Stress Center Peer Support

hi there.. i was given Citalopram in sept 2009 for anxiety & the doctor said i was depressed and i still have'nt taken them , im frightened to take them , but in the last 4 days i have gone really down hill again.. i was'nt too good before then though.

i am really really negative about everything.. my mind does'nt stop - thinking about anxiety & depression - im thinkng there going to make me worse or thinking how are they going to work for me.... i just can't carry on like this though! i have bought that many books on anxiety & depression & thinking positive... my house is like a library.. inc the linden method - they just dont seem to help me..

i also seem to suffer from scary thoughts like 'what if ' i lose control and harm someone ( i can brush these thoughts off though ) because i know i would'nt ever do that! most off my thoughts at this moment in time are making me anxious - i seem to be stuck in this negative pattern.. and just dont feel myself at all ( but then again i dont know what myself is anymore..

just wondering if anyone could answer a few questions.. i would be most greatful!!

are Citalopram best used with cbt?

do they quash negative thought patterns? or is that up to me ?

will the anxiety increase when i start them ( i have the felling that i will make the anxiety increase with my thoughts )

is it best to start on 10mg then upto 20mg ( i have been given 20mg to take at night )

i have nothing in my life to make me depressed.. its my way of thinking thats gets me down.. i have suffered a few knocks in the last few months ( mother passed away - split with my girl friend - work stresses etc ( but i was given Citalopram before any of that happened ) so maybe now i really need them..

im sure im going to take them but maybe need some more reasurance..

sorry for the essay
jay

I was in this exact same situation sounds like me to a T I had an issue where i took 3 horse pills it scratched my esophogus then they gave me reglan it scared the HELL out of me I then started getting anxiety which i worried that the reglan messed me up or the drugs I had done when I was younger or the alcohol I used to abuse or or or...

Well I started taking klonopin for anxiety when the reglan was making me crazy I didn't take it long maybe 2 months total on and off and now it seems like I get anxiety that my eyes are causing now???? When i'm at work the lights? Computers TV's seems like I can't be around them at all. I quit the klonopin I have read you can get withdrawal effects 6 months - 2 years so of course I worry about that.

Next step was I tried everything natural I could it helped a lil bit and I had been givin Citalopram like you and was scared to death just like you because meds have done a number on me!!

I finally got to a point 2 weeks ago then I gave in and started the citalopram and it has helped quite a bit I didn't really get more anxiety, but what I did notice

Good - My feet have always hurt it seemed to almost vanish and body aches I have always had seem to lift that part was amazing.

Bad - Lots of yawing for about 5-7 days
Really worn out for first week, getting better now!