Ectopics and escitralapram

[Bmwpaul1971]

Been on escitralapram for about 4/5 years and noticed it does help with anxiety. I have tried to come off it many times in that period but my heart goes crazy when I reduce or try to stop it even though I have reduced it ever so gradually. Now I have read warnings about citralooram and escitralopram causing heart rythmn disturbances. As my ectopics are wild at the moment i asked the dr if I could change my anxiety tablets He has put me sertraline so we will see how my heart handles it. Just my experience but I would not have taken them with my On going ectopics if I had known.

[jeanjeannie50]

Hope the sertraline works better for you Paul. I hate the way pills are prescribed for us and then we're just left on them for ever. No one checks to see how we're getting on with them.

Jean

[Bmwpaul1971 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Hi Jean thanks. Tell me about it! My anxiety has a major impact on my heart so swopping these tablets has come at a terrible time. Plus I have to start on a low dose of the new medication which is pointless for me. Then they take 4-8 weeks to kick in then I will have to increase them etc thats another God knows how many weeks. So all I have to look forward to is tonnes of ectopics for the foreseeable future. Depressing!

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

My daughter took Sertraline for a few years. She researched and found that most people were saying that a certain non generic brand was the best. She started insisting that she be prescribed that and it really helped.

Jean

[Bmwpaul1971 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Hi Thanks Jean, so did she find sertaline ok? I presume so if she was on it for a couple of years. It's the cross over period between the 2 tablets thats really hard.

Back at dr today to ask for some diazepam for a couple of weeks while the transition is at its worst.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

Yes, it helped her through a rough period. Don't blame you for asking for some diazepam. We used to have a member on here who took them when his AF started and they worked in stopping it (diazepam that is).

[Bmwpaul1971 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Dr would not give me any so I have to suffer it out! Great

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

I guess they may not react well with other medication and can become addictive.

[hock217 in reply to jeanjeannie50]

I was given 30 diazepam on April 3 10 mg. Still have 22 left. I bite off a small piece at bedtime to shut my mind up.

[Bmwpaul1971 in reply to hock217]

Gee your so lucky my GP wouldn' give me any even though I told him I was desperate. Was annoyed with him tbh.

[hock217 in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

My original GP retired. I told my new GP I don't need 90 pills. He gave me 30 almost 4 mths ago. My no no go to is alcohol because it makes me happier, friendlier, and I don't mind cleaning. It energizes me. So a few times a week I imbibe a nice vodka....much preferred over valium.