This is my first post having been an avid reader of this forum for the past few months, even on my darkest of days & I thank you all for your posts & comments - these really provided me with comfort & a knowing that I was not alone. I now hope that my ramblings will hopefully do the same to others 'out there'.
I've been taking Citalopram 20mg for about 8 weeks now & feel that I can finally see light at the end of a very long dark tunnel.
Prescribed for depression, I had no desire to mix or communicate with anyone, felt anxious, nervous & a general lack of confidence & unwell feeling all round. Everything was a massive effort
Tried other anti depressants before with little success but now at last starting to return to something like my old self.
The first few weeks were horrendous - no improvement in my general mood, a thundering headache all of the time, periods of the 'shakes' & very disturbed & restless sleep with emotions running high & tears for no apparant reason - not a very easy thing to admit for a middle aged man I can tell you!
After 8 weeks in, the headaches are still there sporoadically & the sleeping is still very poor but my general feeling can best be described definately as on the up.
The moral of the story from me is just hang in there, this drug won't suit everyone as people do suffer from varying degrees of this illness which makes prescribing difficult at best, but I hope that at least this gives some positive encouragement to just one person out there.
If there is any advice I can give please feel free to ask & fingers crossed for my own personal well being.
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