winkle
15-07-09, 20:50
Hi all
This is a bit long-winded so bear with me please guys. :D
I started to come off my 10mg dose of Cipralex just over 2 months ago after a discussion with my GP (have been on it since about Sept last year); did a month on 5mg daily then a couple of weeks on alternate days and the last couple of weeks, one every third day. I took my last tablet exactly 3 weeks ago and all seemed well until last Thursday when I had a really down day; crying, exhausted and just generally a bit crap. Since then I've had some good days and some bad where I feel like I can't summon up the energy even to decide what I want for dinner, lol!
I'm not sure if this is the result of coming off the tablets (if it is, then why do I feel like this almost 3 weeks later?) or a delayed dose of general stress and anxiety from recent events (my sis was diagnosed with breast cancer in May, and a child of a close friend of mine has leukaemia).
I don't really want to go back on the medication so soon if it's gonna prove that this is just a blip but I don't want to leave it too long in case things get worse.
Anyone else had a similar reaction or can anyone offer any advice?
This is a bit long-winded so bear with me please guys. :D
I started to come off my 10mg dose of Cipralex just over 2 months ago after a discussion with my GP (have been on it since about Sept last year); did a month on 5mg daily then a couple of weeks on alternate days and the last couple of weeks, one every third day. I took my last tablet exactly 3 weeks ago and all seemed well until last Thursday when I had a really down day; crying, exhausted and just generally a bit crap. Since then I've had some good days and some bad where I feel like I can't summon up the energy even to decide what I want for dinner, lol!
I'm not sure if this is the result of coming off the tablets (if it is, then why do I feel like this almost 3 weeks later?) or a delayed dose of general stress and anxiety from recent events (my sis was diagnosed with breast cancer in May, and a child of a close friend of mine has leukaemia).
I don't really want to go back on the medication so soon if it's gonna prove that this is just a blip but I don't want to leave it too long in case things get worse.
Anyone else had a similar reaction or can anyone offer any advice?