I posted a thread in Health Anxiety regarding my problems but think now they may relate to the Citalopram I am taking.
It is the start of my 6th week on Cit. 20mg. At the beginning I coped with side effects (like no taste, sensitive toungue, upset stomach etc.) which have cleared up now. Haven't been sleeping more than 2 or 3hrs a night since a week before starting on Cit until now.
From the 4th week til now I've had new problems which have got gradually worse. Feel very deattached from reality, my anxeity has slowly increased to the point that I feel tremors in my arms nearly all the time.
I feel very low, frightened to be alone. I am constantly worrying and can't shake out of it. My memory is terrible and usually familiar surroundings and people feel strangely foreign. It is difficult even watching TV sometimes, its like my brain can't cope.
My family has been very supportive but I sense that they are getting fed up of me compaining about how I feel. This makes me feel a lot worse! I live alone which doesn't help.
Been to GP a number of times and they said stick with the drug and that it "can get worse before it gets better" but I am now frightened that it is making me feel so ill that the drug could be damaging my brain so that I'll never recover.
Don't know if I should just still persevere with 20mg Cit in the hope that I will recover, increase the dose (which may make the anxiety worse!) or come off Cit altogether. I don't think I can cope with it getting any worse or staying like this long term.
Before taking Cit I had high anxiety for about 2 months and had lost my emotions towards the end of this which I think was a symptom of depression but my head was a lot clearer than it is now.
I know it is difficult to give advice when the symptoms could be the illness itself but feel so trapped and scared now so just really need any reassurance and advice on what I should do.