I changed from cit to sert and no vision issues now and as they both ssri you can stop cit one day and change to sertraline the next ? An option
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I changed from cit to sert and no vision issues now and as they both ssri you can stop cit one day and change to sertraline the next ? An option
Thanks for the replys guys. Yea i wanted to start Sertraline first as it was suggested by a family friend who is a nurse. But i was given Citalopram by my doctor. Do you know if thats ok to switch straight over TJSMITH? is that what you did? Did you have any side effects when switching over?
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I really dont know what to do. Theres not even any point talking to my doctor as they will just tell me to keep taking it and tell me to pretty much stop moaning like they usualy do. They dont suggest anything or give me any advice.
I was told to swop straight over but I'm new to all this and degreased to 10mg then started 50mg sert with that before stoppIng citalopram altogether.
You can def do a straight swop as same family it's worth a try
Yea I think I may have to try the TJSMITH, even though it will be a battle with my doctor for them even accepting that i dont want to be on Citalopram.
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Day 39
My sleep pattern is so messed up no matter how hard i try to get it back to normal. Anyway last night i fell asleep at 1am then woke up at 2:30am and didnt get back to sleep untill about 4:30am, then slept untill a minute ago, untill gone 5pm. Thats about 14 hours sleep which. Soo not sure whats going on there.
When i woke up my body felt light and strange, felt the usual dizzyness and thing dont feel real. I can tell ive had a long sleep and my eyes feel very awake but i still dont have any energy. My anxiety is up and down i feel a little bit anxious at the moment but its controlable.
I only took 10mg of Citalopram yesterday as im going to see if i feel less dizzy, foggyness and so on, and see if my blurry vision goes away when i take a smaller dose. I usualy take 20mg. So i think i will continue to take 10mg and see how it goes. dont no if its the right thing to do but my symptoms or side effects dont seem to be going away and im 6 weeks in now.
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Feeling a bit down in the dumps today, id say more depressed than anxious and everything is very foggy. My vision seems so cloudy and blurry. well i no im going to be up all night after that 14 hour sleep.
remember Liam that going down in dose may increase your symptoms for a few days before it levels out so if you feel any new side effects its prob the drop in dose. x
Keep smiling
Thanks Iggy, yea i just dont know where im at really, i started the citalopram because i had a hopeless 2 weeks and i saw no way out. But that may have passed and i may not have needed the drug, so thats why i want to try and go without it. I also the non stop symptoms are another reason i dont want to be on it. I probably think in the rong way about it but putting something in my body that makes me dizzy, foggy, blurry eyed seems like poison to me. Unless its the anxiety doing it to me and not the cit; thats what i need to find out.
How are you doing anyway? you decided stoped taking the Citalopram didnt you? I private messaged you the other day not sure if you got it.
no mate, I didnt get it. Ive just double checked and nothing there. Im trying to carry on and take each moment as it comes.
Think carefully about stopping the cit unless your sure its what you deffo want to do, remember what has happened to me and Im now facing 18 months to 2 years to recover.
Im going slow on the taper down, Im on 10mg now and will stick to this for a few weeks, I cant risk going into a big withdrawel but Im keen to get the cit out of my system.
what week are you on now? My advice to you, because you havent had a really severe reaction is to stick with the 10mg for at least 6/8 weeks and then make a choice. As for switching to sert, Im not sure its a great choice for you, I asked the dr to ask the phyc who confirmed it is a more stimulating ssri and therefore can aggrivate some cases of anxiety.
Have you ever tried diaz? not that Im recommending it, and have you tried cbt?
Ill be at 6 weeks on 20mg this Saturday. Yea im probably going to do like you say, see how i go up untill 8 weeks on 10mg. I just want to somehow try and work out of its the drug making me dizzy and so foggy everyday.
Ive tried valium only once when my friend had some and i couldnt sleep for a bout 3 days due to a non stop panic attack, so i took some and it did help me to calm down and sleep. But i havnt tried Diaz consistantly or just generally day to day. CBT i asked to be refered by my doctor and she said what makes you think you need CBT and i cant even be bothered to argue with them anymore. Im changing doctors soon.
Are you feeling better than you were now your down to 10mg?
Ive only been down to 10 for 2 days now so still have more 20 left in my system if you know what I mean, I dont think you would like diaz in the day time then because they DO make you feel foggy and I know you hate that feeling.
Insist on being referred for cbt, its meant to be great and there is a new government initiative that has been set up called idapt I think. Go for it.
