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    Hi eric

    I see you still feeling no good. I never had any sedatives while on Citalopram but maybe it would calm you down a bit, I have to take some antihistamines for my allergy and they too make me drowsy and with the citalopram it's double effect but at least i get good night sleep, I only have a 5 year old living with me so if something happened would not be a great situation either. Maybe if you take one get your brother or dad give you call next day to see if you ok.

    Hope you feel better soon.

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    Hey Eric!

    Do you mind me asking what triggered all this? is it the first time you have dealt with a period of anxiety? trust me i can relate to all of the things you are saying, it sucks that you have no one at home to chat to. Believe me when i say anxiety will always run its course, even if you spend all your time worrying about it, it will still settle. I went to Australia 3 years ago and met my girlsfriend, i was already feeling really anxious and spaced out, then we broke up! I hadnt slept for 2 nights and i went on anxiety nosedive thats was really bad, 12000 miles from home and feeling truly awful, i just about coped, and after 3 weeks when i was at my lowest it just lifted, out of noweher i just suddenly felt better, my head cleared and i was ok, no meds. My point is that even if you keep worrying it wont last forever, but if you break the worry cycle and do everything you can to help yourself i.e counselling, diet, exercise, meds, talking, cbt etc you can really speed that process up. Im hoping that will work for me this time aswell! It can be really scary i know but anxiety and the symptoms you are experiencing can cause you no physical harm, no one has ever gone crazy from them. Everytime i have a little relapse i always have to fight the same thoughts, you are gonna get really bad this time... you are not gonna be able to cope... you are not gonna get better.... etc etc, trust me its all nonsense, every single time you have one of those thoughts you need to tell yourself that, its so hard i know, im doing it right now and so is my flatmate!! (who also suffers from anxiety)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffro View Post
    Hey Eric!

    Do you mind me asking what triggered all this? is it the first time you have dealt with a period of anxiety? trust me i can relate to all of the things you are saying, it sucks that you have no one at home to chat to. Believe me when i say anxiety will always run its course, even if you spend all your time worrying about it, it will still settle. I went to Australia 3 years ago and met my girlsfriend, i was already feeling really anxious and spaced out, then we broke up! I hadnt slept for 2 nights and i went on anxiety nosedive thats was really bad, 12000 miles from home and feeling truly awful, i just about coped, and after 3 weeks when i was at my lowest it just lifted, out of noweher i just suddenly felt better, my head cleared and i was ok, no meds. My point is that even if you keep worrying it wont last forever, but if you break the worry cycle and do everything you can to help yourself i.e counselling, diet, exercise, meds, talking, cbt etc you can really speed that process up. Im hoping that will work for me this time aswell! It can be really scary i know but anxiety and the symptoms you are experiencing can cause you no physical harm, no one has ever gone crazy from them. Everytime i have a little relapse i always have to fight the same thoughts, you are gonna get really bad this time... you are not gonna be able to cope... you are not gonna get better.... etc etc, trust me its all nonsense, every single time you have one of those thoughts you need to tell yourself that, its so hard i know, im doing it right now and so is my flatmate!! (who also suffers from anxiety)
    I've always been a nervous person and have suffered from the occasional panic attacks in the past. Last year had quite a lot of pressure at work which I thought I was dealing with ok. Then I changed jobs and this added new pressures. To add to this at the start of this year I started to have real problems with blurry vision. Went to see consultants and doctors many times over the coming months and they did not know what it was and just kept giving me drops to put in my eyes. I started to get panic attacks as thought I was going blind and nothing I did was working. The anxiety got more and more as time went on until I couldn't cope anymore. I started to worry a lot about every illness and symptom (even if they were not related to my eyes) The panic attacks were continuous and in the end couldn't work.

    I was eventually diagnosed with severe dry eye by a top consultant at Royal Liverpool but my anxiety was still very high. This is when I was prescribed Citalopram.

    I know it is a long road to recovery and am hoping that I will get there (eventually). This week I have had some better days so hopefully this is the start on that road. Thanks for your help
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    Started to feel better during this week. Although the depersonalisation is still there I managed to get it down to 1/2 of what it was by just filling my days with LOTS of distractions. Was even thinking of going back to work next week!!!

    However today I think I may be experiencing a "blip"??? as it has come back very strong and very frightened. I felt a bit weird yesterday as well but it wasn't as bad and just shrugged it off. I am suffering badly with hay fever so maybe worrying about this has bought it on?

    God I hate these bad days....
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    Hay Fever cleared up now thankfully so not sneezing so much now!

    Been back at work two days now (after two more weeks off) and have found it very difficult getting through each day. Now think identified work as a trigger as at the weekend I could feel myself getting more and more afraid about going and that I won't be able to cope. Tried to convince myself it will be alright but just couldn't shut out the damn fear. Don't want to quit as it is a well paid job, they really rely on me and worried won't find another job.

    As well as this the thoughts came back AGAIN that the DP will permantly damage my brain as have had it for such a long long time even though people in prev posts tried to convince me it wont! . This made me more worried and now feel numb, dizzy, very shaky and worn out. Haven't had much to eat today as don't feel hungry ay all. Dreading work tomorrow. Tried going to parents house after work but only stayed a short time as feel awkward talking about my anxiety with parents recently as every time I see them it is the only topic I generally talk about and sense they are getting fed up (altough they haven't actually said anything) so just wanted to come back and go to bed.. Praying tomorrow will be better :-(
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    Eric I know how you feel!

    I feel drunk and foggy headed all the time. It feels like I am drunk but I still have all my cognitive functions and have all my motor skills. It also feels like my legs are moving slow and the I am almost not in reality. Very scary feeling. I am young and am used to being go-go-go all the time and not stopping. I used to feel invincible but now this "fog" is over me and I don't feel the same as I used to. Just know that there are people out there just like you and that you are not alone. People do care.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sjuri23 View Post
    Eric I know how you feel!

    I feel drunk and foggy headed all the time. It feels like I am drunk but I still have all my cognitive functions and have all my motor skills. It also feels like my legs are moving slow and the I am almost not in reality. Very scary feeling. I am young and am used to being go-go-go all the time and not stopping. I used to feel invincible but now this "fog" is over me and I don't feel the same as I used to. Just know that there are people out there just like you and that you are not alone. People do care.
    Still have it even now and got to the stage that it has become a habit thinking about the symptoms 24/7 so cannot break out of it. I have tried to keep my mind oppupied as usual but nothing now seems to work. It is now affecting how I talk to people its like I cannot remember what I was talking about half way thru a sentense!
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