Marty_67
08-01-14, 06:19
Hi all, I am 2 weeks into (another) dose of Citilapram and feeling so much better after a really awful period of anxiety and needless worry.
However, I am struggling a bit with the side effects of the drug and would be interested in hearing other people's experiences.
1. Nausea - I feel sick most of the time. If I eat, I generally feel better.
2. Libido - where did that go? I used to want to make love to my wife nearly every day but that has gone - maybe needing this closeness was part of my anxiety and this is more 'normal'?
3. Sleep - I can generally get off no problem but 4-5 hours later I am awake. I generally spend 4.30am-6.30am just relaxing/drifting and that's when I get to thinking.
4. Headache - maybe caused by lack of sleep?
I don't want to stop taking this. I feel so much better, my anxious thoughts although not entirely gone are so much less and more restrained. I am starting to take life a lot less seriously and generally have a much better outlook on things.
However, I am struggling a bit with the side effects of the drug and would be interested in hearing other people's experiences.
1. Nausea - I feel sick most of the time. If I eat, I generally feel better.
2. Libido - where did that go? I used to want to make love to my wife nearly every day but that has gone - maybe needing this closeness was part of my anxiety and this is more 'normal'?
3. Sleep - I can generally get off no problem but 4-5 hours later I am awake. I generally spend 4.30am-6.30am just relaxing/drifting and that's when I get to thinking.
4. Headache - maybe caused by lack of sleep?
I don't want to stop taking this. I feel so much better, my anxious thoughts although not entirely gone are so much less and more restrained. I am starting to take life a lot less seriously and generally have a much better outlook on things.