hello all.
ive had an awful weeek so far. i went into a pshyciatric institution on monday. the main reson for me going in there was to start a new antidepresant called (phenlyzine). it is a maoi.
anyway i agreed with my consultant that i would give it a go reluctantly. cause with this medication, you have to avoid certain foods as some of you may no.
so i took the first dose of this medication on monday.
but then i just feaked out and became very paronoid. while i was eating my meals i was picking through it to see if there was anything in there that i should not be eating. it just feltlike this was another stress added onto all my other problems.
wat happens if you do eat the wrong food by mistake, isur blood pressure rises dangerously high, which can cause all kinds of serious problems like seizures, vomiting and even a heart attack.
so i thought about it hard all of monday and weighed up the pros and cons and spoke to a few people about this medication.
and my list of cons outweighed the pros. so i decided that nite that im not going to take them anymore.
there are plenty of antidepresants out there that are very good and dont have these diet restrictions.
i saw my consultant today and he seemed upset and pretty much gave me the cold shoulder. he only saw me for two minutes.
this made me angry.
so now i dont know whether to carrying on seeing him or find another consultant or go tomy gp. ??
i came off my citalopram over two weeks ago now and im not feeling too good.
will:(