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Hi,
I've just come onto my 5th week of 10mg Citalopram. Anxiety seems awful this week. The morning anxiety is the worst 😦. Does anyone suffer morning anxiety? How can I combat this? Trying hypnotherapy tomorrow. Thank you
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toria_07298 zoe60597
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i think everyone does lovely, im withdrawing and get it terribly, i find having a routine and keeping busy helps, and if you need to cry, cry it releases dopamine x
Potatoghost toria_07298
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good old dopamine! it definitely helps to have a cry. haven't cried in a few weeks even If I try x might watch the lion king to get some tears flowing I think lol x
babsyboo Potatoghost
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Hi
how are u doing u getting better
how far along are u now on the meds
Potatoghost zoe60597
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Toria is right keeping busy is what's most important in the morning x I think everyone I know with anxiety has had morning anxiety. it has something to do with your cortisol levels are higher in the morning and that's a stress hormone or something along those lines x
week 5 was a particularly tough week for me also but keep going x it takes a while for these meds to work x
kym69169 zoe60597
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I find morning anxiety the worst.
I have it again now & been on this medication for 13 weeks.
At about 10 weeks i felt i was getting better but then when i was due my next lot if medication it were a different brand & i really feel like i've gone back to the beginning.
Anxiety/ thoughts have all came flooding back...Dont know if this is normal or not.
I am back on my usual brand now with hardly any relief.
lauren56079 zoe60597
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im still getting the morning anxiety and i start week 9 on Monday - my side effects are subsiding though apart from morning anxiety and tension headaches now and again x
zoe60597
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Thank you everyone for your replies. They really help reassure me. I seem to struggle more at the weekend when there is no routine in place. Going to try and put one in place. I always wondered why a good cry helps lol. Always makes me feel better and more calm after. im very impatient and getting annoyed the meds arent working quicker.