Citalopram for depersonalization
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You sound like me 20 years ago! Anxiety is your problem! I too went away to college but had to come back home. I wanted to sleep to hide from the world. When it was time to go to class I couldn't keep my schedule straight or remember where the classrooms were. My brain went into a fog anytime I tried to go anywhere. I've been on meds (citalopram) for over 10 years. I think it works to an extent but only to mask the symptoms.
I'm no doctor but I feel you brought on the negative effects of the Citalopram on your own. The mind's pretty powerful. And you didn't go in with a positive attitude about taking medication period.
Meds do have side effects. And occasionally, yes, some can be pretty powerful. But Citalopram is prescribed so often. I've been on it for 3 years (tapering off it now though as pdoc wants to try me on something else.
ve just started medical treatment have being prescribed citalopram on a low dose (10mg) a few days ago, and the physical symptoms (now that the side effects have subsided) appear to be on the decline. Mentally, though I still feel totally detached and different. I try to he rational and know that currently negative thinking is what I'm geared for, but I feel like a totally different person now. I don't feel comfortable in my body and the world looks different.
I am seeing the nurse practicianer (SP?) today for a med check. They told me not to take the citalopram last night and see how it goes. I work with the worst panic attack this morning. I am feeling a little lost and hopeless as to what to do now.
Hello everyone
I started having severe anxiety attacks two month ago, though I have suffered with anxiety my whole life. I have been on Citalopram for four days now and the side effects seems to be increasing. I am on a small dose, one quarter of a 20 mg tablet. I am suppose to go up to one half of a 20 mg tab today but am afraid to. I am jittery, have headaches, am groggy but panic when I try to sleep, have heat flashes through my upper body, my eyes feels strange...the list goes on.
I have days where I think my world is going to crash around me. But it does pass and things go back to as normal as tx will allow. Comes and goes in waves. If you think you can benefit from an AD then see your doctor. In my case no, but many do. It isn't that I'm opposed to them, they just don't work for me. Unfortunately, AD's are not a cure all for everyone, depends on the individual.
1 mixture of (S)-Citalopram and (R)-Citalopram]; Escitalopram [(S)-Citalopram) is a pure enantiomer. The dosages for Escitalopram are typically 1/2 of those for Citalopram, and there are fewer side effects, suggesting that most side effects come from the (R)-enantiomer.''
Basically escitalopram is the new citalopram with less side-effects and requires only half the dosage and I think it is the reason for it's cheaper price.
-http://en.wikipedia.
I am having a struggle right now. I have been going through depersonalization for the past couple of weeks because I began taking my meds again and this is a side effect in the beginning. But whats upsetting me is it literally seems like I dont recgonize myself in the mirror. My face looks different to me. No one else thinks my face looks different but to me it does. its frightening. I keep checking to see if it looks familiar again but it dosent.
ve been diagnosed with anxiety for 20 years) Shortly after this you began to feel the depersonalization hit. Add to that being anemic, the exhaustion that can accompany that, having been sick for 5 weeks and NOW feel you may have a sinus infection............I'd say you had all the makings of an anxiety espisode with concurrent depersoanlization.
alright i've been having this depersonalization for almost 2 months now i noticed that i don't have anxiety that much anymore, but in those 2 months and this only happens at night maybe times in the day but not as bad but anyway i feel like i'm not part of reality and have really bad memory it's so bad that i lose track of time but most of all it's like i'm losing my mind it scared the hell outta me please someone if u ever have been through what i'm going through ple
Hi Kim , depersonalization can be a frightening and strange sensation . It will go away with time . I had it for a few months and now it's gone and it will be for you too !
sometimes mine feels like everything is unreal but also the enviroment or situation feels dark, eerie and sinister for the moment i am in that state of dp. i dont always experience this feeling with it but lately i have been. its almost as if something evil is going on it feels like. it the worst feeling i have ever had. caused me even much more fear. and now i feel like my whole brain is in a fog when i think back about it because it almost seems like the whole day was a dream.
It is an odd think. No miracle cure for it. I used to get it badly years ago. To the point were I once went to the shops with my mum, came home, whilst is that state, went to my room, came back down and asked my mum when where we going to the shops. Wasn't aware of the time we were out at all. Just does whacky things to you. I almost got knocked down because of it another time. Saw the car as been much further away. So walked across the road. The car was so much closer.
I posted a while ago about possible OCD.. At the risk of sounding like a hypercondriac I'm fairly certain i've some symptoms connected to depersonalization? I never really thought much about it, but these days things are getting very difficult because of this. I've always been a bit ditzy, or a day dreamer, but I feel most days the only time i'm happy is when i'm i this world i've created in my head like an alternate reality.
Why was your mother prescribed this medication? It is prescribed for many reasons, high blood pressure, anxiety, cluster headaches, and tremors. It does have a break-in period, and low energy, and sleepiness are part of the break-in period, which can take up to 6 weeks. I have never heard of it being prescribed for depression, but rather anxiety. I think she needs to return to her doctor to re-evaluate this medication.
I just saw a new doctor and he believes the Citalopram is causing my weight gain. I have been on it for about 18 months. I am now taking half a pill of Citalopram in order to wean myself off of it. My doctor then prescribed me Bupropion HCL (take twice a day). He says that should help with weight loss. Has anyone had good experiences with Bupropion? Did you gain weight on Citalopram? Thanks!!!
lately i have been feeling what i think is depersonalization. whenever someone calls me on the phone or speaks to me i feel extremely disconnected or detached, like i have no sense of identity, i am not engaged in the conversation, i am just trying to act normal and say what they want to hear. when they are talking my mind starts to wonder off, i have no focus.
Both citalopram, (Celexa) and escitalopram, (Lexapro) are SSRI's and both have, as unlabeled uses the control of panic. They both also have CNS side effects of anxiety in the beginning stages of treatment. You say you've been on the citalopram for approximately 5 weeks? It can take up to 35 days for citalopram to reach "steady state" in your blood, which means you won't begin to feel any real relief from your depresson for possibly a bit over a month.
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