Vhex
04-11-13, 09:54
Well, four months in on Citalopram and I wanted to share.
I experienced the three weeks of hell at the beginning. I, like most, upped my dose from 10mg to 20mg and stopped at 30mg. I experienced insomnia during the first two months on and off. Then it all clicked into place.
I feel able to deal with stressful situations (including my job), feel much happier and even feel even able to express myself to my wonderful wife (so the pills didn't turn me into a robot as they sometimes can do).
It does get better. Citalopram may not work for everyone, but if it does you really do just ease into a more stable, happier life.
On a more adult note, the pills did completely kill my libido for two or more months (and the loss of appetite and weight from that can be a worry, but my appetite came right back) but then it came back and everything feels even more intense than ever before - and it was never a problem before). Is it down to the heightened serotonin? Is it because I have much lower anxiety? Don't know, don't care. Happy to take that as a bit of compensation.
I just wanted to offer my experience on the forum, a forum that was so much help to me during those awful first weeks - an odds are that there is a good chance that you are reading this during those troubled first weeks as I was.
The pills can turn you inside out and upside down before your system accepts them. As bad as it was for me, I am sure many of you experience far worse and I do not intend to sit here and say it is always something you can ride through. For me, it was bad but I got through it.
I hope you all see the benefits as I have.
I experienced the three weeks of hell at the beginning. I, like most, upped my dose from 10mg to 20mg and stopped at 30mg. I experienced insomnia during the first two months on and off. Then it all clicked into place.
I feel able to deal with stressful situations (including my job), feel much happier and even feel even able to express myself to my wonderful wife (so the pills didn't turn me into a robot as they sometimes can do).
It does get better. Citalopram may not work for everyone, but if it does you really do just ease into a more stable, happier life.
On a more adult note, the pills did completely kill my libido for two or more months (and the loss of appetite and weight from that can be a worry, but my appetite came right back) but then it came back and everything feels even more intense than ever before - and it was never a problem before). Is it down to the heightened serotonin? Is it because I have much lower anxiety? Don't know, don't care. Happy to take that as a bit of compensation.
I just wanted to offer my experience on the forum, a forum that was so much help to me during those awful first weeks - an odds are that there is a good chance that you are reading this during those troubled first weeks as I was.
The pills can turn you inside out and upside down before your system accepts them. As bad as it was for me, I am sure many of you experience far worse and I do not intend to sit here and say it is always something you can ride through. For me, it was bad but I got through it.
I hope you all see the benefits as I have.