Best dose to start on

Hi guys

I'm finally giving in and asking GP for Citalopram for my anxiety but what dose would be best to start on 10mg or ask for 20mg straight away to prevent multiple side effect waves.

Quick background I lost my mum suddenly 13 years ago while 6 months pregnant with my daughter and when she was born I suffered PND and what I now suspect health anxiety i did counselling, cbt, etc for this but no medication as im a bit of an anti medication person ( stupid I know ) all these years I've struggled with anxiety when my children, husband was ill but not myself strangely well until recently 😔

Around 2 months ago I started getting pains in my left chest area that bothered me had ecg / xray bloods all came back okay but then I started getting palpations and weird feelings in my chest (probably anxiety) and that when I started to struggle with the anxiety waking up panicking about little things worrying constantly, headaches so I called the GP and could only get a telephone appointment and when I told him my symptoms he said she will start me on a tablet for the palpitations went to get script and noticed it said beta blocker propanonol 80mg slow release 2 x daily so read the instructions and said do not take if BP is low which mine was rang back GP and was told its a really good drug it will really help with palpations and anxiety and to take 1 instead of 2 so reluctant as I was I did and this is where my absolute nightmare began took 1 for 3 days gets a call from pharmacist and was told off saying you need to take both I told them I wasn't feeling right and they said cause not taking prescribed amount so I took 2 a day for 3 days what a living nightmare, I could not do anything my anxiety was immense, I could not sleep at all, could not eat, I was short of breath looked at this site under propanonol and was shocked to see how many people it has affected badly so I stopped it cold turkey and been living with the consequences since the exact same as above no sleep for 2 weeks at all is so bad 🥲 and now have a problem with my heart beating to fast so at GP later

my anxiety needs addressing long term and to say I'm petrified of the side effects of the drug would be an understatement especially the insomnia as I've not slept now for 2 weeks due to propanonol.

Any advice is truly welcome please. I know people are different but do you think i will have the same side effects as the propanonol 🥲

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