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[Briggsy]

I'm on both citalopram and HRT - not sure what is doing what though.

hi i was on protoxetine  20 mg as well as hrt it worked really well for 8 months then slowly my tears anxiety start to return so went back to my gp who is not sympathetic who said I can up your dosage to 40 mg which I was not keen to do so he said unfortunately that's how it is not  what I wanted to hear 😔So asked what else I could try he surgested citalopram with hrt so on 20 mg of citalopram so far so good about a week .  how long you been on them . 😀

[CLKD]

I've been taking ADs since 1989.  I tend to vary the doseage I take depending on what support my brain requires.

[Clare11]

Hi, if it helps i have been on them for just over 1 and half months, 10mg first, now 20mg and things are getting better but still have some worries, heart attack worries less now worrying about blood pressure as had a test at work and was over 140/90 but do suffer from white coat syndrome. But without the tablets i know my worries would be far worse.
x

[CLKD]

  ......... it may take a few months B4 you feel real benefit ;-)

[Jdmason]

I was on cits before and  stopped , started again end on last year, around three weeks ago i got a same day dr apointment. I burst out crying , my periods were getting shorter the AD were not working i was so so angry with work collegues i was scaried of what i would say.  The dr asked me about flushes  ( i have been going to work a 45 min walk in a thin jacket) and night sweat  ect ect ..she asked me to go on the web site and look  menopause matters .. what a ruddy idiot i have been ...so now i know its peri.  So without the cits i would not have found this place...  reading stuff and going over stuff   i just wanted to post and wish you all the best.

[CLKD]

Browse round Jdmason, make notes.  Ask away!

[Woodlands]

Hi there.
Great news they are helping you. I have been on citralopam for four years now.........I had a huge melt down anxiety overload.....never looked bsvk. I tale 40mgs daily and have a mirena for meno too......sadly my then husband was no encouragement except to my replacement and I left him 3 years ago. I had a huge trauma in the loss of my eldest son at 23 and coped all the way.
Keep going honey, enjoy running again and put the white coat syndrome in your pocket and live life ...
Woodlands xx

[GC]

I have just come back from the doctor as I have been feeling low for 2 weeks now.  History of depression some 16 years ago, which I'm afraid of coming back.  All the symptoms, no concentration, low mood, EXTREMELY emotional, anxious, no motivation, angry, feeling out of control and irrational. She's prescribed Citalopram 10mg, but the possible side effects are worrying me and then I worry that I'm imagining my symptoms being worse than they are and I should just wait and see if they go, they are all part of the peri-menopause etc etc.

I am in such a quandary as to whether I should start taking them or not.  I do need to stop feeling like this though - just don't want to rely on ADs - I don't want to be on them for the rest of my life.  I also don't want to take HRT though.   

Everybody on here is so helpful - it's a great forum 

[CLKD]

Why not take them GC - if you went to your GP and that is what she suggests as you don't want to take HRT ...... I HAVE to be on ADs for Life which is something that I have accepted. 

[GC]

Hi again CLKD - I think it's because I'm a little scared of side effects?  I'm the most indecisive person I know and trying to make this decision is taking up a lot of my day!  Does that sound stupid? I honestly feel like I'm going out of my stupid mind lately!

[CLKD]

Not stupid at all!  I would sit and worry that the medication would make me feel worse  ....... but I have found this particular drug gentle and easy to take.  If I'm starting something new I do it on a Friday so that any side effects can be worked through ;-).

[GC]

That's a good idea.  I just got off the train and walked to work and struggled not to burst into tears all the way!  I'm feeling incredibly out of control of my emotions - it's actually quite scary.  I'm really pleased that these help you.  I did take fluoxetine many years ago which had an adverse effect on me (didn't help that I was drinking at the time - I don't drink anymore, thank god!) so I think that's why I'm wary. 

[CLKD]

Of course you are wary.  With food or medication I worry so much that they might make me feel worse than I am already that I can go days, curled into a ball, unable to eat, function, take the medication  so I know have an emergency anti-anxiety tablet which knocks me out so that I get some relief. 

  ADs have come on in Leaps and Bounds in recent years ;-).

[Nell]

Hi GC
Just wondering if there are particular reasons you are unsure about trying HRT?
I've been on escitalopram for 13 years, and now a few years into perimeno am still unsure what to do re HRT.
I know some people find SSRIs amazing, but I personally would want to explore HRT first if depression symptoms had re-emerged with peri.
I found reading Prof Studd's website on the hormonal basis of a lot of women's MH issues enlightening: PMT, post-natal and perimeno.

[CLKD]

However: if the brain can be stabilised by anti-depressants and/or anti-anxiety medication, then GO for them.  HRT can be Trial and Error allowing the sufferer to drop even lower