Budgie
31-12-10, 19:18
Hello everyone!
I haven't visited the forum for a while, and I hope everyone is having an ok day :) I used to visit this forum often during 2009, when I started taking Citalopram for the first time.
It took me some time, and a lot of persevering, but I had a lot of success with Citalopram :shades: My life totally turned around! I went from being suicidal, anxious, constantly on 'the edge' and suffering from severe ibs/lack of sleep etc, to actually feeling human again :yesyes:
I finally had CBT this year, and that just helped me even more. I now have my own flat, car, and relationship, and I am managing!
Although, when I moved in the summer, I got completely out of my citalopram routine, and I stopped taking them :blush: I went from 40mg a day to nothing :wacko: At first I didn't notice, but about a month afterwards I felt like I had slammed into a brick wall. 2 months or so on, I have been back to my gp and explained all. That was yesterday - and I am now back on citalopram. I'm starting afresh, this week I am taking 10mg, then upping to 20mg for the next 3 weeks and will go back and see my gp in a month.
I remember the side effects I had the first time around, and after I took my first tablet last night, i got the hot sweats and 'weird' feelings. I'm quite spacey today, and feel like there are clouds in my brain...
BUT... I know that its going to be worth this groggy phase...:)
I haven't visited the forum for a while, and I hope everyone is having an ok day :) I used to visit this forum often during 2009, when I started taking Citalopram for the first time.
It took me some time, and a lot of persevering, but I had a lot of success with Citalopram :shades: My life totally turned around! I went from being suicidal, anxious, constantly on 'the edge' and suffering from severe ibs/lack of sleep etc, to actually feeling human again :yesyes:
I finally had CBT this year, and that just helped me even more. I now have my own flat, car, and relationship, and I am managing!
Although, when I moved in the summer, I got completely out of my citalopram routine, and I stopped taking them :blush: I went from 40mg a day to nothing :wacko: At first I didn't notice, but about a month afterwards I felt like I had slammed into a brick wall. 2 months or so on, I have been back to my gp and explained all. That was yesterday - and I am now back on citalopram. I'm starting afresh, this week I am taking 10mg, then upping to 20mg for the next 3 weeks and will go back and see my gp in a month.
I remember the side effects I had the first time around, and after I took my first tablet last night, i got the hot sweats and 'weird' feelings. I'm quite spacey today, and feel like there are clouds in my brain...
BUT... I know that its going to be worth this groggy phase...:)