john453
26-07-14, 20:19
I took various ssris for 4 years straight to treat ocd/social anxiety with great success. Looking back trying out different meds 20mg Citalopram was the one I felt best on. Not once did any of the ssris I had tried poop out on me or lose any effectiveness. Anyhow the last year of taking ads I was taking paxil which took me a full year to taper off of. I felt at the time I had worked through many of issues and wanted to be med free. That was a year ago and the past 12 months have been the worst of my life. Even after the withdrawal symptoms subsided after my taper like the zaps, dizziness, and insomnia, it seems like my anxiety and ocd have become worse than ever with mood swings all throughout the day. Also, the worst symptom was this crazy inner restlessness feeling like I wanted to jump out of my skin that I would get.I would get soooo agitated some days for no reason and then be fine two hours later. In some ways I felt worse than I ever did before I even took my first med (lexapro). I decided 8 weeks ago that I am probably someone that may need medication for the rest of their to life, and decided to get back on ssris. I chose Citalopram (celexa) because I had liked the way I felt the best out of the ones I tried. Started on 10mg for 6 weeks, and 15mg for the last two weeks. After 8 weeks I feel somewhat better but nowhere near as good as I did when I took Citalopram for 6 months 3 years ago. Before I felt a nice mood boost, I would smile, I was a bubbly guy even. I felt great. Now the agitation is somewhat better, anxiety a little improved, but I still have several days of the week where I feel so down for a god portion of the day for no reason. I never had that problem on Citalopram before. I' m really worried that it wont work like it did before after reading many people post online that the second time they took an ssri it didn't work for them even if it hadn't pooped out on them in the past. I'm at my wits end it's been such a bad year and I want my life back. I'm really hoping maybe it's just going to take a bit longer to feel better. Has anyone had an ssri take longer to work the second time? Thanks.