jonny
19-05-04, 16:57
Hi all,
I just thought i would post up my experience of changing meds for future reference.
As of yesterday i had spent six months on 20mg of Amitriptyline every night to try an ensure a good nights sleep and to combat Anxiety. I found this drug to quite heavy and it seemed to make me constantly tired. So i have asked to change.
My doc has prescribed me Citalopram (10mg) which i am to take in the morning and then move up to 20mg next week. The Amitriptyline i will cut down to 10mg per night for a week before i cease with them.
As with most new meds i have major panic attacks after taking the first one as i am sure its going to do strange things to me...things i will not be able to escape until the drug wears off. i am sure this line of thinking has its roots in my bad experiences with illict drugs in the past! I am usually very sick an anxious.
Today i was tough with myself and was determined to approach this change as more of a medical study. I promised myself i was not going to panic and i was going to try and distinguish the REAL side effects from those that i induce with my mind. So with this in mind i popped the first one this morning at 8am.
I made sure i was busy all morning as a distraction and it worked a treat...no major panic. I did feel a couple of flashes that i managed to surpress and although i did feel very sick i wasn't.
So my side effects so far are just a few hours nausea, which i believe were genuine side effects. And a couple of small anxiety spells.
Does anyone have much experience of this drug? Did it work for you?
Jonny.
I just thought i would post up my experience of changing meds for future reference.
As of yesterday i had spent six months on 20mg of Amitriptyline every night to try an ensure a good nights sleep and to combat Anxiety. I found this drug to quite heavy and it seemed to make me constantly tired. So i have asked to change.
My doc has prescribed me Citalopram (10mg) which i am to take in the morning and then move up to 20mg next week. The Amitriptyline i will cut down to 10mg per night for a week before i cease with them.
As with most new meds i have major panic attacks after taking the first one as i am sure its going to do strange things to me...things i will not be able to escape until the drug wears off. i am sure this line of thinking has its roots in my bad experiences with illict drugs in the past! I am usually very sick an anxious.
Today i was tough with myself and was determined to approach this change as more of a medical study. I promised myself i was not going to panic and i was going to try and distinguish the REAL side effects from those that i induce with my mind. So with this in mind i popped the first one this morning at 8am.
I made sure i was busy all morning as a distraction and it worked a treat...no major panic. I did feel a couple of flashes that i managed to surpress and although i did feel very sick i wasn't.
So my side effects so far are just a few hours nausea, which i believe were genuine side effects. And a couple of small anxiety spells.
Does anyone have much experience of this drug? Did it work for you?
Jonny.