I mean, how ridiculous is it whe a dr says what makes you think you need cbt but here have some really powerful medication?!?!?! that makes no sense AT ALL.
Yea your right i hate the foggy feeling. I hate the dizzyness. The not feeling normal, just feeling weird or druged up or in a dream world the whole time thats what gets me. Just want to wake up and see thing clear and crisply again without feeling strange.
But yea i will insist on the CBT next time i go to the doctors.
I understand mate, you know I do. I would give anything to feel normal again.
Hopefully in the not too far future we all will. x
Yea i no you understand, youve been through it with the Cit. We will get there in the end :) x
Still awake with my nice sleep pattern :). My anxiety has been up and down. Feeling strange, funny sensations in head at times, on and off headache and a bit foggy. Hopefully ill feel better in the morning. I really do need to get out of the house been spending to much time in my room, it cant be helping.
Day 40
Had a decent sleep even if it was from 8am onwards. Im not really sure how i feel today, i dont feel good, but i dont feel bad. I think half the problem with this anxiety and side effects stuff is we are constantly analyzing and monitoring how we feel and checking all our symptoms, if we stopped doing that and just forgot about it for a while im sure that would be half the problem solved. But oh well this is a thread about how i feel on the Citalopram so i will continue lol.
I think i feel a little less dizzy but my anxiety is slightly up, maybe thats due to coming down to 10mg from 20mg, i dont know if the amount in my system will have changed that much yet though to make me feel a difference. I dont have any energy, and have the slight brain fog still. I am struggling to distinguish how i feel today though, none of my feeling are strong, just feel generally a bit low, and bit groggy but its easily bareable.
We will see how the day goes and ill keep this updated.
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Ok change that i thought i wasnt dizzy because i was lying in bed but as soon as i moved had a shower and tried to do anything the dizzyness is stil there going strong :mad:
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Maybe this is the effects of my brain getting used to having 10mg less already but i feel really really foggy, like im not here. In a daze, this is when i start thinking there really is something rong with my brain and its not all anxiety. I really do not like this, just want to see thing clearly again. Maybe its just my body adjusting and me getting myself worked up. So ill stick with the 10mg and see how it goes for now.
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My foggyness has cleared a bit from erlier and im not in such a daze. i did feel quite bad erlier but ive been much much worse, it was nothing compared to a month ago, just want to make that clear in my diary so i can remember how i was feeling when i look back lol.
Right now im a bit calmer, still dont feel great and still with the usual foggyness just not as extreme as earlier. Im just really down in the dumps, no energy or motivation, i dont see a way foward. Still im analyzing how im feeling all the time and finding myself feeling dizzy and foggy which just increases when i leave the house so i tend not to. Just dont no what i should be doing to try and get out of the hole im in.
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was having some very strange sensations in my head and everything was a bit fuzzy with a on and off headache at the right side of my forehead. nearly sent me into panic mode but it subsided and im ok now. Think im just analyzing things a bit to much.
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Still awake but thats nothing unusual with my current sleep pattern. Still been having strange sensations in my head and at times it feels like my brain does a flip, maybe kind of like vertigo, but just for a brief moment in my head. Anxiety is a bit higher then it has been for a little while and im thinking about a lot of things, lots of thoughts running through my head, mainly about the usual heart and brain health. Maybe going down to 10mg already wasnt such a good idea but ill see how it goes.
Day 41
Took me a while to get to sleep last night but had a good sleep once i did. A positive i have noticed is that I havnt been waking up and then bang the dread and anxiety hits me, its more like i wake up with a neutral feeling now, or maybe just feel slightly low and groggy but its not the gut renching anxiety it was a month ago.
Still laying in bed as i write this but at the moment im feeling ok, anxiety is low, have a very slight headache but nothing major, still have no energy but i think half of that is just me being lazy. I will get up shortly for a shower and then report back :).
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went out in the garden did a bit of exercise only for 10 minutes but better than nothing and had a shower, feel reasonably ok, better than last few days.
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Been out today just around the local area then went to the pub with a mate for a drink, i felt ok at times but i also felt really strange and faint at times. I find myself talking with friends then suddenly thinking oh i feel light headed and weird then i forget aboutit and feel ok for a minute, then i feel strange again and so on, its up and down. Ive come home now and have been drinking some wine. Ive said i will come out tonight to my friends but im not sure what to do. I think i could get through the night ok if i drank more and got drunk but then i would probably pay for it for the next few days. So its either have a good fun drunk night tonight and feel crap for a few days and hinder my progress. Or stop drinking now and stay in and feel generaly rubbish and continue gradually trying to get better. And no i cant go out and not drink because i would just feel to strange and start to panic and have to go home.
