Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Jaymacleod]

Thanks again tink.  Doctor said to try and work through the first week if side effects so will pluck up courage and take one tonight. Seeing her in a few weeks so hope it will be worth it

[CLKD]

What's the worst that you think might happen?

[Cassie]

I would think you would have worse side effects from the Citalopram, are they not supposed to be linked with heart issues? I  may be wrong but I would not hesitate to take the bio identical hormones such as the rub on gel and a friendly as possible Progesterone, before I would even consider an AD if its meno symptoms you are having....and see how you get on....and yes the anxiety, mood swings, panic attacks all that are def peri meno, it annoys me when Drs are so quick to rush for the script pad for AD really....

[CLKD]

Could you explain Cassie: where you get the heart link : thank you.  My GP nor psychiatrist have ever made such a suggestion and anyway, that bus might be along later so any issues don't get the chance to develop.

Although Progesterone might be 'friendly', it is still made in a Lab..

[Cassie]

You only have to type the word Citalopram and heart into google, I always check these things as the Dr wanted my mom on it at one stage....I would imagine one would need to have an underlying problem already not sure....but I have not seen such side effects for HRT. Each to their own of course....

[Janice68]

I agree in what you say clkd!!! And I liked the bus part! For me personally full hrt has caused me alot of side effects it's been scary! Anyway ADs can help it's like trial and error like hrt I'm afraid! X

[MIS71MUM]

I thought the problem with Citalopram and heart problems was at the doseage of 60 mg which is why the maximum doseage available for C is now 40 mg.

Therefore I wouldn't have thought it would at all effect people taking 10 mg.

I don't agree with AD's but I am on them too! 

[Jaymacleod]

Gee whizz now I'm really worried about taking 10mg of citalopram. Last thing I need to hear is heart problems when I already have panic attacks and anxiety.  Surely if my gp advised me to take them then that is the better option. She said HRT is something to look at possibly in the future. My doc is 50 and going through the same..

[MIS71MUM]

You won't know unless you try.

I work with a lady who's been on Citalopram 20 mg for 10 years. She says she loves it and it worked wonders for her. She's coming off it now been taking it alternate days and having no problems.

[Jaymacleod]

Ty Miismum71. I am gearing myself up to take one tonight. I keep looking at the and say "they are tiny and can't hurt me, will make me not want to kill someone" lol. Not funny but I guess we have to look at the bright side. Being a woman sick. . We did get the short straw!!!

[CLKD]

For goodness sake 

Cassie - how old is the 'link' that you are worried about?  Who did the 'research', was it Peer Reviewed, Dr Google knows NOWT!  Do you really think that GPs would prescribe something on a regular basis that might be dangerous to everyone who takes them?  Of course with every medication there will be patients who have bad reactions: either to the active ingredient and often to the fillers/packing/coatings.  But if this drug was as dangerous as you think, it would not be registered by NICE.

Enough!  I can't tolerate feeling nauseous so any drug that makes my gut roll is a no-no whereas others may well be able to tolerate them.  With Trial and Error eventually an AD was found that works.  Not a cure but it enables me.

MisMum - why is she stopping it? My GP made the suggestion at my Annual Review and I almost lynched him but he was box ticking   Why don't you 'agree' with ADs  ………

[Cassie]

Yes Mis71mum I think its doses of 40mg or more which can cause arrythmias, only going by Dr Google and as CLKD says, he knows NOWT....

[CLKD]

So maybe stop 'quoting' what GOOGLE suggests without posting Links, Calls for Papers, Abstracts etc.?  Ladies here are anxious enough without being fed possibilities  .  I know, I was that lady ………..

[Cassie]

Chill!

[CLKD]

Shan't!  I have an issue with the media pushing 'information' without following it up with Authors etc..  It's a problem with the internet, anyone can post stuff and none of it has to be true.   .  If the media had to include References etc., the public can then read more if they so wish. 

Here at least we can share experiences.  Feel what others feel even if we don't want to