Movielife
26-01-16, 12:33
Ok, so normally we all post when we aren’t feeling great.
I am now 4-5 weeks in to a 10mg dose of Citalopram to calm my anxiety and to help with my low moods.
The moods have changed dramatically, and I do mean from a very low period of a month (not the worst I’ve felt in life but not far off) to a change within 4-5 days of 10mg! 4-5 weeks in and I feel much better.
The only downside is some odd side effects, which I prepared myself for. These were worse at the beginning but they are settling.
Whilst I still get twinges of physical anxiety, they aren’t as bad or as often. Today, I woke with no issues at all.
I am also fighting it with NHS provided CBT, aimed specifically at health anxiety (very interesting when you read about it when you aren’t deep into suffering from it) and I am paying privately for hypnotherapy but at a reduced rate.
All of this together is basically me putting up a fight against anxiety/health anxiety and the possibly depression I was sinking into. I have worked full time through virtually all of this, apart from a gap I took when I left a job to start a new one. My advice is, don’t give up work. Getting there in the AM is hard but when you settle in, say 10-11am, you start to think about normal things.
I am by no means through this. I still have a fight on my hands, but here I am, surviving and actually feeling about 7/10 like the normal me. I’m eating normally and wanting to pick up the guitar more.
Positive thoughts to all.
I am now 4-5 weeks in to a 10mg dose of Citalopram to calm my anxiety and to help with my low moods.
The moods have changed dramatically, and I do mean from a very low period of a month (not the worst I’ve felt in life but not far off) to a change within 4-5 days of 10mg! 4-5 weeks in and I feel much better.
The only downside is some odd side effects, which I prepared myself for. These were worse at the beginning but they are settling.
Whilst I still get twinges of physical anxiety, they aren’t as bad or as often. Today, I woke with no issues at all.
I am also fighting it with NHS provided CBT, aimed specifically at health anxiety (very interesting when you read about it when you aren’t deep into suffering from it) and I am paying privately for hypnotherapy but at a reduced rate.
All of this together is basically me putting up a fight against anxiety/health anxiety and the possibly depression I was sinking into. I have worked full time through virtually all of this, apart from a gap I took when I left a job to start a new one. My advice is, don’t give up work. Getting there in the AM is hard but when you settle in, say 10-11am, you start to think about normal things.
I am by no means through this. I still have a fight on my hands, but here I am, surviving and actually feeling about 7/10 like the normal me. I’m eating normally and wanting to pick up the guitar more.
Positive thoughts to all.