Well I ended up going out. Managed 2 get through the night ok but have drunk far to much and acted like an idiot as per usual. Anyway I've ended up back at my brothers house so going to try and get some sleep here. Probably not going to be feeling to good in the morning.
Day 42
Should not have drank last night, dont think im in the right frame of mind to be going out drinking even though its the only time i cant forget about my worries right now. Quite a bad hangover and was heeving trying to throw up but nothing was coming out. Anxiety is up and down today but its definetely high most of the time and have been on the verge of a panic attack a few times today. I shouldnt have gone out and dont think im going to drink again untill im better. I was acting like a nob most of the night and feel really bad for the way ive acted and that just adds to the anxiety, i wasnt myself last night. But anyway paying for the hangover and hopefully ill feel better in a bit.
Have been pretty anxious all day and having slight strange feelings in head. Thought i might be able to fall asleep a bit earlier tonight as i didnt get much sleep last night but as the anxietys high its hard to sleep. I have a clicking in my throat and a slight pain every time i swollow which seems to have progressed over the past few days, but im not going to put that in my head for now and give myself another worry. going to try and get some sleep. Night people x
Day 43
Can tell i was very anxious yesterday as i was back to being scared of going to sleep thinking i might not wake up alive. Drinking alcohol does seem to be the only time i can go out without having out of control anxiety, but it doesnt help in the long run as im still stuck with not being able to go out and do normal things when im not drunk. When you spend to whole week indoors doing nothing because of you anxiety sometimes you just want to go out for one night get drunk and forget your worries.
Anyway today i am feeling much better than yesterday, for now anyway. The hangover is working its way out of my system. Im still a bit groggy and slightly dizzy and foggy at time but thats normal these days. Going to really try and somehow start doing normal things again these week.
Will keep updated as the day goes on.
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Ok not feeling good now. Feel very low and depressed with high anxiety, not in panic attack mode yet but extremely anxious and worried inside. It must be down to the alcohol on friday so its only me to blame. :weep:
Id say ive felt more depressed than anxious today. Well maybe depressed and anxious but not panicy. Just feel sad about the way thing are right now and sometimes you just think im i ever going to get better. Hope to feel better soon. Off to try and get some sleep.
Day 44
Woke up feeling slightly more positive today, still felt a bit groggy and have no energy but forced myself to get up and out the house.
Went to the Local Health shop to get some Vitamin B12 and B complex as people say it can be good for anxiety. I felt quite foggy and just generally a bit crappy, with slight headache and the usual funny sensations in my head. Its like i think im not even anxious so why is my head feeling this weird and why am i so foggy, which then makes me think something is rong with me and triggers anxiety. Anyway it wasnt as bad as when i tried to go out a few weeks ago but ive also been out before now and not felt this bad. Its very up and down. Came home for a bit watched some tv and played a bit of playstation, didnt feel to bad but still a bit groggy and foggy. Decided to try and go out again so i decided to go and get a massage to try and relax, i felt ok while i was getting the massage, i wasnt analysing how i was feeling the whole time which was good. But as soon as i left and walked home the fog and just generally crapy feeling is still there pulling me down.
I no i do have underlying anxiety and i moniter how i feel to much but even when i feel calm and my anxiety is hardly there i still have this groggy, foggy, heavy head, a bit dizzy/lightheaded, slight headache, fuzzy sensation in my head. Also my vision seems to get blurry at times, just my distance vision, like one day it may be ok and the next i cant read a number plate that is a few metres away, nut up close everything is still clear. If it isnt anxiety causing it what could it be?
It feels like If i became really happy and totally anxiety free these feeling would still be there holding me down. I dont no where this all came from and everything i used to do and that normal people do seems impossible when feeling this crap. I dont no how i used to work everyday and go out every weekend, because i couldnt do it while the feeling hangs over me, its like a weight holding me down that i cant shift.
Is day 44 today? Have just been reading your whole thread and can relate massively to what you say. The fuzzy head (depersonalisation) is what annoys me the most. I get up and walk around and just want to lie back down again. x
Yea day 44 is today. Yea its horrible. I dont know if its the Citalopram, the anxiety or maybe something else going on with my brain that is causing it.
