trooper
08-08-10, 14:10
I am on day two of week three adjusting to 20mg of Citalopram. I am taking them first thing in the morning with breakfast.
This is the third time since I was in my teens I have resorted to medication to deal with primarily anxiety and associated depression. Previous times I have taken SSRI's they were the early ones which I did not get on with at all. Given the severe anxiety I was dealing with and the assurance from my therapist and doctor that things had moved on a lot in the last 6 years I thought I would give them a shot.
Without medication I was waking up in the night with extreme levels of anxiety in my body, constant worry, fear and loathing. Paranoid, causing arguments and hostility all over the place due to the stress I was constantly under. And the usual shakes, tiredness, stomach issues, then depression, sadness and crying for no reason to boot, so I guess I am fairly used to 'side effects'.
My side effects to Citalopram have been mild to say the least. The first few days I didn't sleep so well. I felt a little sick and foggy on the first few days, but no worse than a hang over. I have had a few afternoons where I feel very tired, yawn a lot. I am actually sleeping from when I go to sleep to about 30 mins before my alarm goes off. Despite sleeping more, I feel very tired and several people have mentioned I look exhausted. My appetite has changed, I often don't feel hungry at lunch time and I normally want to eat all the time. I strangely want sweet stuff more than savoury, which is the exact opp of usual. I have just forced myself to eat anyway.
After about day 10 I did have about three days of very, very intesnse anxiety, it woke me up at 3am. And went on for about 48 hours. It wasn't very pleasant. But to be fair I do have a very stressful work life, which doesn't help.
I don't really see any of this as an issue, its still a mild improvement on the symptoms I get from extreme anxiety.
Even after a week and a half I would say the level of anxiety I was lower, I know it generally takes 4 - 6 weeks, but I feel more centered for sure.
My main concerns are the following.
1) I would like a sex life and already my interest in sex has decreased a bit.
2) I live in a world where socially and professionally EVERYBODY drinks and its really difficult to get out of. I have yet to try alchohol and see what happens but I often loose it on booze just when I am anxious so I pretty much positive it won't be good on these.
I know most people come on here with problems, but I guess this is another threat to show that everyone is different and it might not be awful.
This is the third time since I was in my teens I have resorted to medication to deal with primarily anxiety and associated depression. Previous times I have taken SSRI's they were the early ones which I did not get on with at all. Given the severe anxiety I was dealing with and the assurance from my therapist and doctor that things had moved on a lot in the last 6 years I thought I would give them a shot.
Without medication I was waking up in the night with extreme levels of anxiety in my body, constant worry, fear and loathing. Paranoid, causing arguments and hostility all over the place due to the stress I was constantly under. And the usual shakes, tiredness, stomach issues, then depression, sadness and crying for no reason to boot, so I guess I am fairly used to 'side effects'.
My side effects to Citalopram have been mild to say the least. The first few days I didn't sleep so well. I felt a little sick and foggy on the first few days, but no worse than a hang over. I have had a few afternoons where I feel very tired, yawn a lot. I am actually sleeping from when I go to sleep to about 30 mins before my alarm goes off. Despite sleeping more, I feel very tired and several people have mentioned I look exhausted. My appetite has changed, I often don't feel hungry at lunch time and I normally want to eat all the time. I strangely want sweet stuff more than savoury, which is the exact opp of usual. I have just forced myself to eat anyway.
After about day 10 I did have about three days of very, very intesnse anxiety, it woke me up at 3am. And went on for about 48 hours. It wasn't very pleasant. But to be fair I do have a very stressful work life, which doesn't help.
I don't really see any of this as an issue, its still a mild improvement on the symptoms I get from extreme anxiety.
Even after a week and a half I would say the level of anxiety I was lower, I know it generally takes 4 - 6 weeks, but I feel more centered for sure.
My main concerns are the following.
1) I would like a sex life and already my interest in sex has decreased a bit.
2) I live in a world where socially and professionally EVERYBODY drinks and its really difficult to get out of. I have yet to try alchohol and see what happens but I often loose it on booze just when I am anxious so I pretty much positive it won't be good on these.
I know most people come on here with problems, but I guess this is another threat to show that everyone is different and it might not be awful.