Jonas
14-01-14, 20:48
I'm joining this forum to ease my mid I guess.
I'm a 31 year old male and live in the US. I've had an all out major panic attack about 2 months after my son was born (he's 5 now) and have been suffering from anxiety ever since.
I was a hypochondriac, checking out every little thing that I worried about. I've had a CT scan done since I stressed over my headaches and went to numerous specialists with various imagined illnesses. I've had a surgery done on lipoma that I thought was cancerous and various other procedures that turned out unnecessary.
About two years ago my doctor put me on Citalopram and that seemed to help a lot. It eased my mind and I started worrying less. However as time went on, I noticed that I started suffering from memory loss and gained a little weight. (nothing scary, maybe 30lbs, but still). I can probably attribute this to consuming larger amounts of alcohol but I think it was a combination of both. The thing that aggravated me most was the dependency on my doctor every time I needed a refill. My doctor would usually give me a 90 day prescription after which I'd have to come in for a visit again. It was just annoying. So after talking with her about it I decided I would get off of it. She was ok with it.
I stopped Citalopram about 4 months ago. First two weeks were not fun, dizzy spells and overall feeling of weakness. I still get them sometimes. However, I did lose 15lbs already. The thing is, everything is starting to come back again. Headaches, hypochondria, everything is coming back and I don't know what's worse...
Anyways...
I'm a 31 year old male and live in the US. I've had an all out major panic attack about 2 months after my son was born (he's 5 now) and have been suffering from anxiety ever since.
I was a hypochondriac, checking out every little thing that I worried about. I've had a CT scan done since I stressed over my headaches and went to numerous specialists with various imagined illnesses. I've had a surgery done on lipoma that I thought was cancerous and various other procedures that turned out unnecessary.
About two years ago my doctor put me on Citalopram and that seemed to help a lot. It eased my mind and I started worrying less. However as time went on, I noticed that I started suffering from memory loss and gained a little weight. (nothing scary, maybe 30lbs, but still). I can probably attribute this to consuming larger amounts of alcohol but I think it was a combination of both. The thing that aggravated me most was the dependency on my doctor every time I needed a refill. My doctor would usually give me a 90 day prescription after which I'd have to come in for a visit again. It was just annoying. So after talking with her about it I decided I would get off of it. She was ok with it.
I stopped Citalopram about 4 months ago. First two weeks were not fun, dizzy spells and overall feeling of weakness. I still get them sometimes. However, I did lose 15lbs already. The thing is, everything is starting to come back again. Headaches, hypochondria, everything is coming back and I don't know what's worse...
Anyways...