I've now made the leap from 20 to 30mg's. I'm only on day two but I feel really lethargic and depressed, I also slept in till 2.30pm. I haven't felt this sedated before when I first started 10 or 20, will it pass?
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Up To 30Mg's Of Citalopram
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 09:47 AM
Hi Greg the Poet,
I like your screen name! I am on Citalopram right now. I felt sleepy and tired when I first started taking it.
It is important to realize that depression is very serious and causes not only physiologic changes, but changes in the morphology and anatomy of the brain itself. It can take anti-depressants awhile before they are able to fully heal the damage done to the brain in depression. Even though they go to work right away, part of their effect is to stop brain cell death, cause new brain cell birth and reverse atrophy in the brain. Recent research suggests that depression in the brain can reduce the density, volume and size of the brain. In one area of the brain, atrophy and loss of volume can approach 20% in severe long-standing depression. This is serious disease pathology which even affects the brain at the cellular level. So the brain can take awhile to heal. An analogy to this might be a broken leg. A broken leg will not heal right away. It takes time. The same for depression, which has been linked to 28 forms of disease pathology in the brain.
I have been in agony wishing my brain would get better right away, since every day, every hour and every minute and second was sheer agony. But my brain was only able to heal at its own rate. This is very frustrating. 5-6 weeks can elapse before a person sees definite improvement. Sometimes sleep and appetite will improve before mood.
Please do not give up. Discuss your concerns with your doctor. That is my best advice. I wish you well Greg the Poet!!! Did you ever try CBT therapy.?? This helps enormously too, or it can. Best to you. You are not alone Greg!!! I am so sorry you are going through this!!!!!
I like your screen name! I am on Citalopram right now. I felt sleepy and tired when I first started taking it.
It is important to realize that depression is very serious and causes not only physiologic changes, but changes in the morphology and anatomy of the brain itself. It can take anti-depressants awhile before they are able to fully heal the damage done to the brain in depression. Even though they go to work right away, part of their effect is to stop brain cell death, cause new brain cell birth and reverse atrophy in the brain. Recent research suggests that depression in the brain can reduce the density, volume and size of the brain. In one area of the brain, atrophy and loss of volume can approach 20% in severe long-standing depression. This is serious disease pathology which even affects the brain at the cellular level. So the brain can take awhile to heal. An analogy to this might be a broken leg. A broken leg will not heal right away. It takes time. The same for depression, which has been linked to 28 forms of disease pathology in the brain.
I have been in agony wishing my brain would get better right away, since every day, every hour and every minute and second was sheer agony. But my brain was only able to heal at its own rate. This is very frustrating. 5-6 weeks can elapse before a person sees definite improvement. Sometimes sleep and appetite will improve before mood.
Please do not give up. Discuss your concerns with your doctor. That is my best advice. I wish you well Greg the Poet!!! Did you ever try CBT therapy.?? This helps enormously too, or it can. Best to you. You are not alone Greg!!! I am so sorry you are going through this!!!!!
Edited by Ep1ctetus, 24 July 2012 - 09:51 AM.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 10:22 AM
Hi Greg,
I forgot something. Sorry. Exercise has been linked to new brain cell birth [neurogenesis] as have mind exercises like those taught in therapies like CBT. Have a good day!
I forgot something. Sorry. Exercise has been linked to new brain cell birth [neurogenesis] as have mind exercises like those taught in therapies like CBT. Have a good day!
Mental Illness is a serious health condition not to be trifled with. It requires treatment by highly trained, experienced, qualified and Board-certified physicians, physician- specialists, and mental health professionals. There is no substitute for this professional care. I am not a mental health professional, only a fellow sufferer.
*All research is subject to limitations. The findings of medical research in the field of depression are subject to validation, invalidation or reinterpretation based on many factors including: reliability, objectivity, new discoveries, adherence to research ethics , as well as other research studies, including more detailed studies, larger studies and longer term studies.
"A man is really ethical when he obeys the constraint laid on him to help all life which he is able to help, and when he goes out of his way to avoid injuring anything living. He does not ask how far this or that life deserves compassion as valuable in itself, how far it is capable of feeling. To him, life itself is sacred. He shatters no ice crystal that sparkles in the sun, tears no leaf from its tree, breaks off no flower, and is careful not to crush any insect as he walks. If he works by lamplight on a summer evening, he prefers to keep the window shut and breathe stifling air rather than see insect after insect fall on his table with singed and sinking wings. If he goes out into the street after a rain storm and sees a worm which has strayed there, he reflects that it will surely dry up in the sunlight, if it does not quickly regain the damp soil into which it can creep, and so he helps it back to the lush grass. Should he pass an insect which has fallen into a pool, he spares the time to reach it a leaf or a stalk on which it may clamor and save itself. Animals suffer as much as we do. We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. " Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
"Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind." Dr. Albert Scheiweiter.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 11:46 AM
I'm hoping that maybe if the meds make me feel a bit better then I'll have the drive to want to excercise. Loads of people say the excercise helps with depression, but when you're in a severely depressed state, zero energy and just want your life to end, the idea of excercise is the last thing on your mind.
I'm getting an assesement with a therapist tommorow, so fingers crossed.
I'm getting an assesement with a therapist tommorow, so fingers crossed.
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