[Twinkle30]

Hello

I am looking for a little bit of help and advice as I am going through a rough time right now.

I have been taking citalopram for anxiety for a few years now. I stopped taking it properly a few weeks ago and then as things started to get out of control I have started to retake it again.

I have been feeling not quite myself for the last few months now and gradually things have become worse.

It started with me stressing over minor things to then not being able to deal well with general tasks at work and at home. I have then found the last few days I have gone completely strange. I have scared myself. I have been continually anxious for the last three days not being able to settle or feel like myself.
I have been having really irrational thoughts and really don't know what to do.

Has anyone else had this happen?

Thanks

[bugbear83]

Hey there. One thing I've learned the hard way is to not start taking something and then just stop taking it. It can really mess with your head! Hopefully you're on a steady meds schedule now.

That being said, it sounds like citalopram isn't exactly helping you fully, since you're still having anxiety issues. Has anything stressful happened in your life in the past few months? It's also possible that you just need a change or a higher dose in your meds. How soon can you talk to your Pdoc about this? Do you see a therapist as well? If so, what do they say?

What kind of irrational thoughts are you having? Mine personally center around being a hypochondriac and medical issues. At one point I remember I started having a pain in my leg and for like a week I was convinced I had deep vein thrombosis or something, and that any minute a blood clot would travel from my leg to my heart or lungs and I would die. Irrational I know lol, but very real to me while it was going on. I was just starting my new meds at the time, but what really helped was sleep honestly. Sometimes that was the only way to escape my anxiety. That, and talking with my mom or friends, no matter how ashamed I felt. It at least gave me a sense that other people knew what was going on in my body, and IF THE WORST HAPPENED they would know why, which actually helped to ease the anxiety some.

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