Has citalopram worked for you?

[Natox78]

I've been on them for just over a month and I am totally loving life again. I didn't realise how bad I had got. Horrible things to get on, but they have definitly worked.

[bumbles]

i cant sa i'm that impressed they were hell to get on, and i still have bad anxiety after 5 months on them depression is better though than it was.

[NoPoet]

The utmost respect to all those who stuck with citalopram for weeks before their situation improved. Six days is bad enough, it must have been awful to put up with it for weeks.

Bumbles, wouldn't you be better off trying another medication if you're still suffering after 5 months? Or can they prescribe something that will take the edge of the anxiety?

[kellyp]

Can I ask a silly question?

How does one define anxiety vs. depression?

When I sought help I had the following symptoms. Citalopram has helped me - I'm on day 9.

Looking back, I didn't realise how severe my symptoms were - well, I've lived with them for years.

- Fear. Always scared something dreadful was going to happen. I developed OCD symptoms of turning off lights, etc. as I was sure I would burn down my house.
- Dread. I hated waking up in the morning. Wanted to lay in bed and 'hide'.
- Self-loathing.
- I went from being highly organised to completely chaotic.

Today, I did my diary for the next 3 months!

I feel so much better. But don't know what my poll response should be.

Kx

[kellyp]

I've been on them for just over a month and I am totally loving life again. I didn't realise how bad I had got.

I really get this bit!

Glad you're feeling better. What dose are you on? I'm on 10, but have a feeling upping it to 20 will really sort me.

Kx

[Budgie]

I thought cit was working out for me, but now I'm not so sure

[juliapenguin]

It was a nightmare for me, as was escitalopram. I'm back on dosulepin, probably permanently now, and everything is getting better - slowly.

[PoppyC]

Hi
I thought Cit was working but after the last hideous few days on it I have changed my mind. There are now getting more bad than good days and I cant be doing with taking medication that works one day and not the next and makes me more anxious than what I was before I took it, not to mention now the panic attacks and massive migraine headaches I have had for past 2 days, which I never normally get. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago that shortly after taking cit I get a headache. I dont pay much attention to it but the past 2 days it has been a killer headache.
I am going back to see my gp this week. I either may up the doseage or ask to try something else.
For some people it works very well but for other it doesnt work. I do combine mine with cbt and self help.

[t50kym]

Hello this med works but at first i thought it didnot as i got worse first with all the side effects such as sweating aching, general feeling crap, feeling sick ect ect but i have been on them since being march and i can tell the difference that these have made. I was going to come off but glad i didnt .

[Lion King]

Hi t50kym,

Were you suffering from anxiety or depression? I suffer with anxiety and I am now on my fourth week, i still feel the anxiety where I feel as though I am going to struggle to talk, but somehow I can carry on talking by allowing myself to relax and switch off to negative feelings, before cit I struggled to carry on without palpitations, tensing up, tight throat and inability to breath properly.

When you felt better did you/do you still get the symptoms of anxiety, but you are able to control them better?

Thanks

Lion King