Mick36
14-09-09, 10:15
Hi there
I've suffered from anxiety for about 15 years now, most of the time I can handle it, but every 2 or 3 years it gets quite bad. I've just recently come off Citalopram, 20mg per day. I stumbled across this site after looking up 'sides affects coming off Citalopram', and only really suffered from the 'head woosh' problem, I think I'm perhaps one of the lucky ones.
I've been off the tablets about 6 weeks now, and thought I was doing ok, but had a particularly restless night last night, resulting in me feeling pretty low today, and fragile.
Now, I'll try to explain how my anxiety manifests itself. It could perhaps be classed as O.C.D. Basically, I imagine that I've done something wrong, until I believe that perhaps I did actually do that. It could be something as little as leaving the computer switched on, until I check, and check again, then check once more. It come be something else, something that I'd never dream of actually doing, but If I tell myself long enough 'I did do that', and I'd eventually think I did do it, and I'd be consumed with guilt for the rest of the day/week. This would result in me avoiding certain situations, that perhaps I'd normally enjoy doing.
I once read a very helpful quote that 'the nervous system cannot distinguish what is real, and what we imagine', how true that is.
It would be great to hear from anybody that has similar problems as myself, but to be honest, I feel slightly better already just writing this down.
Thanks for reading:)
Mick
I've suffered from anxiety for about 15 years now, most of the time I can handle it, but every 2 or 3 years it gets quite bad. I've just recently come off Citalopram, 20mg per day. I stumbled across this site after looking up 'sides affects coming off Citalopram', and only really suffered from the 'head woosh' problem, I think I'm perhaps one of the lucky ones.
I've been off the tablets about 6 weeks now, and thought I was doing ok, but had a particularly restless night last night, resulting in me feeling pretty low today, and fragile.
Now, I'll try to explain how my anxiety manifests itself. It could perhaps be classed as O.C.D. Basically, I imagine that I've done something wrong, until I believe that perhaps I did actually do that. It could be something as little as leaving the computer switched on, until I check, and check again, then check once more. It come be something else, something that I'd never dream of actually doing, but If I tell myself long enough 'I did do that', and I'd eventually think I did do it, and I'd be consumed with guilt for the rest of the day/week. This would result in me avoiding certain situations, that perhaps I'd normally enjoy doing.
I once read a very helpful quote that 'the nervous system cannot distinguish what is real, and what we imagine', how true that is.
It would be great to hear from anybody that has similar problems as myself, but to be honest, I feel slightly better already just writing this down.
Thanks for reading:)
Mick