Citalopram week 6 feel really anxious and panicky

hello all first post on here, i know this is the best place for advice when it comes to citalopram, well here goes, i had a mental breakdown/long covid & chronic fatigue so i was put on 20mg citalopram, i started 7 days on 10mg then 7 days on 15mg and then 20mg so far for 4 weeks and ive had every side effect under the sun and what I've noticed that when 1 side effect goes another takes its place from shakey jaw, jaw clenching, cold sweats, achy teeth, head twitch, hand twitch, dizzy, stomach flips, bad nightmares and agitation but even with all these side effects i have felt better the chronic fatigue has gone and other symptoms i had before taking citalopram at the start, when I started on 10mg I'd be good for 5 days and then get 2 bad days when I went to 15mg it would be the same when I went to 20mg i just got better and better with the odd bad day of agitation and a bit dizzy but yesterday for the first time in years I had a massive panic attack I was having cold sensations down bother arms dry throat and mouth but I beat it because I knew what a panic attack was as I used to have them in my early 20's but after it I was very anxious like 100 miles an hour, fell asleep last night out of pure exhaustion and woke at 6 this morning curled up in a ball shivering cold even with heating and electric blanket on when I got out of bed I was still shivering anxious and 100 mile an hour feeling very agitated and its worried me that that I may be on too much too little or they've just stopped working but I'm trying to tell myself this is just a blip but a horrible blip at that! I've messaged the doctors to see if they will give me valium just to get through this blip I've got propolonol but I'm to scared to take them as they are a beta blocker and the last time I tried beta blockers I thought I was going to have a heart attack, so what do you all think I should do, has other people gone through all them horrible side effects.

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