Big Swish
29-09-09, 11:44
Hi,
Just new to this forum and looking for some help from all the lovely members and the many caring people that I know are going through similar things out there.
I was wondering has anybody else had a similar experience?
I was on 25mg of Citalopram which was working very well for about 8 months.
About 5 weeks ago I had a bad dizzy spell and was almost sick. I appeared to be having withdrawal symptoms associated with the medication, even though I was still on it, however it was losing its effect or “popping out”.
I started to have panic attacks, heart racing, disturbing dreams, really dizzy and lighted headed, head zaps and felt very very down. It was horrible and I felt like I had a brain tumor or some really serious disease.
3 weeks ago my doctor took me straight off the medication. He put me on 75mg of venlafaxine prolonged release capsules. To date (3 weeks of taking them tomorrow), I can notice little or no difference. Although the nasty head zaps have stopped and the sickness feeling has almost subsided, im still very light headed and dizzy for a lot of the time. Sometimes I get mild headaches or shooting pains, but noting really prolonged.
I still feel down at times and wonder what’s going on. I’ve heard it can take 4-6 weeks for this med to start working, but would appreciate if anybody else out there has gone through the same thing?
I’m generally a health anxious person, but it’s going to drive me mad! J
Thanks in anticipation folks
S xx
Just new to this forum and looking for some help from all the lovely members and the many caring people that I know are going through similar things out there.
I was wondering has anybody else had a similar experience?
I was on 25mg of Citalopram which was working very well for about 8 months.
About 5 weeks ago I had a bad dizzy spell and was almost sick. I appeared to be having withdrawal symptoms associated with the medication, even though I was still on it, however it was losing its effect or “popping out”.
I started to have panic attacks, heart racing, disturbing dreams, really dizzy and lighted headed, head zaps and felt very very down. It was horrible and I felt like I had a brain tumor or some really serious disease.
3 weeks ago my doctor took me straight off the medication. He put me on 75mg of venlafaxine prolonged release capsules. To date (3 weeks of taking them tomorrow), I can notice little or no difference. Although the nasty head zaps have stopped and the sickness feeling has almost subsided, im still very light headed and dizzy for a lot of the time. Sometimes I get mild headaches or shooting pains, but noting really prolonged.
I still feel down at times and wonder what’s going on. I’ve heard it can take 4-6 weeks for this med to start working, but would appreciate if anybody else out there has gone through the same thing?
I’m generally a health anxious person, but it’s going to drive me mad! J
Thanks in anticipation folks
S xx