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Citalopram & Sleep

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anna36730
anna36730

HI,

I have been on CITALOPRAM 20mg for 9 years and 30mg for 9 weeks. Question is i am now waking every day at 5am - it is driving me mad and i am getting anxious about waking and my sleep. I tend to stay in bed and then end up a hot sweaty anxious mess by the time i get up. Before increasing i did not have this problem - my anxiety has definately improved but not sleep. Any advice??

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  • gemma77546
    gemma77546 anna36730

    Posted

    This happened to me too last year. I started taking the citalopram on a morning instead of a night and it did help a little but i'd got myself into a stew about it so the doctor put me on 15mg of mirtazipine which i take at night and its made me sleep past that point and i wake up feeling like i've had such a good nights sleep. I'm on 30mg ofcitalopram too.

    • anna36730
      anna36730 gemma77546

      Posted

      THANKS Gemma77 - how long were you on 30mg when this started happening??? Also - were you on 20mg for a while before.

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