Does anyone else have such crazy realistic dreams while being on citalopram ? I feel like since I upped my dosage to 20 that they are getting crazier...
Whatever I do or think about that day or before bed I dream about it.
The past few weeks I've been having such crazy, weird dreams. My friends passing away, my boyfriend leaving me, seeing exs', it's just been so weird to the point it's quite emotionally disturbing. Has anyone else had this?
View 1 RepliesI've been on 50mg sertraline and 80 mg propranolol for over a month now, for bad social anxiety and depression. I only take the propranolol in the morning before i go to work or if i have to go out somewhere or if i have visitors coming etc, so i only take one of those a day, occasionally 2. The sertraline i also take in the morning. I have started to notice a slight change - on some days at work i feel almost like a normal functioning human being and i am actually able to talk to people and be around people without having a complete irrational meltdown. Yay! This is not every day, i still have bad days and i still feel very low but if it is a sign of things to come i am feeling rather hopeful. Side effects haven't been too bad, the worst one i would say was the tired feeling and just feeling very out of sorts sometimes, kind of dizzy and fuzzy headed, off balance etc. But now i have started to have really crazy dreams every single night for the past week or so. I am managing to sleep eventually, although it does take me a while to drop off, but it's just the dreams now. Not nightmares as such, just absolutely weird and crazy dreams, every single night now, is anyone else having this problem?
View 4 RepliesI've been on lexapro for about 2 months now and the dreams are driving me crazy, they are waking me up every night now and really affecting my sleep/work..do they ever go away or is there anything I can do to help them?
View 3 RepliesLet's talk dreams, ladies. I'm 47, been dealing with peri for about 2 years in a big, rotten way. About a month ago, I started having dreams. Weird dreams. Crazy, acid trip dreams. From the minute I close my eyes, 'til I wake up in the morning, dreams. Not bad or scary, but definitely weird and some are creepy. I am waking up several times a night and wondering what the hell that last one was all about, only to segue right into another. No new meds, nothing has changed..just all of a sudden with the crazy dreams, all night, every night. Even if I try to nap during the day...it happens.
View 4 RepliesHi all, I've been on cit for about 7 months now, its slow going but I am progressing to recovery, i'm pretty certain of that. My question is regarding some very vivid dreams i'm having, they can be about absolutely anything but in them I have the most severe depression/anxiety where there is absolutely no hope for me, they're freaking me out a little as i'm now thinking these dreams will become reality. Has anyone else suffered from horrible dreams whilst on cit?
View 6 RepliesI have been on Citalopram for nearly 2 months now (1st week 10mg, and 20mg after that). I am still having very weird and vivid dreams, although never nightmares. I was just wondering when they may stop?
View 4 RepliesI gave up my job because I was so stressed and such an emotional wreck. I 've gone back to uni to do another course, I have tasks to complete and I just don't feel motivated to do anything at all. I m doing work experience and I don't care anymore. I m On list to see therapist at the end of month. I'm usually active person and maybe it's the anxiety that kept me going but all I do now Is not to do anything at all I lay about and sleep I postpone everything I need to do is this normal? I have no energy or drive, has anyone else experienced this?
View 2 RepliesI have had a really tough year, and was prescribed citalopram 12 weeks ago, started on 10mg for 2 weeks then 20mg ever since. I haven't been feeling any better, I have been going through a break up so its hard to know what's heartbreak and what's depression but the only thing that's seemed to be improving is anxiety which was taking over my life.
I still wake up most days not wanting to move, feeling hopeless and like I don't want to be here (I wouldn't physically hurt myself) and non stop crying and fear of the future and low self esteem. I used to be so confident and outgoing and happy, my world has crashed in the last year and recently I spoke to my doctor who has raised the dose to 40mg which I have now been taking for 3 days. I feel absolutely worse and again not sure if it's circumstantial. I feel embarrassed In Front of my friends and family as one minute I'll be crying and struggling to breath having a panic attack and the next I'll be laughing and smiling. Has anyone else suffered in the same way? I am hoping that this dosage is what I need but I'm just having teething problems. Right now though I feel very scared and worried it's not going to do the trick if I feel like this.
What can i do about this heart burn!! Its serious and i cant deal! I like spicy foods they are what i crave the most!! But this heart burn smh
View 7 RepliesRecently I've been having constant aches in my neck and head. It's been going on for a while and I still don't feel myself it's so hard to explain I just feel empty and numb, this has been going on for over two months. I don't know why I'm still feeling like this, I've seeked help and see a therapist, I take medication but my thoughts still scare me. For some reason I've got it in my head that I'm not okay and something is seriously wrong with me, Iv convinced myself that I'm going to end up in a mental institution, I'm so paranoid about my mind I can't concentrate on anything. It's stopping me from having fun. I'm so scared and worried I don't want this illness to send me crazy.
