Two and a half weeks ago I was switched from sert to cipralex..The sert worked well for over 3 years and I was on 50 mgs ,,then I relapsed a bit and they changed me over to cipralex. The start up effects of the sert were quite intense with hot sweats, diahrea, and jaw clenching, increased anxiety and panic attacks, with vivid dreams. It took almost ten weeks of this agonising before I felt the benefits from it. I am now into the third week of cipralex. And still see no benefits, but getting increasingly worse.
With cipralex its been similar, but with intense suicidal thoughts and ideation thrown in the mix . The suicidal thoughts are the worst part and I never new they could be so strong. I even find myself thinking of ways to do it now. So I saw an emergency Doctor today and he told me its normal and would not change my medication.
Has anybody else been through this on cipralex and pushed through, and when did you finally start to see an improvement ? I plan on finding a private doctor ,someone who actually speaks english as I live in Portugal and its difficult to communicate. The guy I saw today just wants to perscribe pills and more pills..It feels like he is not listening and hardly cares.H eis practically done with me in 5 minutes.
Please tell me how long it took before you noticed the cipralex working. I am thinking about just stopping it because I have a great family who I love and I do not want to suddenly act out the intense thoughts..But they are strong and getting stronger all the time. They ususally come with the adreniline surges that can happen 5 times a day. If that is what they are they come with intense fear...has anybody had this experience. Sort of getting desperate...thanks..