Anyone Take Cit Twice Daily?
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Ive been on 30mg for 9 weeks after being on 20mg for 6 weeks. My anxiety is still bad in the mornings, so my psychiatrist wanted to split my dose to twice a day. 20mg in the morning and 10mg in the evening. I've done this for five days and havent seen any difference. If anything, its worse bc its given me headaches and my anxiety is lasting longer throughout the day. Today, Ive been so anxious, I just went back to taking the 30mg all together again and my anxiety is through the roof. My dr didnt want me to reduce my dose yet, but I am at a loss.
Has anyone split their dose with success? Has anyone been unsuccessful and gone back to once a day with weird side effects coming back? I feel lost and laying around my house deep breathing all day is no way to live.
I think I need a pep talk!
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laura45992
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Im still so tired all day, too. Another reason I think the dose is too high.
toria_07298 laura45992
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i really dont think splitting the dose is a good idea as you will have different amounts in your system all the time so not constant x
mike07300 laura45992
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HI laura, try lowering your dose , this sorted the shortness of breath for me, i wouldn't be too concerned with what your doctor says about your dose, at the end of the day do what suits you best, everybody is differant & i bet your doctor hasn't taken 30mg of Cit before, its a very powerful drug.
katecogs laura45992
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Despite the bad mornings, how are you the rest of the day - does it feel easier at any time throughout the day?
During my 6 month recovery I had dreadful anxiety every morning as soon as I woke, despite other parts of the day feeling great. So for me that early morning anxiety was the last to disappear.
My evenings started to be anxiety free, yet the next day I’d wake full of anxiety. Again, come the evening I’d feel good again. This repeated itself throughout the 6 months, with the calm and anxiety free periods spreading more into my day, as if recovery was working backwards from evening to morning. By 6 months all my day was anxiety free though still woke up feeling rubbish, until one morning I woke up with no anxiety - I knew then that the recovery had reached that part too.
This is often how recovery works. Despite that early morning anxiety it doesn’t mean thats how the rest of your day will be - so it will feel like groundhog day until you’re completely recovered.
I don't think splitting the dose will make any difference, though it won't harm you because you'll still be getting the required daily dose but in 2 parts.
So at 15 weeks - its expected that you'll still have bad mornings. Some people take longer than 6 months and others recover quicker.
Also it could be that you need a lower dose of meds as someone people continue to suffer if the dose is too high for them. You can recover on 10mg or 20mg ........ its all about what suits each individual body, not the bigger the dose the quicker recovery comes about.
So it comes down to time, patience and possibly a slight adjustment. Then add another sprinkling of time and patience in for good measure ❤️ (as if we need that eh)......
K x
laura45992 katecogs
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Hi Kate,
Yes, aside from some bad days, most of my days start off anxious, but around lunch time, I tend to to be fine the rest of the day. Im in a series of bad days right now where the anxiety is back to all day and a bit more severe, but it could be because I split the dose and then went back to taking it all at once. Or, it could just be that Im anxious about it never getting better.
Who can know? lol
Thanks for your response. I pray for more patience on a daily basis.
katecogs laura45992
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This is perfectly normal Laura - it sounds very similar to how recovery worked for me too. During the 'waking with anxiety but the rest of the day is fine' ...... there will be days on end when you just feel rubbish all day. These are still the blips (whole blip days) that come and go.
These bad days will turn back into waking with anxiety and the rest of the day feeling fine - and these days will get better and better, and the blip days will slowly ease off and stop coming.
Even when I'd finally recovered and I was waking up feeling great which lasted all day, I'd have days on end where I felt not quite right, but didn't have anxiety etc. I realised after a while that these were blips days but without all the drama - my body was just going through the motions of having blips but without any of the anxiety. So its partly habit why the blips come.
Remember, when the anxiety comes back, then so too will all the anxious thoughts ie 'I'll never get better' etc. Those thoughts are just a side effect of anxiety, and they'll stop happening when the anxiety stops too. Anxiety foxes you into thinking that way - and its not true. The anxiety will go and you won't be like this forever. I had exactly the same thoughts too.
They will stop coming.
lynne93181 laura45992
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hi laura
no wonder your so anxious !
i think you should go back to 20 mgs and stay on it for at least 16 weeks and take 10mgs of propranolol in the morning and at night if need be !
moving doses and alternating is only going to cause side effects again and again ! you will recover it just takes time ! i started on 10mgs in january and have just moved to 20mgs 3 weeks ago ! all the anxiety racing thoughts all came back with a bang ! be patient x