M M T replied: "A resounding yes! And tell your doctor just what you told us. If he/she doesn't not respond in a supportive manner; find another doctor. I certainly hope you are seeing a psychiatrist to manage these conditions and medications. If not, you need to be! Don't stick with a doctor because you were referred there or he/she is the only one you have seen. The doctor makes a huge difference! My husband suffers from depression, anxiety and panic attacks. We have been through 4 psychiatrists and finally found the type of doctor he needed. All the others wanted to do was write scripts and keep pushing more medications and in higher doses. The side effects were nearly as bad as the original conditions!
He now takes one medication daily and has another one he takes as needed, that's all. It took some time to find a medication that worked for him without all the side effects. Without our current psych, we never would have gotten to this point. He realizes that he will probably always have to deal with the panic attacks but his depression and anxiety are much more under control which makes the panic better. My husband now knows exactly how and when to take his medications, what to avoid and what not to combine. No other doctor had ever explained all his meds to him like that. (He as other medical conditions that do require medications)
I applaud you for wanting to move forward and get to be the best you that you can be! Keep searching; you will get there!"
Head pressure - SSRI withdrawal? Has anyone had daily head pressure as a side effect of withdrawing from an SSRI (like Celexa)? I took Celexa (aka Citalopram) for about a month and half. The doctor had me take my dosage down over the course of a week and soon after I started experiencing hot flashes, dizziness, nausea, muscle weakness, and other flu-like symptoms. I ran back to the doctor when this started happening and she said it likely wasn't due to withdrawal. Nonetheless, she put me back on Celexa to taper me off slower and the flu-like symptoms immediately went away (meaning it was due to withdrawal). Now I've developed a constant pressure in my head that won't go away. It's affecting my vision and is most prominent at the back of my head, what feels like deep in my ears, and across the top of my head above my forehead. Has anyone had this? Does it go away? If so, how long does it take? Thanks so much; I'm not getting any help from doctors.
If I have allergies, then why have three doctors missed it?
nyskiermom replied: "What you describe is exactly what I'm experiencing only I'm not withdrawing from anything at the present. It is pollen season in the NE and just this week everything bloomed, so if you have even slight allergies (and I didn't develop allergies until adulthood) you've got head pressure, pressure deep in the ears, even a humming in my ears sometimes, and definitely pressure across my forehead. If I roll my eyes up I can maximize that pressure into a pretty strong achy pain. Roll your eyes and see if that hurts you, too.
What you need is a good allergy medicine. You can try one of the OTC's like Claritin or Zyrtec. Or you can use old faithful, Sudafed.
To get the Sudafed you're going to have to speak directly to the pharmacist, show ID and sign a book because that is the drug being used to make meth.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try the Sudefed PE. It does not contain pseudoephedrine which is the drug you want and need to get rid of all the pressure in your head. Sudafed PE was made as an alternative that can't be mis-used to make meth, but it isn't good for much of anything else either.
So go out right now and get yourself some real Sudafed, take two with a caffeinated soda and re-post in 2 hours to let us all know that you're feeling much better!"
Máire Siobhán replied: "We are not going to be able to diagnose this.
There are withdrawal symptoms for SSRIs, and they can easily be found on the web site for the drug in question. If the prescribing physician isn't helping, ask for an immediate referral to a psychiatrist, who specializes in this kind of medical treatment and use of psychiatric drugs.
Often a pharmacist is a better source of information on responses to drugs than a physician, since the pharmacist deals specifically with the medications 100% of the time, so you might get a quick answer from the pharmacist where you got this med filled. This is esp. true with internists and family practice doctors who, although excellent at overall care, are not specialists in brain care like this. I question if they should be taking hit or miss shots at fixing psychiatric problems with psychiatric meds vs. referring those cases to a psychiatrist.
