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Hi - very selfish but pls can i have some words of encouragement about taking citalopram?! i haven't managed to take a 10mg tablet yet as i'm too scared : (

Lovely to hear Sarah : ) I hope you keep enjoying it!

Hi all - well I've been signed off for 3 weekd n started on citalopram too, feeling very sad today about me, my life, how it is restricted by my and my mind and also about work really.

Trying to think positively but it is very hard.

Hi all - well I haven't gone to work today, could kinda c it coming I guess. Really have worked myself up about it all to the point where I don't want to leave the house again. Just feel continuously stressed n worried really. Feel like I need a proper rest. I imagine the doc will sign me off on Thu...

thanks for your replies. i can understand that about medication and that it doesn't help all, i do feel though like i've got to a point where if i dont do something then i will end up losing my job and kinda retreating from life totally. my plan now is...get tomorrow over (4 hours of exams) then go ...

gosh i just feel so sad it's come to this again.

i'm so scared of medications too, trying not be be but i am.

thanks for your replies. i meant defeat in terms of medication, i just need a break and a rest to get on with my job, yes i'm frightened about the side effects and also i kinda see a bit of shame in it, which is sad. but if it stops me burning out then i guess it's not a bad thing. it is hard to adm...

i sometimes think the happiest people r the ones that dont really give a monkeys!

let's give ourselves a break sometimes! life isn't perfect!

petimal - u sound the same as me! i am umming and ahhing about going to the doctors atm. i have the same worries and fears...i guess i dont think well of them so i dont want to take them...but then sometimes i think i'm a bit stubborn. i would also take st johns wort just coz i think it's more mild....

hi - just wanted people's opinions. had a bad day i'd say today...lots of anxiety, feeling like i'm not there etc...then massive feeling of weight on head from depression...it just sucked. went home and i spoke to my mum about it a LOT i mean all the problems i perceive i have, why i'm beating mysel...

lots of deep breathing in a dark room lying down, in for 7 out for 11, do this for ten minutes and then imagine all the weight being pushed off of you...then imagine yourself going to the festival, getting in the car or whatever, imagine getting there feeling exciting, smiling etc, imagine seeing th...

so been to the doctors today! it went ok, kinda not such a good day afterwards i guess it triggers the thoughts etc again...sigh. she has given me a questionnaire thing to fill in and drop back then following it up with a phone call...i didn't want to go back in for a double appt. think i'm being ve...

putting things in your life in a postive frame and living for each moment, being fearless and embracing all the possibilities in life, being resillient to bad times.

maybe u could set aside half an hour a day and put on some relaxation music, lie down, do some 7/11 breathing and use that brain to imagine good things...imagine yourself going through the next day with ease...imagine yourself old being happy and relaxed...live your dreams out in your head! but yeah...

ppprffttt! how r u all? i am struggling...feel exactly as i did last time really, the blip has taken a hold of me i think! i will go to the doctors i think even though i'm upset about having too, maybe i'm being too stubborn by not accepting help, after all if u had a cold you'd take tablets wouldn'...