7th on citalopram-insonmia!!
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HI
It will be my 7th week on cit on sunday and i am still exexperiencing bad insonmia! Is there anyone else who has experienced this? I dont know if its the cit or my anxiety over sleep. Even though anxiety has reduced. im just wondering will my sleep ever get better?
Thanks for any replies xx
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robin67880 laura86158
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laura86158 robin67880
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Im on 20 mg the last 4 weeks and started on 10mg, i really lke the way the meds help my anxiety but its hard being patient waiting for the sleeplessness to get better. Thanks for your reply! What way did you feel when you werent sleeping on cit? Just want to decipher wether its meds are still anxiety xx
robin67880 laura86158
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laura86158 robin67880
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nicola60621 laura86158
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From reading previous posts I'd say insomnia looks like the last thing to ease off.
I'm on my third week of cit and although I can sometimes fall asleep I keep waking up, so I went to my chemist and the pharmacist recommended the Nytol original 25mg tabs and since taking two of them I can sleep until around 7am.
May be worth checking if they are ok for you to try. Hope it improves soon for you cause being tired doesn't help does it.
Take care
Nicola x
laura86158 nicola60621
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I know ive been quite the torture on this, haha although its just good being able to go somewhere amd get advice from people who are going through or have gone through something similar. Yes i would use nytol sometimes, they help sometimes.
I really hope it is the last thing as really want to stay on the meds as i do really think they're helping but sleep is so important too! Especially for anxiety xxx
nicola60621 laura86158
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Yeah everything is so much worse when you can't sleep properly, drives me mad sometimes haha. Belly breathing seems to help too, and taking the tablet in the AM helps people too from what I've read.
I agree they seem to be helping me with my anxiety too, I just hate the foggy head and feeling dizzy part of it. I had that before cit though so hoping it gets better in the coming weeks.
Hopefully once the cit settles down we'll be back to normal (whatever that is)
Nicola xx
laura86158 nicola60621
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amber_6594 laura86158
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laura86158 amber_6594
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xxx
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David_21660 laura86158
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Only 7 weeks?! Give it chance girl! LOL!
Seriously, it takes as long as it takes, your anxiety, like you have said, is reducing and eventually the insomnia will sort it self out too. The more you worry the longer it will take as we are all different and don't always get the same side effects or intensity of them either.
Try to be positive even when you don't feel like it, that will be helped by coming here posting, reading or just chatting!
Stick with it you are doing fine!
Regards,
David (9 months in)
laura86158 David_21660
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xx
laura86158
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Just an update phoned my gp today after another bad night, he prescribed me another round of sleeping tablets to get me through next while. He said it was hard to know if it was the meds causing the insomnia or the anxiety. Because i had sleep problems before which had kinda settled before i started taking Cit.
He said he would up the dose to 30 if it continues, but i surely that will cause it to get worse?! O god i dunno wish i knew if it was meds or anxiety. Could be abit of both! Although anxiety feeling so much better xx
robin67880 laura86158
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laura86158 robin67880
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