When I have time to sit and think I start to have bad thoughts. This makes me really scared.
I have a five year old and a seven month old baby. I am scared i will get my kids taken from me. My husband says this will never happen. When I feel like this I want to run away or get the keys of the car and just drive and not come back. I'm not sleeping very well at night just now and I'm also weakening up at night panicking and in cold sweats. I was given escitalopram about two months ago by my doctor but I'm scared to take them when you read all the side effects I think they will make me worse. I am now attending someone who is trying to help me through this but he says unless I take the tablets things will get progressively worse. I am really scared that things will never get better for me.
Oh Dianne love you must take the medication. What have you got to lose if you feel so bad. You sound so upset it's so hard for you. I take citalopram and many other meds. The warnings are there by law and they are the same on a packet of paracetamol. I think the companies have to cover everything in case they are sued. Dianne, you WILL feel better. The person you are seeing now is trained to help you not harm you. Listen to whoever it is and at least try what they suggest. Part of this illness is not believing that the feelings can be controlled. Good Luck Sweetheart xxxx