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Originally Posted by divine1966
Citalopram (celexa).
He tried to live without meds most of his life but it became too difficult to maintain career as it got to the point that he had hard time leaving the house or had panic attacks (his OCD is mainly safety related), and his Tourette’s was out of control. It was before my time but I believe I understand what he means. Obviously he can’t completely get rid of symptoms. It’s too severe. But he functions great taking severity of it in consideration. He is pleased how celexa works out, no side effects either
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I so totally understand this. Totally. I was in my 20's when my mother died and I think that is when the anxiety started to kick in...and diazepam literally saved my career at that time. So, yes, I totally get that. I was able to stay focused and be productive in the very fast-paced world of marketing. To me diazepam seemed like a miracle. I used it off and on...never daily. Just...as needed.
I am totally amazed the drug your husband uses is Citalopram. I was on that for...three days, I think...and I became suicidal! It was crazy. I kind of went insane on that drug and I have it on all my medical charts I am allergic to it. At a week I just stopped it cold. It had a very bad effect on me.
These drugs are...so crazy. The last thing Citalopram did for me was calm me down. I didn't sleep for three days. So weird that it works so well for him. It is really kind of mysterious!
