panickygirl
12-09-12, 11:37
Hi,
I'm genuinely really confused about what to do and would appreciate any advice.
I've been off anti-depressants (Prozac and before that Citalopram) for about a year now. For the most part I've been doing really well but have had an extremely hard couple of months. I've pulled together pretty well but the last couple of weeks I have noticed increasing anxiety, the odd sleepless night, a lot of crying and panicking about things that don't really matter, and a lot of panic.
Do I go back on meds? When I was on anti-depresssants I put on FOUR STONE(!) which I've only just lost and was also very apathetic (hence the binge eating) and sleepy all the time. I really don't want to go back to that but I'm wondering if a different anti-depressant will work much better?
Don't anti-depressants work by making you care less, therefore you become apathetic and slow down a bit? I just don't want to go back to that, it would feel like undoing all my good work coming off it and I CAN'T put any of that weight back on, it's taken 20 months and a lot of hard work to lose it the healthy way.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had the same symptoms as me, but then found another drug worked wonders or if anyone just had some general advice - is this a bad period, should I stick with it and keep going or would some kind of drug be sensible at this point? It is getting harder.
Thank you SO much for taking the time to read my ramblings!
xx
I'm genuinely really confused about what to do and would appreciate any advice.
I've been off anti-depressants (Prozac and before that Citalopram) for about a year now. For the most part I've been doing really well but have had an extremely hard couple of months. I've pulled together pretty well but the last couple of weeks I have noticed increasing anxiety, the odd sleepless night, a lot of crying and panicking about things that don't really matter, and a lot of panic.
Do I go back on meds? When I was on anti-depresssants I put on FOUR STONE(!) which I've only just lost and was also very apathetic (hence the binge eating) and sleepy all the time. I really don't want to go back to that but I'm wondering if a different anti-depressant will work much better?
Don't anti-depressants work by making you care less, therefore you become apathetic and slow down a bit? I just don't want to go back to that, it would feel like undoing all my good work coming off it and I CAN'T put any of that weight back on, it's taken 20 months and a lot of hard work to lose it the healthy way.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had the same symptoms as me, but then found another drug worked wonders or if anyone just had some general advice - is this a bad period, should I stick with it and keep going or would some kind of drug be sensible at this point? It is getting harder.
Thank you SO much for taking the time to read my ramblings!
xx