goodwiththebad
30-07-09, 11:41
Hi, all. I'm very new to this site so I hope this post is in the correct section.
My story/question is long and complicated but I'll try to keep it as brief as possible.
I spent about 10 years of my life depressed and anxious until one day I decided to do something about it, that was 8 years ago and things are better than ever. However, the same cannot be currently be said about my girlfriend. I met her about 8 months ago and as corny as it sounds it was love at first sight and as we began to learn about each other one of the things I discovered was that she'd had depression and anxiety problems and was taking Citalopram (30mg for about 18 months). As I have been through a lot of this myself I helped her talk through things and she is now into self-improvement books and psychology to solve her problems and she became so happy and optimistic after meeting me that with the guidance of her doctor she reduced her dose and as of about 3 weeks ago stopped altogether.
Unfortunately things aren't going too well now. She is extremely anxious, has started having panic attacks, is angry, moody and cries all the time.
Each time she reduced her dose she had these feelings for a couple of weeks but nothing like they are now. We don't live together but but because of how she feels she doesn't want to see me at the moment yet still texts or phones every day. But I still miss being with her.
My question is: Which is most likely - that the 18 months of taking the medication did nothing to help her, or, all of this is withdrawal from the medication and will pass in a couple of weeks?
Any comments welcomed and thanks in advance.
My story/question is long and complicated but I'll try to keep it as brief as possible.
I spent about 10 years of my life depressed and anxious until one day I decided to do something about it, that was 8 years ago and things are better than ever. However, the same cannot be currently be said about my girlfriend. I met her about 8 months ago and as corny as it sounds it was love at first sight and as we began to learn about each other one of the things I discovered was that she'd had depression and anxiety problems and was taking Citalopram (30mg for about 18 months). As I have been through a lot of this myself I helped her talk through things and she is now into self-improvement books and psychology to solve her problems and she became so happy and optimistic after meeting me that with the guidance of her doctor she reduced her dose and as of about 3 weeks ago stopped altogether.
Unfortunately things aren't going too well now. She is extremely anxious, has started having panic attacks, is angry, moody and cries all the time.
Each time she reduced her dose she had these feelings for a couple of weeks but nothing like they are now. We don't live together but but because of how she feels she doesn't want to see me at the moment yet still texts or phones every day. But I still miss being with her.
My question is: Which is most likely - that the 18 months of taking the medication did nothing to help her, or, all of this is withdrawal from the medication and will pass in a couple of weeks?
Any comments welcomed and thanks in advance.