Advice Please

Daily since starting Celexa. But, bery small doses recently. For a long while, its only been 0.25mg twice a day. Now its either 0.25 once or twice a day. Im still taking every night, even when I dont take in the mornings.

i would reintroduce the xanex to see if anything changes.

hi laura

im sorry you ve hit a few hurdles, this forum is so good for advice.

i reduced last week from 20 to 15 mg, i decided to keep my head down & plough through, im on my holiday now in the south of france & trying to relax & working hard to get through.

i have armed myself with a few books & audiobooks by dr clare weekes, she is considered by many as a pioneer in anxiety understanding & care & its absoultly spot on as katecogs says.........dont fight it, walk next to it, accept it, welcome it, listening to her has helped me loads & in times of need like tonight!.......i spend 5-10 mins listening to her.

im staying on 15 laura for a while, a good few months.

i share opion on here that if your taking addatitional meds, it must be difficult to know a true reading.

i hope you get relief soon laura & start to feel better, i riding the same wave at the minute also.

be safe

rob

how long are you leaving it between tapers? 2 weeks is far too early to know and every dose change will knock you x

I waited three weeks between dose change. Dose changes tapering knock you as bad as increases? Bc i had no issue going from 30 to 25. It was just bad from 25 to 20.

Rob, thanks! I hope youre able to enjoy your vacation!!

thats not tapering thats a huge jump and yes up or down doses all knock you and the lower the dose the harder it is for some x

But the question is-should I go back up to 25 for a while longer after being on 20 two weeks?

if you feel you cant take the drama i would go back.if you can withstand the drama .i would stay on 20.asses your situation by the way you are feeling.

If I knew the drama would ease up, I could power through on the 20 for a while. Its just hard to know if this is withdrawl or bc the dose is now too low.

it could be both. the only way to find out is to keep on trooping.just remember you are decreasing for comfort not to come off.iam right?

Right!

so then go back to 25.if youthink that will bring you comfort.

3 weeks are not long enough between tapers. Take as long as you need to settle. Stay ghere til youre comfortable, then go on down

no if you feel the meds have never done you any good why go up x

laura am i right in thinking you had mild anxiety before all this? x

Toria, correct. Mild anxiety. No depression or anything else.

then if you had mild anxiety before meds why did you start taking these meds?i would only take these meds when the mental situations are severe not just mild.best regards

I thought it would help. I dunno. It was mild but becoming more frequent. I dont think it matters now bc the meds have screwed me up so much I doubt I could come off them now.

so if you had the time back would you take them? and honestly laura you can come off them, it wont be easy but you can do it x

Absolutley not. I regret the day I started. I would take my old self back in a heart beat. I genuinely grieve the loss of that person I once was. I was happy, living life well, took risks, etc. I just thought a small dose of something would take the edge off (especially when I travel, which we do a lot of).

But....the meds have scarred me. I am so afraid that the damage done since starting them is irreversible.

laura i totally understand how you feel, this isnt my first withdrawal but it is the worst, i thought i would never feel ok again then i did and decided to cut too fast the citalopram, big mistake, but i do get ok times so if i wasnt going to repair i wouldnt get that! unfortunately the faulty bottle has set me back alot but im getting off no matter what as i think the cit is causing my pains and it also took away my personality x

gs also said they felt better before meds, sometimes people just get desperate x

i felt desparete for 30 years.then it got severe thats when i decided to start this ssri journey .them 30 years it was mild but at least controllable.when it got severe i had to do something.because these meds come with drama wether you know it or not.

Yeah....I didnt know it. No one told me anything about these side effects or increased anxiety on the meds.

iam sure you have read alot everywhere .if i was you i stick with one consistent dose .thats all that matters for you right now .consistency is the key.

i didnt even know they were antidepressants lois and didnt really use the internet then lets face it doctors are crap x

thats because doctors are clueless and dont know themselves laura x

well thank god i knew .even though i suffered with changes i knew they where prescribe for me for mental health.other than that i dont believe in off label prescriptions specially when doctors prescribe these meds for other issues.i feel for you toria.