Here is some info from MentalHealth.com (Internet Mental Health (www.mentalhealth.com) copyright © 1995-2008 by Phillip W. Long, M.D.) and taken from a Canadian monograph. The specific link to the Celexa info is in source, below. It says about "abrupt discontinuation" (which is for you and your doctor to determine in your case):
Abrupt Discontinuation
"After 8 weeks of treatment with citalopram, abrupt discontinuation of treatment caused a higher incidence of anxiety, emotional indifference, impaired concentration, headache, migraine, paresthesia, and tremor than was seen in patients who continued on citalopram. These symptoms are not indicative of addiction.
Although it is not known whether gradual discontinuation will prevent the discontinuation symptoms, it is recommended that the dosage of citalopram should be tapered off over 1 to 2 weeks (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION)."
I would sooner pull my brain out through my nose than base my medical care (and something sooo important as a PRESSURE IN MY HEAD) on anything I read on YA. I see way to many wild-assed guesses that are objectively wrong and probably end up doing more harm, and wasting more time getting to a solution, than not.
Call your doctor back and insist on being seen again today, and/or call your pharmacist, and/or if need by go to an emergency room."
desperate plead for help :(? dear all on yahoo answers. i desperately need your help. i am on a pharmacy degree and have been repeating the year for some units. i have a final exam on july 14th however i have become very depressed over the last few weeks and have been spending my days sleeping in bed, pondering on about withdrawing from the course or doing the exam and crying my eyes out and having arguments with my family. i have lost the will to fight this and am even considering not taking the exam. i have lost interest in my studies and i can't see myself as a pharmacist anymore. when i study i don't retain information. sometimes for a few hours i'll be studying and the next minute i';ll feel like this again. i am very confused. what should i do. should i withdraw from the course or do the exam. what would you do. i am on antidepressant citalopram from doctor.
also i have all these negative thoughts in my head about failure and i feel like i've
katie replied: "Hey, I don't know if this will come as welcome information or not, but I'll say it anyway. God loves you. And he can help you through all this. When depressing thoughts come into your head, say that truth back to yourself. Say and believe that you are loved, no matter what.
Try breaking up your study time in shorter gaps, and going outside, and feeling the sun on your face. Try smiling even if you don't feel like it and releasing those endorphins-It will totally confuse your brain!
You've been studying this for along time, I encourage you to not give up.
Also, I think you should find someone to talk to, about the feelings you have of being a failure. We all feel that way, sometimes, and sometimes, just saying it outloud to someone can help you realize where it's coming from. I don't know if you believe me, but that stuff is just a lie. There's a liar, that nags away, at every single person, wanting to steal hope.
But there's a truth that says that you are valuable, special, loved, chosen, cherished, and made for a purpose.
That's what Christianity should be about. That's what Christians should be about. Sharing that beautiful message to people, because that's what faith is for. The hard times, the sad times, the all alone, crying in your bed when everyone else is asleep times. Faith is for those times, to lift you up just a little higher than you were, to give that bit of strength to push on.
God really does love you. Bless you."
atg28 replied: "I ran into similar instances in college, but there's hope over the rainbow - couple of things:
Keep things in perspective - look at the big picture and where this point in life will be in comparison to your entire life. You realize you are enduring the toughest portion of your pharmacy schooling and feeling it hard now. Maybe a push through this period will get through it.
Learn if you can defer the period/semester to a later date. If you need a rehab recharge - I was in for suicide twice during college - my state school was very helpful in deferring my classes and allowing me to finish at a later time that summer.
Realize this degree does not lock you in to the rest of your life - I hate to break this to you - but you're in the same boat that a good portion of students have been facing - finishing a degree you have no interest in. Guess what - you'll be doing better in life because you'll have a yearn to do something else , but you'll have the skills as a pharmacist. Don't feel like counting pills - think about research - any big pharma would love to have a Pharm.D. (rather than a Ph.D.) on their pharmacokinetics team.
You're world is just burgeoning - you just have to realize it now."
jloertscher replied: "I drank heavily during pharmacy school, but I doubt it will help you. And since you are on anti-depressants it would be a VERY bad idea.
Gut it out somehow and try to manage your depression with your doctor's help."
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