...but here goes.
I'm Nikki i'm 21 and have just been diagnosed as having depression by my GP again. I was depressed before a few years ago but this feels so different. Before i generally felt low and just wanted to spend all day in bed huddled under the duvet because that was where i felt safe and comforted. I'd sneak out of bed late at night and comfort eat and it wasn't a great life but it wasn't hard to cope with not like now.
I'm not sure I'm making much sense, but suddenly since last Tuesday so almost a week now I've felt awful. For the first three days i couldn't stop crying, really couldn't stop, cried to sleep and cried again when i woke up. I'm crying less now but i have this feeling that nothing is right i can't rest, am always on edge. I feel like i am about to sit a really important exam every minute, that sort of anxious. It feels like the night i sat with a close friend in the hospital bed when he was seriously ill, a horrible mixture of worry panic and anxiety. Do other people feel like this? I can't make it go away and since i don't know what i feel anxious about sometimes its really scary and overwhelming. I couldn't say i've actually had a panic attack although twice in Tesco's i felt so bad i just walked out.
My Mum is being great and keeping my company and helping me with work, but i'm terrified because she goes on holiday next week and i think i will go mad without her.
My Doctor has prescribed Citrolopram, does anyone know anything about it?
Would love to hear from some people,
Thanks, Nikki