Francis Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 I actually have had very elevated ornithine levels due, most likely, to low levels of magnesium (magnesium is needed to convert ornithine to citruline... which is apparently an issue within the ammonia detox system and means I likely have ammonia build-up). With these new labs, I'll see how Im doing in the amino acid department. Too bad it takes a month to get the lab results back... Im so curious to know how Im dong in comparison to 8 months ago when I got a bunch of labs done. Fingers crossed! 2003-2010 up and down 10-40mg celexa for anxiety2/2011 10mg8/2011 5mg for 3 wks, then stopped completely.middle of night waking after apx 1-2 hours of sleep (nightly), panic/jitteriness after waking11/11 back on 30mg celexa, ambien/many supplements-insomnia/panic.2/12 30mg celexa, many supplements (Magnesium eliminated morning tight chest/jitteriness). Off ambien!7/12 20mg8/12 15 mg(sleep improving,mood pos)12/12 2.3 mg got liquid celexa!1/13 2.1 mg3/13 1.2 mg4/13 down to .6 too quickly- cortisol spikes, middle of night waking, night sweats...4/13 held at .6 for 3 weeks so far. Off most supplements as well. Withdrawal depression almost gone! 7/13 OFF OF CELEXA!!! Link to comment
Francis Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 Going off all of my supplements definitely didnt go well... the second I got my blood drawn I went back on the supplements and felt better a day. Im still not sleeping well but overall Im feeling a lot better and actually functioning. I tried the valium... i think it made me drowsy but definitely didnt keep me asleep (early waking is my problem, not falling asleep)... so its definitely not tempting at all. At least, since Ive been back on the supplements, when I wake up at 3:30am, Im not feeling panicked, weepy and writhing! Some day I will sleep again! For now, Im happy to feel somewhat emotionally stable- how wonderful! 2003-2010 up and down 10-40mg celexa for anxiety2/2011 10mg8/2011 5mg for 3 wks, then stopped completely.middle of night waking after apx 1-2 hours of sleep (nightly), panic/jitteriness after waking11/11 back on 30mg celexa, ambien/many supplements-insomnia/panic.2/12 30mg celexa, many supplements (Magnesium eliminated morning tight chest/jitteriness). Off ambien!7/12 20mg8/12 15 mg(sleep improving,mood pos)12/12 2.3 mg got liquid celexa!1/13 2.1 mg3/13 1.2 mg4/13 down to .6 too quickly- cortisol spikes, middle of night waking, night sweats...4/13 held at .6 for 3 weeks so far. Off most supplements as well. Withdrawal depression almost gone! 7/13 OFF OF CELEXA!!! Link to comment
reachingforthestars Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Hi Francis How are you? Do you still have withdrawal symptoms? Citalopram 40mg from 2003-2015 Jan 2015 started tapering first dropped to 35mg, Feb 30mg, March 25mg, April 20mg, May 17,5mg, June 15mg, July 12,5mg, Aug 12,5mg, Sep 0mg for 5 days because of stomac flu and after I raised to 7,5mg. All the symptoms of acute WD shaking, diarrhea, vomiting, barely could walk ect. Still didn't realize that it wasn't only stomac flu but I was also going through WD. Oct 2,5mg and crashed again badly and quickly raised to 4mg. It was then when I knew my symptoms were due to WD. Then in November after a month holding on 4mg raised to 5mg due to muscle weakness and had a VERY BAD reaction to reinstatement: akathisia(lasted for one or two weeks), insomnia, anhedonia... Drop quicly back to 4mg, Dec 3mg Jan 2016 2,6mg( in the middle of Jan after I had been on 2,6mg for a week I tried to updose to 2,8mg and immediately had bad reaction to it: akathisia for a day, andehonia got worse. The next day dropped back to 2,6mg), Feb 2,4mg( a new symptom PGAD lasted 24/7 for 2 months after that on and off), March 2,4mg, April 2,3mg, May 2,2mg, June 2,1mg, July 2,0mg( Pgad almost nonexisting, sleeping pretty good, still some anhedonia but there has been a lot of gradual progress), Aug 1,97mg-1,89mg, Sep 1,88mg-1,49mg, Oct 1,48mg- 1,70mg, Nov 0,65mg- current dose 0,5mg Link to comment
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