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For the past two days I’ve been waking in the night with palpitations and feeling like I’m going to pass out. Today I am currently sat at my desk and I have a banging headache, palpitations, sweaty hands, bubbling chest and I totally don’t feel with it. Has anyone else experienced this or should I be concerned that it’s not normal? Any advice would help. X
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nigel45109 nicky39064
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Hello, take it you are recently put on citralopram? Yes, the symptoms you mentioned are normal and very common, for most people that have recently started on an anti depressant, or had their dose upped. If you look on all the other posts, it's almost all people are talk about. Try to take reassurance from this, and accept it as the price to pay for recovery. Recovery is very slow, and improvements very small. After about 5 weeks on a happy pill, the symptoms gradually die down, although they do flare up from time to time. It's perfectly normal when you have some good days, that you temporarily go backwards, ie have a blip. Try to reduce or cut out caffeine, as it fuels anxiety. Best thing is try to accept you are likely to feel like this for first 5 or 6 weeks. Then improvements start, and another 6 weeks before feeling anywhere near normal. Gentle yoga and meditation work well.
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You are in an anxious state with being on week 7. Your anxiety levels will be elevated in general, and things that happen to you during the day will contribute. I'm on week 8, and still get intensely anxious, though not at night, and I don't touch any caffeine. Getting your anxiety levels down is important. I think they will gradually come down over the next 4 weeks from the cit, as your brain chemicals settle down and become balanced. Any caffeine, check soft drinks, will immediately elevate your anxiety levels. Thing is, an accumulation of one or two coffees a day, very slightly elevate your longer term anxiety levels, not just in the short term. I used to have 1 diet coke a day, and after a week, was all over the place. Took a week or 2 to come back down. Spent years trying to control caffeine intake, until I finally realised I couldn't have any. I'm having anxiety issues on week 8, and no caffeine. I know it would be worse if I did have some.
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