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Morning anxiety is the hardest time for me and lasts for hours - need ideas for coping

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cindy57016
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I am on day 8 of 5mg escitalopram. I also take clonazepam but try to minimize it. Small dose morning and night. The morning anxiety makes me completely upset as I go to sleep dreading it and wake up with it immediately. Anyone experience this too? How do you cope? My symptoms are - shaky hands, chills, diarrhea, nausea, and then all of this makes my mind focus on my body. It's a viscious cycle. I take short walks and try to distract myself but it's like the cortisol and adrenaline are relentless and just come right back. I take tums and eat yogurt before I take my med and I take it in the morning. My mouth is so dry it's hard to make myself eat crackers. Any other ideas? I would really appreciate your replies. Thank you!

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  • mark91272
    mark91272 cindy57016

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    Hi Cindy.

    Same here. Please don't take this the wrong way but it feels less lonely that someone else is going through this. I am on 10mg day 12. My symptoms are I am freezing, all the time. Chills that come in waves. I feel sick constantly, especially after food. I range from loose bowels to constipation. My anxiety attacks are terrible. For most days I require Diazepam to get through the day, which defeats the purpose of taking Escitalopram. I too awake dreading taking the medication because I not what will come. I am at the point of quitting it. How are you doing now?

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