Table-tennis

[Sparkle1984]

That sounds positive. Good luck with the citalopram!

[Baggs]

Thanks Sparkle xxx

[Baggs]

My friend admonished me that this is not a dating site and I'd been getting rather off topic....oops.

Saturday morning at my home table-tennis club and I had a knock with Bearded Mike. Mike is an elderly affable chap who is new to competitive playing but very enthusiastic which I like. We knocked for a while until Mike suggested an actual scoring game. I prefer a knock so I can practice my shots but hey ho, go with the flow. I'd played a scoring game with Mike a while ago and he'd won overall, something like 4 - 3. This time was different and I whitewashed him and I didn't even use my Tomahawk serve. Take that affable Mike! But something glorious happened.....I hit a powerful topspin backhand shot that Mike managed to return and I then hit another devastating backhand winner.....and Tony the Coach saw it all!! Wowwww Baggs, he said, that is impressive. Watch me, watch me, watch me....the universal cry of kids and old men. In common with most fourth division players I am inconsistent but to have my table-tennis coach see me at my best was so totally perfect that I didn't think it could get better.....but it could. Later I was playing doubles and I hit another winning backhand shot and Tony, who happened to be passing, saw it again!!! The patron saint of elderly table-tennis players must have been in a good mood and I gave profuse thanks.

My first dose of Citalopram had been two days ago and I'd had a rotten night's sleep, possibly coincidental. Last night was better, six hours of the dreamless. As we all know, meds can make us feel worse before we feel better but I've been down this road before and I know what to expect....so far so good.

[Baggs]

My friend told me that I should post about the Citalopram so, even though there's not much to report, here goes. After six days I've been feeling a little spaced-out but this has not affected my table-tennis and I seem to have gained a fan, little Len. On Tuesday I was playing doubles and although it was generally gentle, now and again I couldn't resist and hit my backhand winner. Len was impressed with the exaggerated upward sweep of this shot and wants me to teach him......okay Len, first thing, get longer arms.


As the Citalopram has not hindered my table-tennis I assume that it will not improve it, although that would be good. Last night I slept for 7 hours solid and that hasn't happened for a long time so somethings happening and I'm okay with that.

[Baggs]

I am just home from the last match of the Friday summer league, that seven weeks sure has flown by. I arrived early for a knock and had a good one with young Alan. He was in my winter league team, the Vipers, and was consistently excellent winning almost all of his matches. He's now moved up to division three and deservedly so. The knock with him was really good, we had some great rallies and when I saw who my opponents were going to be my heart leaped.....Grey David and Red Faced Robert, both fouth division guys. David was defensive and spinny and Robert looked as though he would succum to nature at any moment. I had played both of them before and, as my knock with young Alan had gone so well, was confident of finishing the season with two victories, but it was not to be. I played David first and I lost then I played Robert and I lost.

Nothing worked!!! I played the ball soft and it went into the net, I played it hard and it went off the table. What is wrong with me?? I'm a good knocker but a rotten match-player. And to add to my misery, Tony the Coach umpired the last doubles match and, as he had seen me be so magnificent last Saturday, he saw me disintegrate today.....woe, woe and thrice woe. After my defeats I had a knock with James and I went back to playing well again. I'm never ever ever playing in the league again.....ever. Mind you, if the Citalopram starts working and gives me a boost........no no no stoppit, never again.

Just over a week on Citalopram and I'm not feeling too great but I wasn't before I started taking it so it's only made me slightly more uptight and agitated, nothing I wasn't expecting.

[Baggs]

Up till now my posts about table-tennis have written themselves in my head and to actually write them has been very simple. But now nothing is flowing, my head is empty. And this has been happening to me for years....I will pursue various hobbies with daily energy but then hit a wall and my solitary activities will become unbearable to continue.

But fortunately my life-changing hobby involves others and I am able to carry on with it...thank goodness for table-tennis. I have been on Citalopram for almost three weeks and so far there has been no boost or benefit, maybe soon I hope.

And I've also been able to carry on visiting my son and grandsons. For father's day my son took me to Canonteign Falls. We climbed to the top and he didn't even think to push me off despite his great expectations, he's the best son ever.

[BlueIris]

Thinking of you, Baggs.

I think I'm reaching the end of my journey with citalopram and it's not working for me any more, but I don't have the wherewithal to contact my GP for a review - too scary!

[Baggs]

Thanks Iris xxx

[Baggs]

I've been playing table-tennis seriously for two years and I play as often as I can, which is eight times a week. If I could find a game on Sundays it would be more. I play with a splendid assortment of people, some are good and some are not so good and some are extremely not so good but even the extremely not so good players have improved, despite them clutching their bats in awkward and unexpected ways. And Monday Dave's slamming of the ball has rubbed off onto the extremely not so good players, including Shaky Jan. Jan is elderly and frail but I've seen lately that, when a ball sits up, she's been trying to hit it as hard as her fragility allows. But by golly, she goes for everything within her lack of mobility.....bless her.

I've been on Citalopram 20mg for four weeks without any benefit so today I picked up a fresh prescription of 40mg. I think they made a mistake as I was expecting one month's supply but I've actually got two months so if 40mg is twice as good as 20mg would 80mg be twice as good as 40mg? Naaaa better follow the Doc's instructions.