Have you read on DP/DR yet? Go to the symptoms section and you will relate to it. It's a common anxiety side effect. I find that it creates more anxiety in me though lol. It goes eventually when you start ignoring it. Very hard when you feel lik you are about to hit the deck at all times! lol
Yea ive experienced both and they are the worst feelings. The fuzzy feeling im talking about at the moment isnt DP or DR though its just a really strange feeling in my head like its fizzing inside my head, kike im coming up on some sort of drug but it doesnt feel good, its hard to explain.
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Update on today:
Have had these strange head feelings most of the day, but i am pretty calm about it, just feels horrible and strange because i dont know whats going on, my anxiety isnt to bad though, i can relax. Still a bit foggy. I just feel like i kind of have flu with a horrible head feeling but i dont feel nauseas.
My mum asked me how i was feeling earlier and i said still feel strange and a bit crappy, she said when is this all going to end, its going on and on. I said you dont understand what its like. I no she didnt mean it in a bad way, she just wants me to get better. Its not like the flu or a cold that you have for a week or so and then get better, thats what some people seem to assume its like.
Anyway. I dont feel really bad, just strange and uncomfortable.
Im still waiting for my referal to the neurologist to come through. After going to my doctor about 5 or 6 times they eventually agreed to refer me after me hassling them so much. Im wondering now if the doctor just said they were going to refer me to get rid of me for a bit. I just want to find out if all these strange head sensations, the dizzyness, the one pupil bigger than the other, muscle twitches, sometimes blurry distance vision are all anxiety or if they are something else. The doctors didnt want to refer me and were sure its anxiety so i hope they are right but i will chase up the referral at some point this week.
Still staying on 10mg of the Cit for now since i dropped down from 20mg. See how i feel for the next week or so.
Day 45
Couldnt get to sleep last night suddenly had a surge of energy that started at around 4am.
Anyway been woken up today by my mum, telling me shes fed up with this and i need some tough love to start getting up and out of bed doing normal things again and getting back to normality. Yes shes right and I do need to try and start doing normal things, which i do try but its very hard when you feel so dizzy foggy and like crap constantly. I was out and about yesterday for a little bit, so atleast im doing something, although i did feel horrible most of the time.
anyway, i dont feel to bad this morning so far so ill try and get out and about.
Update on today:
Sorry guys this has sort of turned into a general anxiety diary.
I said to myself right im going out today, going to ignore this anxiety it cant hurt me. I went into central London on the train, had a look around for a few hours, met an old mate from work for a little bit. I felt pretty good, probably the best id felt for a while, i hardly had any anxiety just still some thoughts and slight analiysing of how i feel and if i have any of my usual symptoms. I was pretty much fine, relaxed, i was nearly falling asleep on the way home and wasnt worrying at all.
Then i was nearly back to my local area i walked to get something to eat and suddenly, i got the horribile fuzzy head, a strange headache, like my whole head my acheing just slightly. My head was so fuzzy, like i couldnt focus on anything or barely communicate if someone tried to talk to me. See this is what makes me think i have something neurologically rong; I was fine all day, no anxiety, very calm, just going to get something to eat on my way home and then bang, these symptoms come. No anxiety then symptoms, its symptoms then anxiety. These feelings nearly sent me into a panic attack and made me think what the hell is going on this cant be anxiety. Now after a good start to the day with no anxiety, this has now happend and i feel back in the whole where i was with brain fog, dizzyness and these fuzzy head feelings that come and go. My uneven pupils are still there and they have been huge since the fuzzy head incedent.
Just dont know if i can still believe its anxiety. If anyone experiences similar things please let me know.
Still got the fuzzy head but it has eased since erlier, im still slightly dizzy and every now and then while im just lying in bed its like my brain does a flip and i get extremely dizzy for a couple of seconds. Apart from that i just feel a bit ill and groggy now. Was please with how the day went untill these symptoms kicked in out of nowhere. I dont no what these feelings are and i hope they stop soon because i feel i can beat this anxiety but i cant if these random fuzzy dizzyness persists because it just makes me feel like crap and takes my hope away.
Day 46
I really do not no what is going on, Last night while trying to get to sleep my head still felt so weird, fuzzy, lightheaded, was getting the odd random shooting pain in my head every now and then and felt a bit sick. Now i have woken up this morning, my head feels worse, like its numb, my body feels floaty and light and i also feel cold.
I am staying pretty calm considering. This is just really getting to me, i manage to stay calm and not feel to anxious but still im getting these strange symptoms.
