Posted by AMD on January 17, 2006, at 8:31:36
Folks,
I've been weening myself down from 80 m.g. to 40 m.g. of Celexa for the past week or so, and along with that, as well as some time before I began tapering, I've felt myself in quite a mental funk.
My memory is spotty, slow. My brain's organizational skills are clearly inhibited. I can't focus on tasks, make simple lists, or concentrate with energy on a matter for any prolonged amount of time.
I'm worried this might be an underlying neurological disorder. Possible? (I can't even write sentences with any coherence! I just wrote 'I'm worry' initially.)
Further frustration is that two months ago I quit drinking and taking drugs, and I suspected if anything that would have a positive affect on my mood. Instead, in addition to feeling a bit more depressed (nothing serious, just a mellow, blue-ish mood), I'm having /more/ trouble concentrating and enjoying work.
What is going on? Am I ever going to be able to get off these medicines? Should I be concerned about Alzheimers or another mental disorder? (I'm 28, otherwise healthy.)
Is this merely the drop in Celexa?
I can't escape the vision that my mind is slowly deteriorating and that, before I've realized it, it will have completely slipped away.
amd
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