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Citalopram upped to 40 for 12 weeks

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gary53727
gary53727

Hi All,

i upped my cit from 30 after taking it for 5 years to 40 after a setback, i have been on 40 now for 12 weeks and still having morning anxiety..anyone else simular

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  • cheryl20077
    cheryl20077 gary53727

    Posted

    hello hiw u feeling now?

    • gary53727
      gary53727 cheryl20077

      Posted

      Hi Cheryl,

      thanks for your reply, I still wake early and struggle with Anxiety until the afternoon and then the eve is normal..crazy eh..how are you

    • cheryl20077
      cheryl20077 gary53727

      Posted

      im on day 20 of increasing my citalopram from 30mg to 40mg and ive been to hell its horrible last week i thought oh im feeling bit better. now the last 2 days im feeling awful again like back were i was 😔 i dont no if this is normal. im thinking im never goimg to get better ever its an awful feeling 😭

    • gary53727
      gary53727 cheryl20077

      Posted

      i know how you feel, at the moment i wake at 6 o clock or earlier and toss and turn trying to go back to sleep, not doing myself any favours really, but the thought of getting up and having more time to fill before work makes me a bit more anxious...i come around by the afternoon and the eve are mostly very good, my appetite is also up and down. I hope we feel better soon, is this the first time on ssri for you ?

    • cheryl20077
      cheryl20077 gary53727

      Posted

      ive been on citalopram for 12 years now and my doctor messed about with my dosage in november last year i was on 40mg and doing fine and she said go down to 30mg but ive not been right since they added in mirtapine but that just made me sleep amd put loads of weight on then the doctor decided to go back up to 40mg of citalopram so im currlemtly waiting for it to kick back in again hopefully it will work again as i cant bear tje thoight of switching meds after so long beimg on citalopram . what has ypur doctor said about your morning amxiety? did they say it will settle?

    • gary53727
      gary53727 cheryl20077

      Edited

      very similar to me, i was on citalopram about 7 years ago for anxiety, went up to 40 mg then, it took a while but got there, then went back to 30 mg, all fine till 11 months ago,so back to 40 mg but reading posts i tried to graduallyincrease instead so i think ive been messing about a bit,so morning anxiety still there. im thinking its worked before so it will work again .the doctor just said that if i want to discuss changing meds let him know,but i dont want to go through 11 months of this again. yes im in the uk.

    • cheryl20077
      cheryl20077 gary53727

      Posted

      yeah it does take alot of time to get used to the meds when increasing im on day 21 and feel awful its horrendoues i hate feeling like this. how u feelinng are you getting any better at all on the 40mg ?

    • gary53727
      gary53727 cheryl20077

      Posted

      i think so..it worked before so im praying it works this time...but obviously struggling a bit at the moment ..

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