Citalopram diary - Day 1

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I'm curious. If the anxiety I am feeling is a chemical imbalance from knocking my pituatary/hypothalamus, then will these meds work? I'm having tests done to establish thyroid function, etc.

"Chemical imbalance" is a myth. It doesn't cause either anxiety, or depression (see my Serotonin - The 'chemical imbalance' myth, nor do antidepressants work by correcting any imbalance. I posted a full explanation about the underlying biology and other info which may be of interest here .

Either way it seems that I've been in fight or flight mode since the symptoms came on (and got misdiagnosed as vestibular issues, then I thought I was diabetic) Symptoms being: over thirst and urination, blurred vision up close, occsional nystagmus, hot flashes, cold sensitivity, balance issues etc.

Unsure if it's purely from my TBI, or the anxiety is due to the stress of it all. Or likely a bit of both...

I suspect these are mostly driven by your reaction to the knock on the head than any physical damage from it. What was your anxiety state leading up to it?

My chest felt tight after taking the zopliclone, which was one of the warning signs, so that induced panic, before I drifted off.

Imo, the chest tightness was more likely anxiety than the med.

Day 3 10mg Citalopram - Noticed blurred vision, waves of anxiety through the day. Sweating alot, but nothing to heavy. Took a propronal in the afternoon and felt some heart palpitations as i kicked in.

All of these are fairly typical side-effects of these meds.

Sticking to the routine.

GOOD!!!!

After 5 years of keeping the 21st Century plague, aka Covid, at bay I've finally slipped up somewhere and succumbed so if I'm slow answering questions it isn't because I'm ignoring you, just not up to it.