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6 weeks on citalopram (5 weeks 10 mg, 1 week 20 mg)

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luke15337
luke15337

Hi,

After working from home for 6 months I got intrusive thoughts and seperation anxiety of my girlfriend.

Unfortunately these thoughts are so overwhelming that I am not able to work and days take forever. I started citalopram 10 mg 5 weeks ago and 20 mg 1 week ago. In the morning I use to feel good but during the afternoon I feel worse and get crazy thoughts that make me so anxious; I am not even able to cook when my girlfriend is not there....

How long until I will lose these thoughts? I try to think in the moment and control my breath which works but in the afternoon I am unable to control and feel bad. Really hope meds will work I feel so terrible...

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  • cheryl20077
    cheryl20077 luke15337

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    since ypuve only just gone up to 20mg 1 week ago your going to get all the horrible side effects again until the dose settles again i no ots horrible im going throigh it now with increasing my dose from 30 to 40 its been 4 and abit weeks and i still feel absoluty s**t sorry for swearing. has your doctor gave you any benzos for when anxiety is really bad? how u feeling today ?

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