Posted by allisonm on January 26, 2001, at 11:32:07
In reply to Re: nevermind » allisonm, posted by sundog on January 25, 2001, at 20:46:35
Lynn,
My doctor called me right back and told me to start taking the Celexa at night instead starting Tuesday.. Tuesday and Wednesday nights were bad and I only got about 4 hours of sleep in each because I kept waking up and was not able to fall back asleep. I also was having trouble getting up in the morning -- either because of the Celexa or the lack of sleep. When I got up in the night I felt dizzy. So yesterday he suggested I try it again in the daytime. I took 10mg at 7 am today and by 10:30, my legs felt like wet noodles and all I want to do is curl up. I wish I had a davenport at work. I'm going to try to get some reading done this afternoon. I hope this fatigue doesn't worsen throughout the day as it did before, else I'll just go home. But I slept through the night last night (yay!).
I've also been experiencing intestinal problems that danf mentioned, but I have had the opposite problem with the WB, so am thinking that maybe one will cancel the other out.
I agreed to stick this out longer to see if it helps. The fatigue, while annoying, is more tolerable than the "climbing the walls" feeling I got with drugs such as Effexor and Zoloft. My depression is the anxious kind with suicidal thoughts, no focus or concentration, running tape loops in my head. One of my primary symptoms has been insomnia. I've not experienced the slow somnolent type, so this fatigue is novel and unsettling. Too bad it doesn't include somnolence.
You hit the nail on the head re what is enough, is it depressive thinking or depression. I think if you felt you were losing ground, that is the best barometer. I'm glad your doctor listened.
Take care,
Allison
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