mat74
31-10-07, 12:37
Hi all, its been a good few weeks at least since I have posted on here so thought I should come on and say hello and give you an update.
The Citalopram 20mg has been working well, no palpitations for weeks now and generally felling better. I even managed a weekend (with no alcohol) with friends in Ireland last weekend and was fine on the flights and while out there (had a very minor setback feeling nauseous one night but it passed after a few hours)
Today, horribly, after a few weeks of feeling OK I am feeling very light headed and have a muzzy imbalance feeling in my head (like when I first started the Citalopram) - checked my pulse and heart and no palpitations there so hopefully this is just a minor setback or indeed a virus as there is a lot going around at work at the moment!
Had my blood pressure check up again last night and I have improved slightly but am still on the border line - 140/89 so need to try and get that down (less salt, more fruit and veg and losing some weight, oh, and I guess I should cut down the ciggies until I can manage to stop!) The nurse said although I was on the border line of BP I am young enough to do something about it so she said no tablets for that yet as it was not quite high enough to worry about just yet - is 140/89 ok'ish then?
Anyway, meeting parents for lunch in 2 hours but not feeling great but I will try and get through it - shame about this set back (although could just be a virus as I said) but I have improved a fair bit since August which is good and am being more sociable and going to work (still on slightly reduced hours though)
Hope you are all well.
Mat x
The Citalopram 20mg has been working well, no palpitations for weeks now and generally felling better. I even managed a weekend (with no alcohol) with friends in Ireland last weekend and was fine on the flights and while out there (had a very minor setback feeling nauseous one night but it passed after a few hours)
Today, horribly, after a few weeks of feeling OK I am feeling very light headed and have a muzzy imbalance feeling in my head (like when I first started the Citalopram) - checked my pulse and heart and no palpitations there so hopefully this is just a minor setback or indeed a virus as there is a lot going around at work at the moment!
Had my blood pressure check up again last night and I have improved slightly but am still on the border line - 140/89 so need to try and get that down (less salt, more fruit and veg and losing some weight, oh, and I guess I should cut down the ciggies until I can manage to stop!) The nurse said although I was on the border line of BP I am young enough to do something about it so she said no tablets for that yet as it was not quite high enough to worry about just yet - is 140/89 ok'ish then?
Anyway, meeting parents for lunch in 2 hours but not feeling great but I will try and get through it - shame about this set back (although could just be a virus as I said) but I have improved a fair bit since August which is good and am being more sociable and going to work (still on slightly reduced hours though)
Hope you are all well.
Mat x