yes I have been on Citalophragm celexa as well, also lustral, venlafaxine, parxoetine, fluorextine all on various doses but mostly up to the max allowable. I also had CBT and a 3 week stint in a psych unit....but that was several years ago now.
I can honestly say that the illness is dibilitating, so are th epills imho. I was diagnosed with ME and spent 3 years to fatigued to move, on the floor mattress pretty much....which is why I got so big, i literally didnt go anywhere during that time but was kept well fed by thos ewho loved me.
Then one day I just decided I didnt want to die young which is where i was headed, so i went out and got on my old mtb, promptly fell off and then ended up re discovering cycling...which has done more could for me physically and mentally than any of these dam pills or the pshychiatrists.
It's also easier to come off a bike than it is the pills after so long
I reckon though that an aweful lot of the side effects actually mirror th eillness, to the point where it's impossible to tell what is th eillness and what is th emedication...
On ething I do like about the pills is that they make me obsessive about things...(or is that the illness)...but only one thing at a time, like a blinkered race horse...I latch into something then do nothing else but that until I exhaust it, then I move on...weird.
I am convinced that the pills are far to easily prescribed by Gps though. They should be a last resort, not the first thing they dish out.
I was a nurse before I found my current career, and have wide experience of dealing with people's mental health issues, and my wife still does that, so there!