View 3 Repliesdoes anyone have calf muscles that are constantly going crazy painful and keeping you awake
View 1 RepliesI have lumps in my lower legs, shortness of breath (COPD) that is getting worst, even though I haven't smoked in a year. My eyes are not affected, just had them tested. I have been on leflunomide 20 mg for 2 months and lumps are going away. Doctor also put me on O2 at nighttime. My entire itches and that is driving me crazy, I take a baths only every 3 days, and have used all kinds of skin cream, nothing works. I have itches for 5 years, not allergies, that has been ruled out. Sometimes I itch worse than other times. I have also had all kinds of blood tests and the results always come back being OK.
View 11 RepliesHere I am again like a broken record but just don't know what to do. I woke up today nervous and jumpy. I was so nervous that I made my heart race and called the paramedics. I felt fine once they got to me which in turn made me feel like a crazy person yet again. I have called the paramedics or ran to the ER so many times that I'm scared they won't come when I really need them. I just can't help it. When these crazy feelings come on the anxiety just overwhelms me. The fluttering in my chest, the internal tremors, weird head feelings, the flu feelings, the fluctuating body temperatures is just all overwhelming. Today I just can't seem to shake this nervous and jittery feeling. I ended up turning around to come back home on my way to work. I just didn't want my coworkers to see me acting like a crazy lady today.
View 93 RepliesI normally do not like Pepsi but for some reason I am wanting Pepsi like crazy!! I know it's not good for the baby but I have been drinking it here and there trying not to drink too much.
View 11 RepliesMy Urticaria started in August this year and no-one can be bothered to really help until I had gone through 2 lots of steroids and now 'the strong' prescription antihistamine at night but shop bought I have to take 2 in a morning!!! nothing is working !
Is there a cream to help because Calamine doesn't help at all... At this moment I have it on my right arm on the backs of my legs and my back but the worse is my feet on the tops they are itching like mad and I could cry...
2 weeks ago my right arm was swollen from my wrist to the top of my arm and it felt all stiff...
Hair and nails growing like crazy and I'm only 13+1 . I have a ways to go so imagine how long my hair will get. But in the contrary, I'm getting tons of hair every where else tho. It's so thick on my arms, under my arms pits, legs, stomach and my vagina. Whats causing me to grow hair every freaking where! Prenatals? ? Anybody else experiencing this? I've heard that some women lose hair or it sheds too.
View 4 RepliesI've got all the symptoms and feeling like death warmed up at the moment. Have been weaning off for three months now, and been on 37.5mg for a month. My philosophy had been that, once my body had levelled out on that particular dosage, I'd cut to the next ... so, here I am on nothing since last Wednesday (Tuesday today here in NZ) and suffering like crazy, but thinking one of two things. I either ride the wave, and surely, surely I'll feel better soon? Right? OR, to go back on the 37.5mg for longer!! But, if I do that, won't I just be delaying the inevitable? I mean from what I've read, the side effects are inevitable no matter what I do ... I'm self medicating with pain killers, antihistamines, and Coconut oil. Can't take Omega 3 as that by itself used to give me brain zaps so not sure what my options are here?
View 86 RepliesSaw my workplace dr today for my periodic health assessment. He asked about my symptoms, I did the required weeping followed by feeling like an idiot for weeping...
He gave me a prescription for my sinuses, but was rather interested in my reflexes. He didn't say anything but I've had the Babinski thing done enough times to know that one foot was normal, the other was not.
Also, when he did my knee reflexes, my left leg shot out in an exaggerated manner. He repeated it several times, same results. My right leg seems like the usual response, the left was crazy. The left leg has been my 'bad leg' with spasticity etc. He asked me if this was usual, and I said I didn't think so.
He was kind, gave me the usual spiel about neurological issues taking a long time to present, bladdy blah blah blah.
So there you have it, one more 'symptom'.
Dreading the Spring, but trying to stay positive.
I've had the mirena coil for just under 2 years. After the initial bleeding my periods more or less stopped I just had the odd light period every few months or so. However, the last 2 month my hormones have been all over the show. Some things are TMI to say on here but I had a light period for about 3 days and then 2 weeks later I came on again and it's now day 9 or 10 of bleeding, it is only light but my boobs have been sore for weeks and there's no signs of it stopping. My coil is still in place so no worries about it being dislodged. I was just wondering if anyone else had been fine with the mirena and then suddenly having crazy hormones and bleeding etc.
i had a sergical abortion march 23, 2011. i had intercorse the very next day, and almost everyday since. on the one month anniversary of my abortion, i started to get some intense cramping and VERY light pink spotting, the cramps are so bad that i want to throw up from the pain. the spotting comes and goes same with the cramps. im wondering if this is normal? also could this mean that im pregnant again.. or if its just what happens after an abortion. i also have a copper IUD that the doctor put in right after my abortion. i was told that after the IUD was put in my period would be a lot more heavy and the cramps would be really bad as well. ive gotten the cramps but like i said very light bleeding.
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