Robertc160882
22-07-09, 11:26
Hi All,
I’m not really new here but it has been a long time since I have last posted anything on the forum as I was much better for a few years.
I have suffered from panic attacks for years but generally after treatment I can go for a good few years without any troubles. When they do come back it tends to be with out of the blue and can be quite bad with no know reason for the cause.
Last Thursday night I woke up out of the blue at about 1:30am with this tremendous fear that something was wrong. I just took it that it must be a nightmare or something and went and had a cigarette and got back in to bed.
After about ten minutes I feel back asleep and again I woke up ten minutes later with the same feeling of panic. Since this point it has, happened a good few times but it was generally at night and not throughout the day.
On Monday I started to feel really nervous during the day but I had a driving test so I just tried to convince myself that this was most likely the reason for me feeling this way. I made an appointment with the Doctor just to be sure.
He suggested that I was suffering from stress rather than depression and it was good that I recognized this early as it made treatment far easier and more effective. I was prescribed 10 mg of Citalopram and some sleeping tablets which I haven’t touched so far.
I started the Citalopram today but with great concern regarding the side effects as I don’t want to get worse because I don’t feel terrible just on edge. I’m also worrying about how long they take to work as I don’t really have 6-8 weeks.
I was wondering if anyone has experience of taking Citalopram for a second time and if so what it was like i.e. were the side effects not as bad, did they work quicker etc. If I remember right I started on 20 mg before so I’m hoping that by starting 10 it won’t be as bad.
Al thoughts and experiences welcome as I’m keen to get a better understand of what Citalopram will be like a second time around after a year of been free.
Regards
Robert
I’m not really new here but it has been a long time since I have last posted anything on the forum as I was much better for a few years.
I have suffered from panic attacks for years but generally after treatment I can go for a good few years without any troubles. When they do come back it tends to be with out of the blue and can be quite bad with no know reason for the cause.
Last Thursday night I woke up out of the blue at about 1:30am with this tremendous fear that something was wrong. I just took it that it must be a nightmare or something and went and had a cigarette and got back in to bed.
After about ten minutes I feel back asleep and again I woke up ten minutes later with the same feeling of panic. Since this point it has, happened a good few times but it was generally at night and not throughout the day.
On Monday I started to feel really nervous during the day but I had a driving test so I just tried to convince myself that this was most likely the reason for me feeling this way. I made an appointment with the Doctor just to be sure.
He suggested that I was suffering from stress rather than depression and it was good that I recognized this early as it made treatment far easier and more effective. I was prescribed 10 mg of Citalopram and some sleeping tablets which I haven’t touched so far.
I started the Citalopram today but with great concern regarding the side effects as I don’t want to get worse because I don’t feel terrible just on edge. I’m also worrying about how long they take to work as I don’t really have 6-8 weeks.
I was wondering if anyone has experience of taking Citalopram for a second time and if so what it was like i.e. were the side effects not as bad, did they work quicker etc. If I remember right I started on 20 mg before so I’m hoping that by starting 10 it won’t be as bad.
Al thoughts and experiences welcome as I’m keen to get a better understand of what Citalopram will be like a second time around after a year of been free.
Regards
Robert