channie009
29-07-13, 15:23
Hello, i'm brand new to this forum and I'm only here because I need some help.
In the last 5 months I've been suffering from bad anxiety. I've had anxiety for 2 years or so but that was mainly social anxiety. I went to the doctors to ask for help with my social anxiety because it was stopping me from getting a job which I desperately wanted.
He put me on citalopram and immediately side effects kicked in, starting with my very first ever panic attack. It occurred while I was sat on my laptop and my body suddenly went cold, obviously I was having a cold flush which was also a first for me. I started panicking about it and went into a full all out panic attack.
I kept taking citalopram for about a month and it was the worst thing i'd ever experienced in my life. I was constantly on the brink of an anxiety attack and I was starting to feel like i'd never feel better.
I stopped taking them cold turkey and the side effects were nowhere near as bad as when I was on the meds.
Since coming off them I feel like my anxiety has stuck with me, it's been like 3 months now and I am still suffering daily. Constant head pressure, getting tired early in the middle of the day and lots of anxious thoughts, I think i'd put myself in the Health anxiety catagory.
As of right now I'm currently suffering from anxious thoughts, lightheadedness, my brain doesn't feel my own, I have a shortness of breath and I feel like I could faint any second now or a panic attack will be on its way. I'd noticed that in the last few days my anxiety has been esculating a bit, starting from tiredness then head pressure then both then anxious thoughts and now this.
My questions are, 1. Is what I'm feeling right now normal? I'm scared something is horribly wrong with me and that I might end up in hospital, which is my biggest fear.
and 2. Why am I like this? is it because of the citalopram still having effects on me 3 months after stopping taking it or is this all because of the panic attack I had?
ANY help would be appreciated. This 19 year old girl is scared out of her wits.
In the last 5 months I've been suffering from bad anxiety. I've had anxiety for 2 years or so but that was mainly social anxiety. I went to the doctors to ask for help with my social anxiety because it was stopping me from getting a job which I desperately wanted.
He put me on citalopram and immediately side effects kicked in, starting with my very first ever panic attack. It occurred while I was sat on my laptop and my body suddenly went cold, obviously I was having a cold flush which was also a first for me. I started panicking about it and went into a full all out panic attack.
I kept taking citalopram for about a month and it was the worst thing i'd ever experienced in my life. I was constantly on the brink of an anxiety attack and I was starting to feel like i'd never feel better.
I stopped taking them cold turkey and the side effects were nowhere near as bad as when I was on the meds.
Since coming off them I feel like my anxiety has stuck with me, it's been like 3 months now and I am still suffering daily. Constant head pressure, getting tired early in the middle of the day and lots of anxious thoughts, I think i'd put myself in the Health anxiety catagory.
As of right now I'm currently suffering from anxious thoughts, lightheadedness, my brain doesn't feel my own, I have a shortness of breath and I feel like I could faint any second now or a panic attack will be on its way. I'd noticed that in the last few days my anxiety has been esculating a bit, starting from tiredness then head pressure then both then anxious thoughts and now this.
My questions are, 1. Is what I'm feeling right now normal? I'm scared something is horribly wrong with me and that I might end up in hospital, which is my biggest fear.
and 2. Why am I like this? is it because of the citalopram still having effects on me 3 months after stopping taking it or is this all because of the panic attack I had?
ANY help would be appreciated. This 19 year old girl is scared out of her wits.