is that I stayed on it for far too long - best part of ten years, and by the end I had put on a lot of weight and was just trundling through life in a sweet tempered passive stupor. If I had my time again I'd come off incredibly slowly after feeling good for three to six months. Titrate with pill cutters - ignore what GPs say - a very slow very gradual titration means no side effects. You can always go back to them if needed, but try and set up a really strong self-care regime once you are feeling fine and then see if it can keep you going without Citalopram. That way you are less likely to gain too much weight or to get too sleepy and laid back.

goldfinchonthelawn · 22/06/2022 09:48

The first two weeks were weird. I had those electric shock feelings - sort of brain pings, and some smell hallucinations, nausea and headaches etc. All cleared by day 15. Hang in there.

Mischance · 22/06/2022 10:01

Hang on in there - my DD has taken these for years and it transformed her life and those of her family. It has been a joy for me to watch.

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Painintheass22 · 22/06/2022 10:05

all the rages and and crippling doubts and neuroses just vanished and the person underneath them struggling to get out emerged.

It really did feel like a wonder drug and it changed me from being a raging, unbearable mum and wife, into a calm and cheerful one.

@goldfinchonthelawn This is exactly me above. A raging unbearable mum. I don’t want to be like this no more. U have really encouraged me to stay on these as ur outcome is what I want. Last week I was in better form, nearly daze like and nicer to be around. Though as last couple of days I have taken 100000 steps back and last night was a nightmare.

I really can’t turn back now. I can’t be like this anymore. What mg were u on? Xo

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