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I have GAD and was prescribed 20 mg citalopram 4 weeks ago till today 27/02/18 , my anxiety stems from the fear of having OCD since i read many things and saw many videos about it i developed this fear 3 month ago and i think about it and monitor myself for it all the time .
I experience alot of side effects i can talk about them if someone is intersted.
Till today i noticed very very small improvments but still anxiety in morning is there and thoughts are there and i wake up in middle of the nights because of weird anxious thoughts.
is what am i experiencing normal or should i consider to change medications ? since it should start working from 4 to 6 weeks ?
Thanks alot
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matthew28493 GiveUp19236
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Hey I just read your whole thread and it was actually very encouraging. I am on about 4.5 weeks and it has been a struggle to say the least. I'm not sure how you are feeling about your progress but when it read through all your posts it seems like you have made a lot of progress and seem more optimistic which makes me feel better about my recovery
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Thanks matthew...hang in there buddy it's gonna get better...first 4..5..6 weeks are the worst.
Funny thing about this medication that it works super slow you don't even knw if it's working but it does
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-Random axniety comes and goes
-Sleep is normal
-Sexual function is normal
-some blips during the day
-some tirdness here and there
Overall the same as last week
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11 Weeks mark
- More control n anxious thoughts and they are not affecting me as in the past, It's kinda like in the past the thoughts were around my neck suffocating my soul but now they are farer and i have the chance to view them.
- Anxious physical symptoms is still there but way less and they don't amtter as much as they did before
-Appetit is normal or a bit more
-Morning anxiety and headache are less
- Sleeping 7 hours easily
- Normal Sexual function
all in all i would say that i am improved 70-75% still defenitley not recovered but i am thankful to the change i made before i couldn't sleep or do any activity without the persistant feeling of the f**kin anxiety and alot of more other things.
sm1 is readin this btw ?
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10 Weeks have passed
-In the past anxious thoughts used to be attached to my neck and i couldn't see any further they made me lose my sleep and my concentration and my life, Now i can see them for what they are and even feel anxiety for what it is.
-Appetit is normal or above normal , i would say that i crave carbs more
- Sexual function is normal, erection every other day or so
-Sleeping is normal, Fall asleep within 20-30 mins instead of 4 hours in the past that's if i even slept.
-Anxiety in general is much less, Before it was crippling anxiety all over my body from the moment i wake up till i go to be to lay there hoping to sleep and even feeling more panicked because i can't sleep.
I would safely say that i am improved 60 to 70 percent and still have to work on myself and maybe give the medication a bit more of time to maybe get 10 percent more of it.
I am now absolutely sure that i needed medication to help me recover as my condition was serotonin deficiency rather than pure psychological.
Is anyone reading this...gillip how are you doing ?
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I have do e 9 weeks on 10mg.. I feel like Im the only person on this site that isnt getting the desired effects from the med..
I still have to take diazapam and propananol along side it.
I know Lois said that it can take time, but Im begining to feel that im in a loosing battle....
lois95799 raj29314
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I wasn't near anywhere at 9weeks..I struggle up to four months..then it started easing..and finally slowwwww ly I got better...at 8months I was having my wow moments of thank goodness..this is now how iam supposed to feel like..and till this day I still feel tiny things improving.
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Raj, have you been keeping a journal at all? I started one because this is my second time on these meds and I could not remember how long it took me to adjust the first time and wanted a record that i could refer to if i had to go through this again. A great side benifit was after the first couple horrible weeks i started making myself write down one positive improvement or thought each day. Trust me I still have days that I just dont want get up and I think things will never get better, but I can look at that journal and see I have made progress and will continue over time. The improvements lots of times are small but they are improvements. For instance one of the first things was that I took a shower without anyone making me, I didn't necessarily want to but I knew I needed to and made myself without having to be coached up by anyone. Another was I went to the market and got Milk by myself, once again it wasn't some easy task but I did it and have been able to go back multiple times since, when this all started there was no chance I would have. This may not be for you but I understand the mindset that nothing is getting better and it can be a very vicious thing to break, but it has helped me some and I thought I would share. I wish you the best in your recovery
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Absolutely not..I was basically useless..I couldn't even go outside ..that's how bad I was..the side effects where so severe ..that all I did was cry..thank goodness for my neighbor that came clean and cook for me she even bath me... my husband was very supportive but always working..
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Lois, that makes me feel a little better, I thought I was the only one not making it to work every day. It seems like I make it a couple days then I have a day where I just can't and when I am there I am not as productive as I should be. This really bothers me and makes me worry even more that I'm gonna lose my job or at least lose everyone's confidence in me. I thought everyone else was some how managing to muscle through it and I was too weak.
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I am forcing myself to do things, Ive returned to work after 7 months of being off work which provides me a distraction but I feel as though I have brain damage as my brain is no longer as sharp as before. I stare at my computer at work hoping the words will make sense to me, and Im finding it hard to find the words in my brain to string a sentence together.
I think of Lois and tell
myself there is still time to get better and anti depressants take time to work as our brain is so complicated.
Ive started running too in the treadmil.
Someone said to
me that I should remember that I am still me, but I dont feel like me, I dont even look like me anymore....
I think at times I get disheartened that im just not going to see any benefit.
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You will feel like you again ..that's exactly how I felt your description of your self was me..and I thought the worst ..I ended up saying to my self if this is my end. So let it be..I prepared for the worst. But I came out the other way..till this day I say to my self what the hell was that...
lois95799 gilip
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Yes she was my angel...it's tough ...
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If it happens to be that you up your dosage..do it slowly as in time and low milligrams..but IAM pretty sure you coming down from the mirt..maybe has something to do with it..iam not a fan of two antidepressants in my body at once..the less you have in your system the more you can distinguish what's doing what...
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I was off work for 7 months.
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