Gareth
20-07-10, 10:11
Hi all,
I've been on Citalopram for 5 weeks now. 1 week at 10mg, 1 week at 20mg, and last 3 weeks on 30mg.
Problem is, over the past 2 days, I've taken a huge turn for the worse. I couldn't really sleep Sunday night, got to sleep eventually, but woke up several times with "body jolts", and that horrible feeling of cold across the brain, that left me in a pool of sweat and confusion. I woke up yesterday and for the first time ever in my history of anxiety, I wasn't able to get out of bed, very depressed, derealisation, depersonalisation, no energy, weak muscles.
I sat on the sofa all day yesterday feeling guilty about not going to work and telling myself I just need some rest. But last night in bed was even worse - terrible confusion, not able to sleep, feeling of someone reaching into my brain and holding their fist over it, suffocating it. It seems every time I begin to drift off to sleep a huge wave of anxiety comes over me, my brain goes cold, I get shooting sensations of energy all over my body, my limbs go numb, I feel like I’m going to go insane.
This is easily the worst I've EVER felt with this condition, right at the time I would expect to start to feel a little better. I've been on Citalopram before, and basically as soon as I got to my effective dose (which last time was 40mg) I felt massively better. It’s all fuelling the fire that there is something very seriously neurologically wrong with me. I feel different this time, more desperate, less able to just get up and keep going like I used to be able to. I’m on my second sick day from work, and in five years of this horrific condition I have NEVER had a sick day with it before. My ability to keep going and support myself is hugely important to me, without it I’ve literally lost everything.
Could it perhaps be anything to do with the cocktail of different supplements I am taking? As well as the cit I am taking a high strength Omega 3, a multi-vitamin, a magnesium supplement, a B-complex supplement. I have read that these should all be safe though?
Is this normal after being on the meds for 5 weeks? If they were going to work wouldn’t they have done so by now? Or do I need to be on the high, effective, dose for more than 3 weeks to see any difference? Do I need to just stick this out, trust in the meds, keep going? Or is this proof that they are not working for me?
Thanks for any experience or thoughts you might be able to offer.
Gareth
I've been on Citalopram for 5 weeks now. 1 week at 10mg, 1 week at 20mg, and last 3 weeks on 30mg.
Problem is, over the past 2 days, I've taken a huge turn for the worse. I couldn't really sleep Sunday night, got to sleep eventually, but woke up several times with "body jolts", and that horrible feeling of cold across the brain, that left me in a pool of sweat and confusion. I woke up yesterday and for the first time ever in my history of anxiety, I wasn't able to get out of bed, very depressed, derealisation, depersonalisation, no energy, weak muscles.
I sat on the sofa all day yesterday feeling guilty about not going to work and telling myself I just need some rest. But last night in bed was even worse - terrible confusion, not able to sleep, feeling of someone reaching into my brain and holding their fist over it, suffocating it. It seems every time I begin to drift off to sleep a huge wave of anxiety comes over me, my brain goes cold, I get shooting sensations of energy all over my body, my limbs go numb, I feel like I’m going to go insane.
This is easily the worst I've EVER felt with this condition, right at the time I would expect to start to feel a little better. I've been on Citalopram before, and basically as soon as I got to my effective dose (which last time was 40mg) I felt massively better. It’s all fuelling the fire that there is something very seriously neurologically wrong with me. I feel different this time, more desperate, less able to just get up and keep going like I used to be able to. I’m on my second sick day from work, and in five years of this horrific condition I have NEVER had a sick day with it before. My ability to keep going and support myself is hugely important to me, without it I’ve literally lost everything.
Could it perhaps be anything to do with the cocktail of different supplements I am taking? As well as the cit I am taking a high strength Omega 3, a multi-vitamin, a magnesium supplement, a B-complex supplement. I have read that these should all be safe though?
Is this normal after being on the meds for 5 weeks? If they were going to work wouldn’t they have done so by now? Or do I need to be on the high, effective, dose for more than 3 weeks to see any difference? Do I need to just stick this out, trust in the meds, keep going? Or is this proof that they are not working for me?
Thanks for any experience or thoughts you might be able to offer.
Gareth