cluesforblues
25-03-13, 19:52
Hi all, I haven't visited the forums in a while. just wanted to say hi and I hope everyone is winning their own battles.
I'm currently back on the road to recovery .I was along time user of meds. I came off in April of last year when my second son was born.. I really thought i was over the health anxiety thing, everything was rosy. I run my own business I am a professional musician so my job is low stress I have a fantastic partner and 2 fantastic kids. I didn't enjoy the sexual side effects of the medication and had started skipping doses etc. and decided i didn't want/ need them anymore. Boy was i wrong within 3 months I was convinced I was dying of cancer it got worse and worse and worse over the next 6 months. I kept telling myself i didn't want the side effects of the drug and i could get through this on my own. Eventually I went back to my GP begging for help. My partner had spent so many hours trying to convince me I wasn't dying....I was withdrawn not enjoying my kids it was awful. I decided i would rather have the side effects than feel like this anymore.... Im now 6 weeks into the meds and I feel so much better, I have taken citalopram for 15 years and am now back on it at 20mg a day. Iv just decided i need them,
Taking that little pill everyday makes me want to live I will never come off them again. Good luck to you all sorry about the long post. Just wanted to catch up with you all.
I'm currently back on the road to recovery .I was along time user of meds. I came off in April of last year when my second son was born.. I really thought i was over the health anxiety thing, everything was rosy. I run my own business I am a professional musician so my job is low stress I have a fantastic partner and 2 fantastic kids. I didn't enjoy the sexual side effects of the medication and had started skipping doses etc. and decided i didn't want/ need them anymore. Boy was i wrong within 3 months I was convinced I was dying of cancer it got worse and worse and worse over the next 6 months. I kept telling myself i didn't want the side effects of the drug and i could get through this on my own. Eventually I went back to my GP begging for help. My partner had spent so many hours trying to convince me I wasn't dying....I was withdrawn not enjoying my kids it was awful. I decided i would rather have the side effects than feel like this anymore.... Im now 6 weeks into the meds and I feel so much better, I have taken citalopram for 15 years and am now back on it at 20mg a day. Iv just decided i need them,
Taking that little pill everyday makes me want to live I will never come off them again. Good luck to you all sorry about the long post. Just wanted to catch up with you all.