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Posted 8/14/2014 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hi All

The good thing about this forum is the support that we can offer each other so we like to occationally get every one who wants to do a check in to tell us how you are doing wether that is good or bad.

I will start us of, This last couple of weeks I have been feeling a bit up and down mainly due to my sleep being bad which seems to affect every thing else but I continue to do my 45min per day of mindfulness and find that helps me a lot to get through each day and helps me to stay in the moment I also listen to a lot of music.


Hibee
Posted 8/14/2014 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hibee, can you explain mindfulness to me?

I'm having an icky day. I've felt jittery and short of breath since I woke up and just anxious in general. I'm basically just looking forward to going to sleep tonight, so that my mind and body will quiet down. Assuming I have a better night than I did last night.
Posted 8/14/2014 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
Today is one week since i went on Celexa 10 mg. It seems to have lowered my anxiety but increased the intensity of panic attacks i do have. It has also made me extremely tired. I can sleep 8 hours, wake up and take a pill, and two hours later im sleeping again. Keeping my fingers crossed this is normal and subsides. I cant work at all like this and im hoping i can take another week off and stay the course, hoping the sleepiness goes away.
Posted 8/14/2014 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hi tiredstresseddone

Have a look at the post I did on Mindfulness CBT

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=2494544


Trader758

Celexa is a good AD for anxiety it can take anywhere between 6-8 weeks to feel the full benefit if things do not improve then do go see your doctor.


Hibee
Posted 8/14/2014 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
I cant afford to be off work that long. I just have no motivation whatsoever. I did a week ago. Maybe ill have to go off it. I called my doc and asked him to call me back. Ive not read were users of Celexa just lay around the first week. Fingers crossed it works out.
Posted 8/14/2014 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
cry feeling really sad and anxious today. I am missing my family since moving here. Have been put on Zolft 100 mg on 07/01/14. This is six weeks. Should this take longer? I hope everyone has a better day tomorrow. Thanks for asking.
Posted 8/14/2014 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
As Hibee pointed out, these meds can take 6-8 weeks to reach therapeutic levels. If you sincerely feel you've given it your best shot, perhaps consider contacting your doc and make an in-person appointment to discuss your progress, or lack-there-of.

I know we all wish these meds worked a heck of a lot faster than they do,....but hey, it be what it be, eh?

I've had to suck this up several times with med changes, and going on and off and back on again my current one (which I now KNOW in my very heart that is the absolute right med for me!!) so I can more than relate to the frustration, the anxiety, and all that takes place in this "waiting game".....









M.
Posted 8/14/2014 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Merrida. I dont feel I gave it my best shot. I actually believe Celexa is right for me. I have to, from all ive read and what I personally feel it is doing for me. See I have GERD. And it causes great bloating that puts pressure on the vagus nerve. Ever since taking the first Celexa, my bloating is almost gone. I still have my days.

What is worrying me is, I dont financially have the resources to stay off work while the side effect of sleepiness and exhaustion subside. If they do at all. So im in a spot here. Inwill do my best to ride it out. And rob peter to pay paul if i have to. But peters getting broke too, if you know what i mean.

I want you to know im giving it my best here. I just need my stomach to heal and the rest will hopefully be history. I may b@@@h and moan, but at this point it would be nice to hear, from someone, trader ....its gonna be all right. I know its frustrating but the side effects will fade and youll feel like a million.

Please....just lie to me and make my day....lol.
Posted 8/15/2014 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
Well family here is my day!

9:00 am ER visit, numbness over right leg, pain and not feeling cold or poking objects. - waited over 45 min to be seen, doctor comes into the room does some field test, ok you can go home. DX back pain and anxiety!

1:00 pm chiro visit - adjustment and bunch of talk about nerves and muscles pressing on them!

1:30 pm acupuncture - love it!

2:00 pm Dr appt, MRI ordered

6:30pm mri

That was my day!
Posted 8/15/2014 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Trader,
It will be all right! Once the meds start working you will feel much better. It sucks the first few weeks though. I'm sorry you are so tired. I know it feels like you will never be "normal" but the side effects do go away. Then life will be good again.

Good luck! You can do it!!
Posted 8/15/2014 8:54 AM (GMT 0)
hi to all. doing well. well, until i leave my lady and have to fly back to my country. this will be hard. had some triggers the other night, but am okay. my sugars have been a bit erratic. but you get that. muscles sore as well as is the arthritis and disk issues.

i send healing compassionate thoughts to you all. keep well. keep up with your coping skills and be courageous. know that i am thinking of you all.
Posted 8/15/2014 12:12 PM (GMT 0)
This is a wonderful idea, love this post.

Yesterday my day was good, no panic or anxiety. I have had a lot more energy since stopping the melatonin I used to take every night. Seems I didn't even need it cause I sleep fine without it. Today is a new day and my sinuses are acting up as usual, as long as my ears don't start feeling weird I should be fine. turn

Posted 8/15/2014 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
Today I am feeling better,

The past couple days were horrible ( wonder if the moon had something to do with it?) , today is a new day and I am planning on having a great one, my kids are coming over on my lunch break to have lunch with "daddy" :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Josh
Posted 8/15/2014 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

Terrible anxiety today. Tomorrow we are moving our youngest son into college so I will officially have an empty nest. I am barely coping. Hope I will eventually adjust. (Yes, I'm proud and all that, just sad, too!)
Posted 8/15/2014 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
So darn tired today. Slept really good last night, got a full 8 hours. Woke up, took my pill and an hour later back to bed I was so tired. Slept another 4 hours and just feel wiped out.

Talked to the doc last night and he says the side effect should go away, and maybe try taking it at night. Cant believe 10mg of Celexa is making me this tired. But then again im sensitive to a lot of meds. Im not getting anything done. Going to read up on Celexa and see if anyone cut theirs down to 5mg and had luck.
Posted 8/15/2014 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
I have a little more energy than I have been having. Got a little cleaning done. I really don't feel like doing anymore but I am bored. I feel very lazy.
Posted 8/15/2014 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
Been a long day, sitting on my butt...just no energy. But i came to the conclusion i gotta change taking celexa from morning to night. I cant take another day or waking up only to fall asleep for 4 more hours. We've had beautiful fall like weather here the last week and ive missed out on them. Fingers crossed that taking it at night helps.
Posted 8/15/2014 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
im hanging in there im i have not had had a full blown attack today just the numb? brain feeling and chest and arm pain and jitters but i have a dr appt next week i hope i can go is makeing me anxiouse just thinking about leaving the house and going but its been a reasonbly downkey day
Posted 8/16/2014 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
still dealing with too much going on and the same time.
sleeping is rough.
Trying to journal and write plans
Posted 8/16/2014 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
Not sure if its ok to ask advice or start a new thread. But today I am feeling awesome!!!! I did what I said I was gonna do in another thread. The Celexa made me extremely tired and lethargic. Today, I didnt take my morning pill(10mg) and plan to take it tonight before bed. I DID take half (.25mg) of Xanax at 9am and the other half at 4pm. So far I feel completely normal. Xanax is a great med for me, as it doesnt make me sleepy at all.

My question is, since not taking my morning Celexa, and feeling awesome on just .5 mg Xanax today so far, does that tell me anything? I mean with the half life of Celexa its obviously still in my system, but again does this tell me anything? Just making me think either 10mg Celexa is too much or isnt right for me period, and maybebI should be looking at Klonopin instead. Keep in mind its only day 8-9 on Celexa. Just seems odd my purposely "missed" Celexa dose and .5mg of Xanax has me feeling completely normal. Any advice? Thoughts?
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