tilda
06-06-06, 10:05
I wonder if anyone can advise me here. I ran out of Citalopram a few weeks ago (I was on 60mg/day) and then had to go south to look after my father. I went through pretty horrible physical effects and crying fits for a couple of weeks, I put it down to stress as he was ill I came to him the day after my final exams. I finally clicked what it was (duh) and after a couple of weeks felt a lot better. Shortly after though I began to have very bad anxiety, inlcuding full blown panic attacks and unprompted terror. I don't really want to go back on the drug as it wasn't helping my depression or anxiety (at least not to a level where I could enjoy my life properly), however I don't know if this will just get worse without starting again and gradually weaning myself off, the anxiety is now far worse than before I took the drug. Having come this far I don't really want to re-aquaint my body with it (why does noone tell you how bad this drug is to come off? It's raved about and this warning is never issued, even a psychiatrist once took me of it cold turkey before I begged to have it back). Has anyone else experienced this sudden anxiety when coming off it, if so how long does it last? I kow there are other posts on this so sorry if its a bit repituous, its just that most seem to focus on the depressive aspect.
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