louise29
20-06-10, 20:23
im a newbie on here and have seen that someone a few people have started diarys on their medication-what a great idea!
i am going to start my own as i think it will help me to see either an improvement in symptoms/mood or a decline, in which case i shall change medication again!
i was prescribed citalopram a month ago, took one tablet and will never touch them again, im sure i had a bad reaction to them, am on my 3rd day of fluoxetine-here is the run down so far:
day 1
took at lunch time with some food as have been told if you take them on an empty tummy they can give you severe indegestion type pains in your chest, which as a panic attack sufferer i dont need any extra pain in my chest!!! had no side effects at all until around 5 hours later when i had an almighty panic attack, had to go lay down and every time i thought i was ok i got up but then would have another so decided to stay in bed all afternoon and evening, i was exhausted but couldnt sleep, a touch of jaw clenching and insatiable thirst (i did have a hangover so this may have contributed to be fair!) slept ok.
day 2
i decided that i would take my tablet on an evening, around 7 to 8 as i felt so wiped out with the first and decided that if it takes 5 hours to kick in i will be feeling exhausted and have the side effects while im in bed-job's a good un! :) had another huge panic attack while we was out in the day but this is nothing new. on the night i felt really spaced and that feeling of disorientation or depersonalisation whatever its called, that is the thing i hate the most because i feel like i constantly have to tell my self that i am really here etc and that starts the irrational thoughts which leads to several attacks one after the other :mad:
i took the tablet at half 7, and watched a good film with my son (alice in wonderland if your interested :)) it made me forget about everything and i actually felt normal and happy!! im not sure if its the tablets working already or if its a placebo effect but i most definitely feel better, things dont seem so grey. 5 hours after taking it i decide to go to bed but feel wide awake and like i want to chat to someone, not about anything in particular i just feel in a great mood, i decide to go to bed anyway and have a little trouble dropping off but nothing more than i have experienced in the past.
day 3
get up around 10 with a massive sore throat and head ache and feel all bunged up, not sure if its a side effect or if im getting a cold as my daughter has been ill. feel ok all day, even manage to go out to a family gathering, felt panicky at some stages but just followed the self help techniques and they passed really quickly, i found also that walking about when i feel like this really helps, its like im using up some of that energy. have a feeling that i have had a good day and am really happy. tempting to stop taking prozac as im thinking if they dont work immediately but im feeling better then maybe i dont have postnatal depression after all? but then i think if they are helping and i stop im running the risk of feeling ill again even if it is just a placebo effect, at least i feel well eh? take my tablet at half 7 tonight.
i will update tomorrow how i feel, fingers crossed the sore throat doesnt get worse!
i am going to start my own as i think it will help me to see either an improvement in symptoms/mood or a decline, in which case i shall change medication again!
i was prescribed citalopram a month ago, took one tablet and will never touch them again, im sure i had a bad reaction to them, am on my 3rd day of fluoxetine-here is the run down so far:
day 1
took at lunch time with some food as have been told if you take them on an empty tummy they can give you severe indegestion type pains in your chest, which as a panic attack sufferer i dont need any extra pain in my chest!!! had no side effects at all until around 5 hours later when i had an almighty panic attack, had to go lay down and every time i thought i was ok i got up but then would have another so decided to stay in bed all afternoon and evening, i was exhausted but couldnt sleep, a touch of jaw clenching and insatiable thirst (i did have a hangover so this may have contributed to be fair!) slept ok.
day 2
i decided that i would take my tablet on an evening, around 7 to 8 as i felt so wiped out with the first and decided that if it takes 5 hours to kick in i will be feeling exhausted and have the side effects while im in bed-job's a good un! :) had another huge panic attack while we was out in the day but this is nothing new. on the night i felt really spaced and that feeling of disorientation or depersonalisation whatever its called, that is the thing i hate the most because i feel like i constantly have to tell my self that i am really here etc and that starts the irrational thoughts which leads to several attacks one after the other :mad:
i took the tablet at half 7, and watched a good film with my son (alice in wonderland if your interested :)) it made me forget about everything and i actually felt normal and happy!! im not sure if its the tablets working already or if its a placebo effect but i most definitely feel better, things dont seem so grey. 5 hours after taking it i decide to go to bed but feel wide awake and like i want to chat to someone, not about anything in particular i just feel in a great mood, i decide to go to bed anyway and have a little trouble dropping off but nothing more than i have experienced in the past.
day 3
get up around 10 with a massive sore throat and head ache and feel all bunged up, not sure if its a side effect or if im getting a cold as my daughter has been ill. feel ok all day, even manage to go out to a family gathering, felt panicky at some stages but just followed the self help techniques and they passed really quickly, i found also that walking about when i feel like this really helps, its like im using up some of that energy. have a feeling that i have had a good day and am really happy. tempting to stop taking prozac as im thinking if they dont work immediately but im feeling better then maybe i dont have postnatal depression after all? but then i think if they are helping and i stop im running the risk of feeling ill again even if it is just a placebo effect, at least i feel well eh? take my tablet at half 7 tonight.
i will update tomorrow how i feel, fingers crossed the sore throat doesnt get worse!