I have been to the doctor about these symptoms several times and they didnt refer me, i even had a letter from the opticians after my eye test saying to refer me to a nuero opthamologist so i gave it to my doctor and they still didnt refer me. I went back again and basically forced them to refer me, the doctor said she would refer me to a neuro just this time. But i think she may have just been saying that and not refer me as she has done this before a few years back. How can they just tell me its anxiety without checking anything? I will have to chase up this referal and see if it has actually been done.
I doubt these symptoms have anything to do with the Citalopram as i have felt very similar to this before taking them.
I really do not feel right and its not like my anxiety is building these symptoms up, the symptoms are just there anyway.
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This is doing my head in . Im not anxious i just feel like crap, so groggy, my head feels so horrible. Its like i feel im getting somwhere with the anxiety and feel more in control then just get horrible feelings in my head. Im only on 10mg of Cit now, i dont think its anything to do with that. It just feels like i feel positive a think things are getting better as i have low anxiety then something hits from from another angle and says no im not going to let you feel better.
Update:
Feel slightly better, my head still feels a bit fuzzy and sort of numb, sorry its just so hard to describe. The slight fog is still there and still feel a bit groggy. I feel quite calm but anxiety does rise up slightly now and then. Just watched the football so that took my mind of things slightly by the feelings are still there niggling at me.
Just dont no what to do now. Dont no whats causing these feelings. Dont no whether to keep taking Citalopram, i will for now anyway. Just need to see this neuro and either find out if theres something going on or confirm its most likely anxiety so i can move on. Just have it hanging over me at the moment. Sometimes i do feel ok and i start to attempt to get back to some normality, i feel calm and fine and then these fuzzy head symptoms come. So just makes me think what can i do.
Day 47
Ever since i had the extreme fuzzy head episode a couple of days ago i feel like it has been downhill from there. Last night i felt really strange, i still had weird head sensations and was also getting a sense that my brain was not in control of my body, like my brain is forgetting how to think and how to move body parts. When i finally fell asleep i was waking up every hour or so feeling strange floaty, fuzzy head, no perception of where my body and limbs are. This is just starting to really scare me now, i thought things were improving but they seem to be going downhill again. I have felt similar to this a couple of months ago when i was at my worst. Im not that bad yet but all these strange feelings are getting to me. Its like im calm, no anxiety and then i get this fuzzy static head attack out of nowhere and it sends me into a downward loop. I feel like im buzzing of a drug for the next few hours after these attacks. I really dont think its a panic attack because, i have nothing leading up to it, i dont get racing heart, impending doom, sweating, or any of the other symptoms that i usualy do with a panic attack. It just all mad feelings in my head which then lead to everything else feeling weird.
I really do not know what to do with myself now. Please some advice guys i feel like im going back into that dark place that i never want to go back to. :weep:
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Update:
Didnt want to go back to sleep as ive been trying to sort out my sleep pattern, but i had to go back to sleep i felt to crap before.
I feel a bit better after a couple more hours sleep. My head has cleared a bit, my body feels slight floaty and strange and my head isnt quite right still have slight strange sensations but its a lot better.
Just want these things to go away now, everytime these mad symptoms happen they knock me back and i feel like im back at the start of the struggle.
I dont know if i should come off Citalopram and see how i feel or what. I dont think its Citalopram causing it but it could be adding to these symptoms, i dont know.
no idea what to do right now, feel like im going round in circles.
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Have acheing throbbing pain randomly in my right leg that comes and goes. have also had them in both lower arms. Oh here we go. wish it was f**king anxiety but i dont think it is.
are you still on 10mg? I think your having W/D from the drop. DO NOT COLD TURKEY you will feel worse
Yea im still on 10mg. Thats what i was thinking it could be aswell but that was 10 days ago now when i went down to 10mg, maybe its only now that there less in my system, i dont know. I felt very similar to this a couple months ago before taking citalopram though. convinced theres something more than anxiety.
Im just not sure where im at and dont know what to. What do you rekon?
How are you doing now aswell Iggy?
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Im not panicing at all but everything just feels completely weird. My ears feel kind of blocked, ive had my right ear like goes deaf for a few seconds then it starts ring for 30 second or so and then returns to normal. my head feels so weird, fuzzy, lightheaded, like im not in my head, so hard to explain.
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Really cant be ****ed with any of this anymore
Update:
Weird day. Woke feeling horrible and had a nap and felt a bit better. Ive just been really angry and fed up with everything really. Just annoyed everytime i think im getting somewhere, a symptom comes back and gets me and it puts me back to square 1. Their not symptoms i can just put the the back of my mind or ignore. The fuzzy head and strange sensations are debilitating and i feel i cant do anything while there going on. The fuzzyness has subsided a bit now but i just feel groggy and not right, got on and off headaches and yea i am generally stressed out now.
