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Numbness/emotionless

  • 06-08-2017 12:05am
    #1
    Wingoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Hi, [/font]
    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Around January and February I went through a short bout of depression where I felt numb and emotionless. I felt almost like I was just watching life happen to me. I went to the doctor who prescribed me citalopram which after only a short period seemed to kickstart everything back to relatively normal feelings. [/font]
    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I stopped taking the medication and my doctor advised me that if I ever feel anything remotely like the previous symptoms that I should go back to them immediately. [/font]
    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Ive gone on a 3 month working holiday to Canada and I started feeling strange symptoms during July when I found out my dog had passed away at home without me being there. They began with the usual numbness/emotionless but quickly got far far worse than before. I started having disturbing fantasies that sickened me at first but now seem pretty normal to me. Im afraid that if things keep going on the way they are I might feel the need to act on them. Medication in Canada is far too expensive and Im getting to the stage where I dont even feel sick I just know that something is very very wrong. [/font]

    I tried to find a mental health board to post this on but I couldnt find one.

    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I dont even know what Im expecting to achieve by posting this but felt like I needed to reach out.[/font]
    [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thanks for any help you give.[/font]


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hi Wingoo, the only advice I would give you is to seek help for the fantasies. The reason being because you mention that you're scared you will act on them. Perhaps go back to your GP.

    It's not uncommon to experience numbness of feelings when taking certain psychotropic drugs but it can also be as a result of your own mental state. Is there anyone in your life who you can talk to for a bit of support?


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