Happy pills report. Ive been taking 20 milligrams Citalopram a day and it's made a huge difference in my life, for the positive. I'm here to tell you about it and to encourage others to consider pills if you need them for your depression. Feel free to post your experiences or anything else within. →[More:]

In reading the 'metachat is dying' post I ralised I had been cooking this post up for a while and should contribute it to the site.

Everything is going much better for me these days - work is still hard, my relationship is still hard, there are many. many MANY very profound changes and transitions going on in my life, but these pills have made me far less likely to freak out outwardly. While I am still low level anxious all the time the anxiety is less distracting and less intense.

There have not been any side effects I can see - interesting, as when I was on 10mgs of citalopram for a few months last year there was no positive effect and lots of side effects - and my sex drive has gone UP, if anything. Additionally I am more impulsive, but the self discipline, grace, and self awareness I have been working on cultivating has worked there.

My iPhone beeps at me and reminds me to take my pill every day and I say a little gratefulness prayer every time I take it.

I was astonished to have such a dramatic and positive effect and I am fully aware that the effect could lessen or go away entirely. But I will not be afraid of taking pills again, because I know they can and do work.