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A few years ago I was prescribed Citalopram by my GP and I gave them a good chance to work - 2 months.
But they didn't agree with me at all well. I felt so physically sick I barely moved for the whole 2 months. It felt like there was a tornado in my abdomen.
Changing to taking the tablets at night only mildly reduced the nausea symptoms.
But the worst thing was how suicidal I felt. Having previously never really felt suicidal in my life it was all I could think of in the 2nd month.
I couldn't bear it any more and stopped taking them - with the full knowledge of my Dr.
I'd lost a lot of muscle tone in 2 months mostly in bed and got sciatica soon after.
Doctors have since suggested trying other SSRI's but I've not wanted to take them.
And a psychiatrist did recently suggest lamotrigime which is a mood stabiliser - so not an SSRI.
I'm really nervous of trying it though.
Can anyone relate? Or anyone had Lamotrigine?
Thanks
But they didn't agree with me at all well. I felt so physically sick I barely moved for the whole 2 months. It felt like there was a tornado in my abdomen.
Changing to taking the tablets at night only mildly reduced the nausea symptoms.
But the worst thing was how suicidal I felt. Having previously never really felt suicidal in my life it was all I could think of in the 2nd month.
I couldn't bear it any more and stopped taking them - with the full knowledge of my Dr.
I'd lost a lot of muscle tone in 2 months mostly in bed and got sciatica soon after.
Doctors have since suggested trying other SSRI's but I've not wanted to take them.
And a psychiatrist did recently suggest lamotrigime which is a mood stabiliser - so not an SSRI.
I'm really nervous of trying it though.
Can anyone relate? Or anyone had Lamotrigine?
Thanks