Yes petal.
All the withdrawal and side effects of the various meds have been keeping me in a permanent state of anxiety/depression, so knowing that whilst on Citalopram, I did not have any such troubles, I am going back to stabalise. All these drugs have thrown my body into a bad state of "neuro-shock" for sure. I need to stick to something for a long time to let it settle. I am not willing to risk trying another AD as the odds of it working are slim.
I have learnt that by switching between drugs like these, by shocking the system, the side effects and withdrawal can become much more intense. So whilst they may have worked if done correctly, that has not been the case for me, courtesy of the mental health team.
Looking back through my notes, I had stretches of up to 3 weeks of no symptoms, with bad patches bought on by stress. My intolerence of stress was initially bought on by the cold turkey of Citalopram 18 months ago. The last 6 months has bought all this back.. and worse. With the coping mechanisms that I have learnt now, those 3 weeks could be turned into longer periods, but until then, my body needs to right itself and the only way I can see this happening is by stopping all meds, or going back to celexa - stopping is going to be just too much at the moment.
