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6 weeks in on Citalopram

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mike30343
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i dont want to up my dose. But im questioning how its going so far. ive made improvements but I'm still very Anxious about anything I'm doing. the mornings are testing to say the least. i get alot of anxiety till lunchtime then it eases off a bit good evenings good sleep and then the cycle starts again. 20mg Citalapram its scary just how low or anxious you can get. I've heard it can take 12 weeks to level off is that everyones expirience

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  • katecogs
    katecogs mike30343

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    This is generally how these meds work - and how the beginnings of recovery works too.

    You will not be recovered by 12 weeks - it might start by then, but can usually take 6 months or more to feel recovered.

    What you’re experiencing at the moment is how recovery started to work for me too (it can be different for everyone). Morning anxiety is always the worst for anxiety because this is when our Cortisol levels are at their highest, which makes us feel anxious, and the Cortisol reduces over the course of the day, which is why you begin to feel relief as the day wears on.

    When I recovered I started feeling normal in the evenings (really happy), yet come the morning I’d feel dreadful again. This cycle repeated itself daily, though the periods of feeling normal in the evenings began to increase in duration. Over the course of the following weeks / months this started happening in the afternoons, lunchtime, mornings until at around 6 months I started waking up feeling happy too.

    So this will slowly creep more into your day, but for now you will still have bad mornings until they too disappear.

    You may also still get days on end when you feel rubbish all day - thats normal too. They’re setbacks and will happen, but will slowly stop.

    Sounds like you’re recovering well.

    Whatever dose of meds you take you will still go through this same process. You can’t hurry recovery so try and go with flow as you recover.

    K

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