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Hi everyone,
I found this website yesterday while siting in A&E 2hours after taking 20mg of Cit.
My Doctor prescribed it for anxiety, stress and the onset of depression, I told her I didn't really want to take meds as I felt it would make me more anxious and a few years ago I was prescribed anti depressants and they made me feel worse (I took them for 4 months). So she said I should try Citalopram, that they are very weak and the side affects as most could be an unset tummy and dizziness, so I agreed as I'm really sick to death of feeling like this and I want desperately to feel normal. So I took the 20mg pill and about an hour later I felt kinda stoned which did worry me as these were not the side effects I expected, then another 30mins later the real side effects kicked in and oh my god!! I was shaking uncontrollably, dizzy, anxious, heart pounding, sweating, hot and just not with it, I'm guessing some of these side effects where also my anxiety going through the roof as I thought I was dying lol, I wasn't expecting this as my doctor said "upset tummy and some dizziness".
So while waiting for the doctor to see me at hospital I started Google Cit, and now I know these are pretty normal side effects for some of us, the A&E Doc explained everything that my GP should have done, and that help to calm me down.
My question is how long did you all stay on 10mg before you went up to 20mg?
I'm thinking a month but wasn't sure if I should just do 10 day of 10mg and then go to 20mg? I just dont want the side effects to be so insanely intense, it was such a horrible experience and my son was with my, luckily I have had years of experience of coping with anxiety and feeling like im about to die or im going crazy or both lol so I didnt completely throw myself on the floor and curl up into a ball which is what I wanted to do.
Any advice would be much appreciated :-) this is now only day 2 of Cit and I took my 10mg of cit 2 and a half hours ago and I'm feeling okay, which is surprising as 20mg just sent me over the edge.
Thanks for the help
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niccik sarah54249
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sarah54249 niccik
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mark2701 sarah54249
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When i was put on the medication last year i started on 20mg and made me slightly nuts i couldnt sleep living off a few hours and didnt feel much happier. I found out from my doctor i was very senstive towards meds and reduced to 10mg and to be honest it was enough to keep me mellow. Ive been off the drug now for 5 months but found myself going downhill, didnt want to see people, anxiety got so bad at work that i had to leave. I'm now back on 10mg as i know it works for me and deciding to stay on for at least 12 months.
We all react different to each drug when i first started i was on 40mg off pristiq and i was actually worse and anxiety went off the charts. I would stick at 10mg for a few months and the re evaluate how your feeling as it could be enough,
Hope your feeling better soon.
sarah54249 mark2701
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Thanks for the advice :-)
mark2701 sarah54249
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sharon216 sarah54249
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sarah54249 sharon216
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Yes I'm going to slowly work my way up, sticking to 10mg for the next few weeks then 20mg if I need it. Can I ask I know you've been taking Cit for a long time so I imagine you've built up a bit of a tolerance for it, but after you furat started taking it after a few months did you still feel kinda not spaced out but I guess a little floaty lol sorry but its the best word I could think of.
sharon216 sarah54249
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anne2953 sarah54249
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Take care and stay strong, remember deep belly breathing when things get a bit much, really helps,
Anne
gary77786 sarah54249
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sarah54249 gary77786
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So good to here someone else ended up in the emergency room on 20mg of Cit, lol well I wish you hadn't but at least I'm not alone. Have you stuck with 20mg? If so how many days have you been on 20 and how are you feeling after taking it?
I couldn't talk properly when I took the 20mg, I couldnt think properly when they were asking me questions in the emergency room lol. Its a lot better on 10mg but I still feel stoned for a good few hours after.
Sarah x
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