Day 17 and feeling horrible again, please shine some hope, help?

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Second time on cit i am taking 20mg for anxiety. I was almost feeling back to myself the past few days was out and about. Woke up felt better less anxiety and was about to go out with my friend then an intrusive horrible thought and that spiraled me back into full blown anxiety, where i had to stay home now and just cry. I am so scared of my thoughts and rumination its like a new symptom i had it before but it seems its worse. Is it just a blip? Will it stop? How long will it last? Has anyone had this experience. Please help me with some positive reassurance because i do intent do carry on with cit for as long as can It did help me so much in the past. Its just so hard to feel this horrible after having few good days. Feel like i am back to square one right now and even more scared. Please help lovely people?

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    If it worked in the past it will most likely work again. It just seems to be a very slow acting drug, so give it some time. Those intrusive thoughts are your anxiety trying to solve problems that aren't there. Try writing down those thoughts when they happen and also right down a rational response next to it why it shouldn't be anything to worry about. Sometimes our minds snowball an issue automatically without actually thinking through. There is usually a rational response to why it is not a large issue and we just need to reprogram our minds to go to that response instead of the worst one. The medication will take some time, but it will also make this much easier.

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    hi i feel like this too! have a bit of a better day and then wake up feeling awful and completely freak out! everyone says the good and bad days are normal for quite a while. just wish it worked faster

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    Hey, I had the same thing. I had a couple of good days and then bam! I couldn't get off the sofa. Although I am no where near feeling back to my normal self but I am so much better then I was. It does take a while. Stick with it there is an end although you may not be able to see it now.

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    shivvers how long before you started to notice a real difference? ive been on it for 4 weeks, 11 days of 20 but not noticing much inprovement yet

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      Hey, I have been on in it about the same length of time as you I did 7 days on 10 then up to 20 since then. I was told the side effects can be a lot lot worse to start of with and get better. I thought what can be worse then how I was feeling before. It has been hell for me but I can slowly feel each day getting better. For me each morning I have got myself in to a routine of sitting down and having a coffee and whilst I am sat there thinking of something postive. And it is starting to help slowly. I think it is a long journey. And although it is bad at the moment, I think people wouldn't been on it for a long time if it didn't work. Hope that helps.

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      HI lala , how are you doing? I'm trying sertraline as it' used for OCD panic disoreder and PTSD wheras citalopram isn'T. think th intrusive thoughts are what' s classed as pure OCD so figure worth a try.. Mine used by withdrawl from zopicllone and never had them before. Citalopram didnt help with them so fingers crossed. Hope you are improving. No amount of trying to tell yourself they aren't real helps I know really horrible symptom

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      Typo mine caused by zopiclone!

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