Hi, im doing a little self research and am interested in experiences people have had with these two classes of drugs.
To cut a long story short i have suffered with anxiety for a long time and have had a bad flare up recently, previously i have taken benzodiazepines and citalopram. I had an unusual reaction to citalopram which i landed me in hospital (strange vision + extreme mood swings after 5 days of taking them!) and ruled out me having SSRIs again! .........My doctor has suggested that i might want to try tricyclics e.g. amtriptyline but im sceptical as they have a similarish mode of action, scared that i will have a similar reaction to what i did with citalopram (doesnt help me being a pharmacy student and looking too much into it!!!)
.....im just interested in hearing personal experiences rather than looking at statistics, i.e. if anyone has had any bad reactions to both types, or if people found them useful, also im interested to hear about whether people found other types of drugs less commonly prescribed useful e.g. MAOI's?
thanks!