Starting on Escitalopram

[Pineappledancer]

Just wondering if anyone else has recently started on Escitalopram and would like to support each other? Or has a positive experience of taking it?

I am on day 4 and am exhausted, just want to sleep all the time. I am hoping this will pass quickly as I am back to work tomorrow.

Citalopram here for me. Started 3 weeks ago at 10mg then 1 week later upped to 20mg. My depression has lifted but my anxiety which was better last week has been bad again since Saturday. I also feel quite sick as well today. I think tiredness is a side effect at first. Have you noticed any improvement in your symptoms yet

I don't really know about my symptoms I find it hard to tell. I have had long term issues with my mental health and gradually weaned myself off my previous medication over about a year. Now looking back I think I have been unwell again for a long time in terms of my anxiety but couldn't see it/ignored it.

I had a breakdown over the last week and totally crashed and although i had actually started to improve again for a few days decided going back on medication was probably a good idea in the long term.

Over the past months when I have been off the medication I have been doing far too much, needing to be constantly busy, tons of exercise etc. That has gone and I have no motivation, feel very flat, crying, wooly head with some spells of anxiousness. Also struggling with appetite/ unable to eat.

Your increased anxiety and feeling sick may be down to your recent dose increase, hopefully it will settle again quickly. I also found in the past that you do get little blips of feeling slightly worse again which can be upsetting when you have noticed an improvement and then it all seems to be going the wrong way again. I think this is normal.

@Catsservant how are you feeling now?

I improved really quickly at first then after 5 or 6 weeks crashed massively again. I have upped the dose to 10mg for the last week and a half and am really struggling, feeling a lot worse at the moment. Hoping this will pass soon and I will start to see some improvement.