Published on 12, July, 2020
Please fucking help. I've been on Citalopram 10mg and that made me really sick and even more suicidal. I've been prescribed Fluoxetine recently which has scary side effects still, but is it more likely to make me worse because of its sensitivity? The sexual side effects are scariest, then nausea and vomiting is second.
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So right now you’re cross tapering from Citalopram to Fluoxetine?
cross tapering is something of A mixed bag. You still have residual Citalopram in your system (roughly 25% of normal id guess) but now you’ve got Fluoxetine in your system as well.
they may not be playing nicely together. With other drugs they wouldn’t let you start a new one until the old one was fully out of your system. But Citalopram and Fluoxetine are both SSRIs so cross tapering is usually not dangerous. You may have to wait another day or two for the Citalopram to be really out of your system.
that said Fluoxetine has a reputation for being pretty bad with regards to sexual dysfunction compared to other SSRIs. But that might be partly because it’s been around longer and therefore more reports of it have accumulated. I’m told sertraline is one of the less bad ones in terms of side-effects. But all SSRIs tend to at least reduce libido slightly.
basically what I’m saying is give it a couple of days. there are only so many SSRIs a GP can prescribe. If he starts to run out he will start thinking about referring you to a specialist who might be willing to give you something more exotic.
In my experience, pharma meds don't cut the mustard and have weird and horrible side effects. Especially (on me fluoexidine (prozac) and certraline. I really don't like them.
I did however try an "E" back in the late nineties and found one decent rave gave about a week off from being miserable. I've done it about three times, in total over the last thirty years, as I see it as an emergency measure.
HOWEVER for me an "e" changes me fundamentally, in ways that I don't like, as well as blowing away the blues, so my own personal drug compromise is to dull the pain with Cannabis (especially as cannabis is also an excellent antagonist to the ADD impulse control issue). whilst looking for a more "drug free" solution.
Mine is not an approved or even legal management strategy, but it seems to work well enough to keep me out of the clutches of doctors and policemen.
Ok Jakey. Try to get some rest now. If you want I can check in with you tomorrow. I am not available between 10am and 5pm tomorrow but I will catch up with you when I can, if you want. Keep drinking water as much as you can because the side effects from the drugs will leave you dehydrated. And remember that you have a community here that care. Lots of love to you xx
I feel calmer. Overall wellbeing, not sure if it can ever be improved to be honest. Been this way since being held up in a hellhole, and now I'm out of there, it's just gotten worse, but I have more good days which is good.
That's ok. We're just trying to get through the moment. Do you feel calmer?
Overall wellbeing can wait until you feel able to tackle it.
I can do everything up to putting something in my mouth. I know this technique, it's called grounding. I learnt it in CBT.
I'm going to bed in a sec though. I don't find the grounding technique all that useful for overall wellbeing, it only works for chronic issues where logic is working like severe pain (I have an anal fissure, pain is unimaginable)
Jakey, there's a glitch on the website right now. It's just one of those things. I'm still here. Hold on, ok? If you get to see this then please do this :
Open your eyes and say 5 things you can see
Focus on 4 things you can touch
Try to notice 3 things you can hear
Take a deep breath and try to notice 2 things you can smell
Find something you can put in your mouth and taste, examples are toothpaste, chewing gum, chocolate
I'm getting flagged for spam. I'm feeling calmer physically but still a bit jumpy in my head.
Tell me what you're feeling.
Ok. Take a sip of water then keep doing the breathing.
I have done. Now what?
ok. Take a sip of water.
Ok. Take a sip.
Water
Do you have a drink of water or an ice cube?