[Tommy ToXen]

Seems I've hit another relapse.

Got no sleep at all last night, and now it's 2 AM so I've officially been up for 41 hours. 42 hours? I'm rubbish at maths. One of them two anyway. 40 something hours.

I'm knackered, but, I am unable to settle or even begin to drift off. Just working on my e-project, which tbh I don't really like to do when this tired as mistakes are made and I only have to re-write/re-do it all after I've had sleep anyway and go back and catch all the mistakes, typo's etc. >.>

[Martin Reed]

Ugh, sorry to hear that Tommy.

Do these relapses just hit at random, or do you see a particular pattern to them?

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[roozie]

Hey Tommy, wow that's a long stint of no sleep, hope you managed to get some not too long after your prev post.Just a thought as I've been on and off citalopram quite a few times and can definitely confirm that in my case it is v stimulating for the first 3-4 weeks during which time it actually worsens my insomnia significsntly before the therapeutic effect kicks in. As with all the SSRI's insomnia cam be a common side effect -I haven't once managed to cheat it!- and can make you feel like giving up on it but persevering for at least 6 weeks might just be worthwhile, (esp. If you struggle with anxiety issues) until the side effects have had time to subside. I really hope you get somewhere with it soon and you start to see some improvement.

[Tommy ToXen]

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Ugh, sorry to hear that Tommy.

Do these relapses just hit at random, or do you see a particular pattern to them?

Seems to be random. It's getting better though, so all is good. I've always just been a night person, to be honest I prefer being up at night – it's when I'm at my best. It's just these days I'm really busy during the day so can't just crash out and snooze in the afternoon like I used to so if I'm up all night that's it, I'm up all day too.

Some nights I'm absolutely shattered and -need- to sleep at around 9-10 PM. Other nights I'm still wide awake at 5 AM.

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Hey Tommy, wow that's a long stint of no sleep, hope you managed to get some not too long after your prev post.Just a thought as I've been on and off citalopram quite a few times and can definitely confirm that in my case it is v stimulating for the first 3-4 weeks during which time it actually worsens my insomnia significsntly before the therapeutic effect kicks in. As with all the SSRI's insomnia cam be a common side effect -I haven't once managed to cheat it!- and can make you feel like giving up on it but persevering for at least 6 weeks might just be worthwhile, (esp. If you struggle with anxiety issues) until the side effects have had time to subside. I really hope you get somewhere with it soon and you start to see some improvement.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking, I seemed to be the reverse though, for the first few weeks – it helped tremendously. I was going to bed early almost every night and sleeping. Been on them 2 months now and having these random relapses now and again.

I will say though that recently I've

A) Quit drugs

😎 Quit alcohol

C) Quit painkillers – told my doctor I don't want codeine anymore

That's all in the last month, so it'll probably just be stopping all that suddenly messing with my system.

But nevermind, at least I'm spending my nights productively!

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