hi guys i am new to this site,
basically i have suffered from panic attacks since last yr (2006)in jan when i was pregnant with my second child. i had counselling and tried to deal with them on there own, but i became a bit low and went to the drs on friday last week after i convinced myself it must be post natal depression. luckily it isnt full PND but i have it a little bit with a mixture of normal depression. she put me on Citalopram 20mg which i took straight away that day. i then took it the next day at 10am and everything was fine. until i woke up at 3am having the most scariest panic attack ever in my life. i had to wake my fiance up telling him to call an ambulance. luckily he just rang emergency drs instead who said it was just a side effect of the meds. he said to keep taking them, but i will have to put up with these attacks for the next 2 weeks, if i want to be cured of panic attacks well, i didn't continue with them. i have not taken them since and yesterday i felt terrible, today i feel a bit better but now i am convincing myself i am going mental and will have to go in a home. i was bathing my children today when i suddenly got the "this isnt really happening" feeling like i wasnt really there...ikt was really strange and of course, it bought on a panic attack.
i have had blurry eyes most of today and yesterday, feel dizzy and very tired, have sweat sessions and shake. please tell me this is just an after effect of stopping the tablet so suddenly (i only had 2 doses??) and that i will be feeling fine in a couple of days. i just want to be me again. i wish i had never bothered with the r in the first place these are the most awful drugs in the world and i am convinced my life is over and i will end up in a mental institue whilst someone else marries my fiance and acts like a mother to my babies....HELP ME PLEASE I AM ONLY 23 :(