Hi all,
I'm new here and just wanted to run a question by experienced Citalopram users. I started on a generic named Citrol at the start of September and after six weeks, and having run the entire gamut of side effects, I started to experience a significant lifting of my depression, anxiety and tendency to ruminate excessively. I'm currently on 30 mg btw. After this point, my pharmacist gave me two different generics, one of which was named Ciprager and the other Ivax. In short, during the last two weeks I have been experiencing some symptoms of relapse, namely crying, low mood, rumination and paranoia. As a result, I requested that my pharmacist supply me with the generic that I started on, which I resumed taking two days ago. On top of all this, since I reverted to Citrol two days ago, I have been experiencing some of the familiar start up side effects of the med, eg. increased anxiety, yawning, nausea and all that bad stuff. I just don't know what is going on and it was a real struggle to make it through the day today. Basically, it's starting to feel like the bad old days before the meds.
Sorry for the long winded description but in sum my question is this: could this reversal in my response to the meds be due to the different kinds of generics that I've been given? I have run this by several pharmacists and my doctor, who have all basically told me that all the meds are the same and that I am imagining things! However, I feel that I know my own body and that something is definately off. Can anyone shed any light on this based on their own experience? Or should I add psychosomatic illness/hypochondria to my list of ailments
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Anyone? Really need to hear someone else's perspective! thanks.