Bamadfw
10-09-13, 19:13
Hello everyone. My name is Colin and I live in Dallas, Texas. I just came upon this board today and I think it might be just what I need. So, here's my story. I started on citalopram some 13 years ago when my 1st son was born. I had a terrible time coping with the change in my life and anxiety got the best of me. I finally decided to go on medication and my doc put me on celexa/citalopram. It took a while but it eventually helped me. My life got back to normal and I was happy. Fast Forward to January of this year. I was sitting around one day when I started telling myself that I didn't need meds anymore. I was paying for something that I could do without. So I stopped. What a mistake. I weaned myself off and man it was hard. But I did it. I was so proud of myself and it lasted for about 6 months. I was dealing with things great and had no problems. Then, 2 weeks ago I had a major financial situation in my life. Nothing we couldn't get through but something happened that morning. It was like a switch went off in my head. The anxiety of 13 years ago flooded back and I immediately started panicking. I tried to deal with it for 2-3 days but it was useless. I went to my doc and told him what was going on. He put me back on citalopram immediately and said it would take 2-4 weeks to start working. And here's where I need some help. The first time I took this I don't remember all the side effects I am having now. I stared 7 days ago and am having increased anxiety most of the time, cannot sleep, no appetite and somewhat withdrawn from family. Did I just forget how it was before? Is this normal in this stage of the med? In know this sounds dumb but I find myself laying around, not wanting to go to work or do anything. Just thinking about how I will never get better and I will be like this for the rest of my life. Had anyone else felt this way? When does it get better? I just can't remember this happening before. Thx for listening.