Walking and sleeping

[Hand of Blood]

So my tiredness had gotten so bad lately I've got to the point my eyes are closing when I'm walking or trying to do something my legs go weak to I

Anyone think its normal to be this tired with the meds? Or could there be something more wrong with me?

I just went up from 20 to 40 mg on citaopram but was tired before that

Does anyone wake up feeling hung over or more tired than when they went to sleep? I just can't handle much more of these side effects

 

[jayde-101]

I felt like that before i was diagnosed with my underactive. Thyroid now i take a med a day for it and it sorted me out ...have they checked your thyroid

 

[Hand of Blood]

I think I got it done with my last blood test and it was ok. It's not like I'm on a mega dose of my tabs but I think being on 2 is the problem I'm not sure but it's hard to do anything lately

 

[Maisy]

If your on anti depressants take them at night my doc changed mine too night feel loads better now

 

[pita300]

I am also on 40mg of citalopram. I take it at night. I also have sleep apnea. Before I was diagnosed with the sleep apnea last year I would go to bed and wake up and felt like I hadn't gotten a wink of sleep. I had a sleep study done last April. Come to find out I stopped breathing 33 times an hour. So that meant I never really fell into a good deep sleep. So now I have a C-PAP. I have to tell you i hated it at first but got used to it. I did noticed that when I used it I woke up more refreshed and feeling like I got a good nights sleep. I still hate wearing it but because I sleep so much better with it I am faithful to it. Just a thought that you might want to look into.

 

[Cint]

Like jayde, I have an under active Thyroid, so mention that to your dr. again.
I also take an anti-depressant, Maisy, but take it in the morning. Seems like that would keep me awake.

From Citalopram side effects:
For Healthcare Professionals

Nearly all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, mixed serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, and tricyclic antidepressants cause sleep abnormalities to some extent. These antidepressants have marked dose-dependent effects on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, causing reductions in the overall amount of REM sleep over the night and delays the first entry into REM sleep (increased REM sleep onset latency (ROL)), both in healthy subjects and depressed patients. The antidepressants that increase serotonin function appear to have the greatest effect on REM sleep. The reduction in REM sleep is greatest early in treatment, but gradually returns towards baseline during long-term therapy; however, ROL remains long. Following discontinuation of therapy the amount of REM sleep tends to rebound. Some of these drugs (i.e., bupropion, mirtazapine, nefazodone, trazodone, trimipramine) appear to have a modest or minimal effect on REM sleep.