Day 8 Off Citalopram And Feel Alive!

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The last 4 days have been yuk but I feel great today! I first noticed yesterday that I am feeling things more, I cried while watching a movie yesterday and that hasn't happened for a while. Although the Citalopram capped the anxiety it also capped a lot of the good stuff. Anyways I just wanted to give some hope to people who are thinking of coming off and worried after reading many horror stories.

It happened for me Omn - wine helped!

Have read your other thread - don't make any big decisions while you feel like this. Your husband clearly thinks you are worth all the aggro so let yourself have some space. I know I have mentioned it before but depression is often a sign that you are not being compassionate enough to yourself. Let the tablets lift you a little and then you will be able to think. Counselling sounds like a good idea but do try and get yourself a little stronger first. There is no rush. x

hi there, are you off citalopram now? if so how long did the yuk feeling last?

Orm - are you taking the citalopram at bedtime? That can make it upset your sleep patterns.

It's also worth knowing that you can take over the counter sleep remedies, like Sleepeeze, whilst on citalopram. I am taking Benylin original chesty cough medicine at night, because my cold has left me with a lovely cough, and the benylin soothes it and makes me sleepy, so double benefit.

Obviously, any sleep remedy should only be a short term thing - perhaps just to get you through the time before the citalopram takes effect.

Take care of yourself today - will you be able to put your feet up and have a rest?

Hi staying, no, in the morning. As it happens I slept like a log last night. Saw the GP who was very nice. I have some more 20mg tablets now.

CZK

I am reducing very slowly. I did the fast stop and crashed down. I am not too bad on the slow reduction as regards side effects at all, just not sure whether I can manage entirely without the tabs if that makes sense!

So far so good although having a bad few days it is TOTM so I am trying to keep going through at the mo.

Whereabouts are you in this 'game'?

Chilo

Nice GP and a nights sleep! Good news, I hope today is better as a result.

hi gonnabehappy,

i am taking 5mg daily at the moment but starting to take them every 30 hours and slowly increase time beteen taking them. i wish i could just stop taking them but i feel overwelmed with irritability, anger and a general uneasy feeling. i am bf my 11 week old son so desperate to stop as i am paranoid it will pass through to him.

Sounds like you are doing so well - and with a young baby and raging hormones too!

Well done you

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I haven't been posting recently have been going through an awful lot of late. Just to say hope everyone can keep strong and support each other. I'll be back soon, need to get my head around a few things first.

Take Care Everyone

Ok now on 10/10 - quarter of dose. feeling pretty crap. Am crying a lot again and giving husband hard time. It all seems so hopeless. I went up to 40 a day when husband chose OW. She did not want him after all and he came back here but I was numb. I so hoped it was tabs making me numb but no longer sure. maybe i don't have any love for him now? I want to tho.

Orm - you have a lot on your plate at the moment - are you OK?

Anyone there?

I was just passing the thread and have just rung the doctor to arrange to review whether I need to stay on the meds!

How long have you been on them?

A year and a half, they seem to work quite well to level things out, but loosing the lows means I've lost the highs to and find it hard to really enjoy myself.

Hi all, just popping in to say hello. Still off the meds, and feeling generally normal along with highs and lows. I agree with the previous poster about loosing the highs and lows and it's what I noticed the most when I came off the meds. Laughing and crying again, god how I had missed the laughing and crying!

Hi all, just popping in to say hello. Still off the meds, and feeling generally normal along with highs and lows. I agree with the previous poster about loosing the highs and lows and it's what I noticed the most when I came off the meds. Laughing and crying again, god how I had missed the laughing and crying but I definitely did need the meds
This time last year I was feeling totally different to how I am now, and if it hadn't been for Citalopram I'm not sure if I would have got back to feeling normal in just 12 months. I worry that it could have just deepend and that the negative outlook I was drowning in would have just become ingrained on my psyche.

Hope it's OK to gatecrash this thread. I stopped taking Citalopram 2 days ago, and feel rubbish today.
My boys have all had a stomach bug this week, so it might be that, but I had to come home from work as I felt so awful - dizzy, sick, tired, shivery.
I am preparing myself for the fact that it might take a few days before I feel better - please say it will!
Dh is very understanding but worried that scary depressed me will come back. Really hope that doesn't happen.

Sorry I haven't been on here in a while - I've had a horrible cold and been feeling very sorry for myself. But the cold is getting a bit better, plus I have completed three paintings for my art club's exhibition on Sunday (and who knows, someone might be mad enough to buy one), plus I have just started attending a psychotherapy group, so though I don't actually feel any better in myself, I am feeling a bit more positive about the future.

I hope that everyone else is OK, and I will try to come back more often and be more use.

Hi there, I just wanted to add my blog to this site.. I'm currently on my 10th day without Citalopram after 10 months.. I wanted to type up how I was feeling on a day to day basis so that others don't feel so alone.. i hope it helps in some way to follow my journey.. Love and luck to all xx

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