Did Cytalopram make you feel worse?
Question:
I was put on it a while back and the doctor said "Don't worry. This may make you more paranoid and suicidal but it's normal". I thought it was meant to do the opposite?
Needless to say I made sure I changed meds after it made me feel worse.
I just wanted to know if anyone else had the same problem
Answers:
Yup made me worse and gave me obsessive thoughts about self harm. When it eventually worked I felt so calm and peaceful, I didn't know that life could be like that, a week later I came out in a rash so had to come of them cold turkey.
me im depressed and i tried to kill myself once all my freinds joke around and call me emo but im not im punk lol and i dont wanna die so i guess we have somthing in common right your not the only 1 suffering the thoughts and feelings i dont know why but i always feel depressed lol but i dont cry or feel sorry 4 myself r nuthin its just depression i guess right
Personally I've had very good experiences with antidepressants although to be fair I was suicidal when I changed to citalopram so I probably wouldn't have noticed if it did make me feel worse, there are many anti-depressants out there, it is just the case of being prescribed the right one.
yes it made me worse so my doc changed it to traxadone and put me on quatiapine also i was on the ward then so i was being observed it took a while but i got over cytalopram! good luck to you x
hi,
when i first went on it, i was told all the bad effects were just short term, and that they should stop after a couple of weeks. if they go on longer than that, change meds.
i didn't get any of the paranoia etc, just felt sick for 2 weeks.
hope the new meds are helping
I was on them for 6 months, I didn't like the way I felt whilst on them (in a dream like state).I got the doctor to wean me off them though.I don't take any medication for depression anymore.I had so many chemicals in my body with cancer treatment, I didn't want to take anything anymore.I try and keep the depression under control, instead of it controlling me.It's not always easy, but I'm learning to deal with it.
I felt like that too, nervous, suicidal, depressed, I was on it for about 2 months it was hell, I told the doctor this an all he said was ok, and changed the subject, don't think he had a clue!
I was on them myself for around 6 months, and my boyfriend has been on them for around 3 years and will probably be on the for the rest of his life and neither of us have found any problem using them
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