Citalopram dose increase 20mg to 30mg

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I’m on day 10 of being on 30mg of citalopram from 20mg and feeling a bit rubbish. Anxiety has increased 🙄 intrusive thoughts are a bit more heightened (they’re just irritating me now, lol) my legs feel a bit more ‘twitchy’ / agitated upon waking, and I’ve been getting some butterflies in my stomach. Moodwise I’m feeling a bit down too 😪 just trying my best to get on with things but I feel like I’ve taken a setback (again). I did prepare myself to possibly feel a bit rubbish again but was expecting it more during the first week. I did have a bit of a stressful day yesterday emotions wise so I’m wondering if that’s brought this all on 🤷🏻??? Will this settle soon? 

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    Hi Star

    Did you have any luck getting your CBT brought forward?

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      Hi Paula, 

      No, sadly not. My therapist did set up access for me to use an online CBT programme though, so I at least have that for now until I get an appointment.

      My doctor thinks I’m doing really well (I don’t always feel that I am) so I’m just trying to take it day by day for now. I didn’t have the greatest sleep last night so taking it easy today 

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      You are doing well! Unfortunately, when we are going through alot we have a tendency to want to recover now, which could make the anxiety worse. I can relate to you alot, I am always being told to be patient and kind to myself when I want to solve my own problems. Give yourself all the time your brain and nervous system needs to recover. I want to come off my meds now and hate taking them, but know its not right to do that, and to give myself 6 months. Am getting angry again lol, see what I mean, i need to be patient.
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      Thank you. Yes that’s so true. I think also the thing with me is that I find it so hard to see what I HAVE achieved so far and I end up forgetting...and then sit there thinking I still can’t do this, do that etc. Which I need to stop doing...! I’m not used to being patient, I’m usually a very much on the go busy person and used to getting things ‘done’ and ‘sorted out.’ But I guess a good thing that has come out of all of this (and there hasn’t been many good things 😳wink is that I’ve realised I need to take better care of myself and that I need to say no to things that don’t benefit my wellbeing. 

      You have done amazingly well to come this far, we are already 6 months through the year, you will overcome the next 6 months 🤗

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      Getting things done and sorted is so me too. I can see why I was drawn to your posts now ha!

      Last night I told my therapist that I am 70% recovered and have 30% left to go, and feel like I am in rehabilitation. Her response 30% thats alot to focus on all at once.

      That comment really made me think.

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      Hi Paula, 

      How are you doing today? Ha ha, yes, it’s been hard having to slow down and be more in tune with my body and what it needs, as I’ve always just ‘kept going’ but I’ve learnt the hard way that’s not the best way.

      I get what you mean...I interpret your therapist’s response as, we can’t categorise our recovery with figures, time limits etc. We just have to take it day by day and go with the flow...something that I haven’t found easy 😂 but getting there lol.

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      Hi Star, I feel great today, no aches, no fuzzy head, the exhaustion feeling has disappeared. A bit on the hyper side that will wear off.

      How are you today?

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      What meds are you still weaning besides the amytriptyline??
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      Hello Lois.

      Just Amitryptyline.  Am still on 20mg of Citalorapram, I was on 30mg and stupidly reduced that and the Amit at the same time last year, never again! So wished I had found this forum then.

       I stopped Methocarbamol, Naproxen and Metoclopramide last year too.  And two years ago stopped Propranolol, and Diazepam, and refused Gabapentin and Orlistat. 

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      Wow...so one med at a time ..will be more successful to come off...that's what I'm thinking...

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      Your absolutely right, I have learnt the hard way, so anyone reading this please do not do what I did and take Lois advise just one med at a time. (regardless of what your doctors say)
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      unless you have not choice but to come off them for health reasons. then yes you must listen to your doctor.
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      Hi Paula that’s great, glad you’re feeling good today! 

      Physically I feel okay, I actually had the best nights sleep I’ve had in about 6 months nearly 😂 but feeling fed up of all of these intrusive thoughts today. They just make me feel so rubbish! I felt okay yesterday and managed to ignore them a bit more than I usually do, but today it’s like boom, they’re constantly there 😪 are the thoughts one of the last things to go?  

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      That's what I say paula if it's a matter of dired health issues than is ok..

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      Hi Star, I have replied in your other forum, sorry I cannot give you a direct answer, my experience increasing these meds are so different to most people on here, but then I was on other meds too.  I was too drugged up and full of symptoms to have any idea what was going on.  I can assist you with anxiety though.

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