from citalopram to venlafaxine, good stories please!!!

[rockbottok]

hi guys

thanks for the info i think i will give thm a go as of tomo. i dont see a physchatrist but wish i did as i would feel alot more at ease rather than a every day doc. can i ask to be refered to one?? i was once refered to the mental health specialists when i was preg last year as i was really really bad then but they refused to see me as they only take on a selection that in there opioion are bad enough to need to be seen. but in my opinion i wa rock bottom and could not of got any worse. but hry i got out of that hole on citalopram but it just sort of kept pooping out on me for the last 6 months. so here i am feeling fragile again.

my problem at the min is more on the anxiety rather than the depression. i have terrible GAD. :(

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[pinkdove]

yes you could ask for a referal, i'm sorry you are feeling so bad, and i hope the ven helps you, whay dose are you starting on, and have you stopped the cit ?

the cit just stopped working for me too, i was dissapointed as it worked great first time around good luck with it xx

[rockbottok]

hi pink dove

im on fluoxetine at the min but thats giving me anxiety. :( i am supposed to be starting on 37.5 twice a day. i hope this works. how has it been for your anxiety??.

xx

[pinkdove]

really good, i did have a bit of troule at first withdrawing from the cit, but that passed, and i feel much more like myself now, anxiety is really low now, i have even had periods of none at all

they say it is a good med for anxiety and i started on the same dose as you, stayed on that for 4 weeks then 2x37.5 in the morning, and 1 at night, i'm hoping to stay on that dose.

you need to give it a bit of time, but you will know that, but i am impressed with it, i hope you will be too xx

[rockbottok]

Ahhh thank u pink dove. I'm glad u are finally getting there. right I think I'm going to give it a go as of tomo morning xx

[nicola1980]

Good luck let us know how you get on xx

[pinkdove]

hi folks, just back from pysciatrist had my dose upped to 150 he thinks that will do the trick for me so 75 in morning and at night, see him in amonth and if i have sttled on that he will give me 150mg slow release.

still feeling good, anxiety nearly gone, mood lifting, so i'm hoping the small increase will get me where i want to be, with a little help from myself

louab, good luck with ir i really think it is a good ad, and hope it works for you, keep us posted xx

nicola you sound as if you're getting somewhere on the ven too that's great news/

pip hope you are well xx

kate how are you doing, are you any better ? hope so xx

[rockbottok]

Hi guys I chickened out. Got soooo much on this week so I think I'm going to wait till the weekend :( x

[pinkdove]

you will know when you are ready, so good luck with it anyway, i know what it can be like starting a new med, so maybe you're right to wait till a good time xx

[Pipkin]

Hi all,

Had a good day - the lovely weather certainly helps. The smallest bit of anxiety this morning but that soon went. Work was excellent too - the key is definitely to keep myself as busy as possible.

Hope you're all ok. Pink - sounds like good news. Let us know how you get on with the increased dose. I didn't notice any symptoms when I went up from 37.5 to 75mg so I doubt if you will with your increase. It would be good to get on the extended release too - just because they're so much easier to take once a day.

Take care

Pip xxx