Hope it was just a blip for a few days and maybe it was some of the citalopram coming out my system since ive gone down to 10mg. Dont know if i should have done that or not but oh well ive done it now and the dizzyness did seem to calm down a bit untill this fuzzyness hit. Back to the doctors tomorrow, to tell tehm whats been going on and check if the doctot has referred me to the nuero.
If anyone has any input on what they think it would be best for me to do that would be great because im really lost. Do i continue Citalopram do i maybe switch to something else or do i come off it all for a bit and see how i feel to see if my symptoms are still there? My doctor doesnt really suggest much, i dont think she will say anything apart from probably carry on on the citalopram and stop moaning lol. So would really appreciate some advice.
I def think its withdrawal as I cross tapered to 10mg to start sertraline and had what I thought se from new drug but gp and others on here felt if was the withdrawal and it didn't start straight away, each day the levels will gradually drop from your bloodstream but hang I there will get better im sure xxx
Day 48
So phoned the doctors surgery this morning to see what is going on with my referal to the nerologist and to get an appointment to tell the doctor about all my symptoms and whats going on with Citalopram.
Well what a suprise it turns out no letter has been writen or sent and the doctor who said she would hasnt referered me, that is bang out of order. The doctor who did this has actually done this before when i was a bit younger, said she would refer me and didnt and i had to be seen by a different doctor who refered me and i ended up having an operation for the issue i went there for.
I have been there many times about my symptoms and even with a letter from the optician saying to refer me. Its rediculas.
So the doctor im talking about isnt there today so i have an appointment with someone else at 4pm. I am going to right a list of all my symptoms and take that with me. So lets see what happens as if im not satisfied this time im leaving this doctors, this has gone on for 2 long. I no some of you guys may think im being stupid and should listen to the doctors but, these symptoms seem way to strong and strange not to be checked. The doctor cant just look at me and say for sure im ok. Especially after telling me they would refer me and then letting me carry on waiting for the referal knowing they havnt even done it.
Anyway im only up at this time because of this stuff with the doctors. I havnt had much sleep so im going to try and get another couple of hours.
those are classic w/d symptoms mate.
you need to stabalise om a dose, stick to 10mg for another few weeks and then see where you are, I personally think you could do with going up in dose but who knows!
its still early days really. stick to 10 for another couple of weeks the ear thing isd classic and you are describing a bit of depersonalisation another classic w/d symptom.
Thanks again Iggy, yea i no maybe upping my dose instead of lowering may have helped me. But i didnt want to be on these things when they made me majorly dizzy and foggy, which has decreased slightly since lowering the dose. Im sure they have made my vision blurry and the thing where i have one pupil considerably larger than the other, all seem to strange for me so i didnt really want to up the dose, as these things arent normal.
The fuzzy head which is my main symptoms that gets to me is probably from my own anxiety and not the cit. The fuzzyness comes and goes but the other symptoms have been there constantly so they are not from w/d.
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Right just got back from the Doctors, it was a new doctor i think and she seemed quite helpfull. She said the other doctor hasnt referred me as i thought, there is a note on there saying about refering me but she hasnt actaully done anything like writen the letter or made the referal. This doctor said she will make sure the doctor in question refers me and if not she will do it herself. We also discussed the citalopram and my various symptoms, she thinks i should taper off for a week and then start on Sertraline 50mg. She has perscribed me 50mg Sertraline, just 2 weeks worth so i have to go back in a few weeks to see how things are going.
I wanted to come off Citalopram for a couple of weeks just to see where im at and then maybe start a new med if i needed to but i think i should go by doctors orders and just start the Sert.
I think i kind of messed up coming down to 10mg on cit so early, maybe i should of stayed on 20mg and see how it went but i felt it wasnt helping me much and was causing so many random symptoms and effecting my eyes so i wanted to get off it. I did giv it about 6 weeks on 20mg so.
Anyway, dont feel to bad today, little groggy, little bit lightheaded but im ok for now.
Well it sounds promising that the new doctor is more helpful than your previous one and has given you something different to try. Good luck with it! :)
Thanks for the support sparkle. Yea hopefully the Sertraline can help me out. I have read you diary aswell and glad to see your doing well, have a nice trip to London.
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Update:
Have been feeling ok most of the day, in a better mood anyway. Still slightly foggy, dizzy but just putting it to the back of my mind. The fuzzyness has come back a bit as the nights gone on, maybe its as im getting a bit tired.