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Old 08-06-2014, 10:01 PM   #1
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side effects of medications

I've been on cipralex for about 6 months and it's been helping me a lot. Initially, i was totally against it but have to admit it, it helped reducing anxiaty around food, cotrol freik behevior and opsession with food.
My therapist is at my home country and since i moved for work, she prescribed me enough to have for 6 months. I still have one month till i go back for a vacation and my meds were stollen 4days ago. I don't have them any more ans i had to stop taking them. My therapyat told me its not really good and i could experience some anxiaty because of it but i dont have an option.

Apart from anxiaty, side effects could also be selfharming thoughts, nausia, dizzyness, slight halusinations etc. It all sounds scary now and i dont know how to deal with it. For now, i've been feeling dizzy and a bit weird in my head but i can go through that. I'm just scared of all the other possible effects. No one here knows i used this medication so i cant ask anyone to help me and monitor my behaviour for a few weeks (this is recommended in case you have to stop the therapy)....
Does anyone have any advise? What should i do and how can i monitor myself? I feel i really made a step forward in my recovery and don't want to ruin that. Any helo would be appreciated... tnx

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Old 09-06-2014, 03:12 AM   #2
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Is there anyone you could talk to to help you with your meds?
Not sure about your country but I know in Australia people who come here on work or study visas have to have private healthcare. Do you have anything like that?
If possible I'd really suggest not stopping the meds- do anything you can legally to make sure that you can keep taking them



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Old 09-06-2014, 10:52 AM   #3
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I have private healthcare and a GP here but I only got a referralfor the dietician for now. It happened by accident when I went to seek advicefor something completely different and she suggested the dietician. Even if I go and ask to be referred to a psychiatristnow, it would take a month to go and get the prescription so I guess it’s notan option. And if I go through a month without meds, guess I could just try tolive without them….

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