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Can anybody please give me some advice ??

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hollie92553
hollie92553

I started citroplam 18 days ago on 20mg but had real bad side affects so went down to 10mg and took them for nearly two weeks i am now back on 20mg which i started 3 days ago, i feel dreadfull feel sick , numbness in my arms, very bad anxiety and shaking, went to see my doctor today as she said i could either carry on with these tablets and see how i feel or stop for 2 days then move on to stermline 50mg sorry if spelt that wrong, i just dont know what to do and dont feel myself anymore sad just want to be normal. i suffered really bad anxiety and depression. Please could someone give me some advice

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  • katecogs
    katecogs hollie92553

    Posted

    That's quite normal when starting on this medicine or if the dose is increased.  Don't worry, we've all been through those horrible side effects ;-)  If you persevere they will ease off and go away.  Take a couple of weeks for each dose increase.

    Good luck x confused

  • holly_t
    holly_t hollie92553

    Posted

    Hi Hollie

    I'm so sorry but this is normal - if you swap to sertraline the likelihood is you will then just be presented with a whole new list of side effects and you'll feel back to square one. You really need to give them at least 8 weeks to feel the full effect, I know it's hard as I really struggled. I'm now at week 10 and it's like nothing ever happened.

    Please stay strong x

    • hollie92553
      hollie92553 holly_t

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply. I had really bad chest pains last night and numb arms so an ambulance ended up coming out to me they did an ECG and said all fine and that I was having an anxiety attack which led to my muscles hurting in chest even thou the sharp pain was around my heart. Even today my arms are tingling really bad is this normal ?? I thought going from 10 to 20 wouldn't be this bad feel so down xx
    • hollie92553
      hollie92553 holly_t

      Posted

      It's that horrible feeling like something in my throat that can sometimes trigger it of aswell xx
  • dizzydoll
    dizzydoll hollie92553

    Posted

    Try stick with it I know it's horrible but it will get better within a couple of weeks x
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