NuttyMonk
14-09-09, 18:35
Hi all,
thought that since i started taking Citalopram (10mg) today i might keep a log book in case it helps some other people.
My reason for taking Citalopram is a recurring case of Anxiety Disorder/Agoraphobia which was brought on by increasingly frequent panic attacks and freak-outs which were themselves a by-product of the herbal, medicinal and pharmaceutical antics/abuses i used to get up to in my earlier years.
Day 1
So far the Citalopram is only having mild side-effects. Slighty sore head, a bit of a dry mouth, a bit tense and still as anxious as before, even in my own house. The true test will be when i go out to the supermarket later although the 2mg of Diazepam i just popped should help. Hopefully some techniques i've developed for keeping my mind occupied (doubling*, see below) will help if i freak-out like i did last night.
Went for a run at the start of the day since a lot of people agree that exercise is good for mental health problems. The supermarket was fine. Diazepam seemed to help a lot today.
NM
*Doubling is something i use often to distact my mind from a situation i'm not comfortable with. I take a random number, usually something i see in my local environment, (e.g. part of a telephone number on a shop window or bus number) and then double it in my head and keep doubling it. As the numbers get bigger it takes more and more concentration to keep the mathematics accurate and i can completely forget where i am and why i feel anxious. I got the idea from the re-make of "Precinct 13". The female psychiatrist in it uses the technique when she is stressed.
thought that since i started taking Citalopram (10mg) today i might keep a log book in case it helps some other people.
My reason for taking Citalopram is a recurring case of Anxiety Disorder/Agoraphobia which was brought on by increasingly frequent panic attacks and freak-outs which were themselves a by-product of the herbal, medicinal and pharmaceutical antics/abuses i used to get up to in my earlier years.
Day 1
So far the Citalopram is only having mild side-effects. Slighty sore head, a bit of a dry mouth, a bit tense and still as anxious as before, even in my own house. The true test will be when i go out to the supermarket later although the 2mg of Diazepam i just popped should help. Hopefully some techniques i've developed for keeping my mind occupied (doubling*, see below) will help if i freak-out like i did last night.
Went for a run at the start of the day since a lot of people agree that exercise is good for mental health problems. The supermarket was fine. Diazepam seemed to help a lot today.
NM
*Doubling is something i use often to distact my mind from a situation i'm not comfortable with. I take a random number, usually something i see in my local environment, (e.g. part of a telephone number on a shop window or bus number) and then double it in my head and keep doubling it. As the numbers get bigger it takes more and more concentration to keep the mathematics accurate and i can completely forget where i am and why i feel anxious. I got the idea from the re-make of "Precinct 13". The female psychiatrist in it uses the technique when she is stressed.