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Originally Posted by DechanDawa
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!  |
I don’t think it’s mysterious.
Medications work differently for different people especially If it is not exactly same diagnosis. It’s very commonly used for OCD. I’d think might be used for other variations of anxiety disorders too, that’s I am not sure about. Like I said I know two other individuals on exact same meds also specifically for OCD. What you have and what my husband has are possibly entirely different things. He tried some other med years ago and it made him physically sick and nauseous so meds work differently. Celexa is known to have very few or no side effects.
It could be also working differently on you due to some symptoms of depression that you have in conjunction whth anxiety. He has no symptoms of depression, doesn’t tend to feel down and is generally very upbeat so maybe that’s why celexa works different on him, it just takes edge of OCD symptoms and slows down some Tourette’s. I guess people are all different. Certainly you shouldn’t take something that doesn't work for you
It’s not easy to find right meds. I wonder if your diagnosis is even accurate and consistent