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4 weeks in and anxiety returned

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sam48584
sam48584

hi all. This is my 2nd post since starting citalopram for anxiety 4 weeks ago. I've just had a run of 7 good days where I literally felt my normal self again. I was so relieved but last night out of nowhere i was consumed with anxiety again. I haven't slept well due to the nausea and feeling of my stomach doing somersaults and today have woken full of anxiety again. I'm so upset as i am due to start my new job in 3 days and am now terrified i won't be up to it. Has anyone had similar?

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  • angie4567
    angie4567 sam48584

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    hi sam

    im pretty much the same.

    im on 30mg and im churning with anxiety.

    would love someone to advise

    im scared it wont get better

  • angie4567
    angie4567 sam48584

    Posted

    hi sam

    im pretty much the same.

    im on 30mg and im churning with anxiety.

    would love someone to advise

    im scared it wont get better

  • joe55795
    joe55795 sam48584

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    Everything you are experiencing is pretty standard. The medicine was probably not what was making you feel so good last week. Science says it will take at least 4 weeks for your to feel the true effects of the medicine. The secret was in the confidence you were feeling that the medicine was working. The main reason you felt so good was because you weren't thinking about how you were feeling. You essentially forgot.

    Something, possibly underlying, happened that brought a small amount of anxiety that quickly spiralled out into your current feeling. My advice to you is to accept that this is part of the healing process. You are going to have ups and downs throughout this process. The goal is for the ups to last longer than the downs. Eventually, the downs will become blips.

    From my experience, the only way to truly recover is to accept the physical feelings that come with anxiety (churning stomach, dizziness, foggy memory, tingling, heart palpitations feeling weird). None of them are going to kill you. So accepting for what they are is the only way to truly recover (in my opinion). This is easy for me to say since I am on the other side of where you currently are.

    Stay strong and keep the faith!

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