![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 7 of 7. This is the beginning of the thread.
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
Posted by ed_uk on January 17, 2006, at 13:54:21
In reply to Mild Funk, posted by AMD on January 17, 2006, at 8:31:36
Dear AMD
>Should I be concerned about Alzheimers or another mental disorder?
No! Absolutely not. You appear to be suffering from an anxiety disorder.
ed
Posted by James K on January 17, 2006, at 15:42:11
In reply to Mild Funk, posted by AMD on January 17, 2006, at 8:31:36
The sad fact is that quitting drinking and drugs doesn't always have the immediate effect we deserve. Over the years, I've found that unless I take up something positive like exercise or guitar, Quitting substances just means I don't have the pleasure I used to get from substances.
You're also tapering off meds at the same time. I'd say give it more time.Right now if it wasn't for posting here, I doubt I'd be doing anything cognitive in my life. I've spent the day rearranging my library - it just drives home the point that I'm not reading.
James K
Posted by Phillipa on January 17, 2006, at 19:19:26
In reply to Re: Mild Funk » AMD, posted by James K on January 17, 2006, at 15:42:11
I still say I felt better when I was drinking. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by AMD on January 18, 2006, at 14:34:55
In reply to Re: Mild Funk, posted by Phillipa on January 17, 2006, at 19:19:26
Paradoxical, isn't it?
Well, I am back on my regular dose of meds, and feeling a little better today. But I'm not going to resort to drinking. I'm too busy studying for law school to damage further brain cells with toxic elixirs.
I got a good night's rest too, which seems to have helped.
amd
Posted by john berk on January 18, 2006, at 16:32:35
In reply to Re: Mild Funk » Phillipa, posted by AMD on January 18, 2006, at 14:34:55
Hi, I have to agree with james, when i quit drinking i thought within 3-4 month's my mood would stabilize, and my meds would kick in, life would be going very well, but it doesn't work that way at all for whatever reason.
Phillipa, i too sometimes felt better drinking, i have to admit!! good luck with law school Amd, i am in a mild funk too at the mo', i hope spring brings a better mood for us all...john
Posted by 4WD on January 18, 2006, at 22:19:03
In reply to Re: Mild Funk, posted by john berk on January 18, 2006, at 16:32:35
>
> Hi, I have to agree with james, when i quit drinking i thought within 3-4 month's my mood would stabilize, and my meds would kick in, life would be going very well, but it doesn't work that way at all for whatever reason.
> Phillipa, i too sometimes felt better drinking, i have to admit!! good luck with law school Amd, i am in a mild funk too at the mo', i hope spring brings a better mood for us all...johnI can't agree strongly enough. Ten months ago I quit drugs - hydrocodone (and alcohol too though it wasn't actually a problem). I thought I'd be all better in 2-3 months. No such luck. They tell me in my 12 step group that the first year is tough with lots of ups and downs. I'd like to believe that's what wrong with me now but unfortunately all this started happening while I was still "happily" using.
Marsha
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.