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Feel like I m on speed !!!

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sarah24378
sarah24378

Hi

Just wanted to ask if anyone feels like they are on speed or an upper....not in a good way.....starting up or increasing cit. I have only had it since going from 30 to 40 and am dropping back to 30 tomorrow.

Anyone identify ?

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  • borderriever
    borderriever sarah24378

    Posted

    sarah

    I take 20mg and been on them for quite a time now, if anything I am slower, although quite calm, your dose is higher than mine and it is hard to know how you feel on your higher dose. I take 75mg Amytrptalene, both at night and feel a little tired till teabreak at 10.30 when I have a second black coffee.

    It may be a good idea to cut the 10mg tablet and slow down on the withdrawal you may feel better for that as the reduction of the medication may take longer than an increase

    Good Luck we are always around

  • weenett
    weenett sarah24378

    Posted

    Yep everytime i upped it ad when i started it could never go higher than 20 swapped to sertraline
    • dalene63026
      dalene63026 weenett

      Posted

      How hard was it to swap to sertaline? How did you do the swap and does sertaline help you better with anxiety?
    • weenett
      weenett dalene63026

      Posted

      I stopped the cit for 2 days then started the sert. It so far hasnt effected my vision. I find sertraline better and was told by my gp that they no longer advise cit for anx as it can make most people worse. Made me worse tbh its similar to sert but i find sert easier to handle
    • dalene63026
      dalene63026 weenett

      Posted

      How long ago did you change to it? What side effects have you experienced? Sorry for all of the questions I just increased my dose of citalopram and it has increased my anxiety! Very frustrating.
    • weenett
      weenett dalene63026

      Posted

      Thats wat kept happening to me! I had a bit of increased anx but not like the speed feeling on cit i had increased sweating lack of appitite dip in mood for a few days headache
    • dalene63026
      dalene63026 weenett

      Posted

      How long have you been on sertaline? What side effects have you experienced on sertaline?
    • weenett
      weenett dalene63026

      Posted

      See above for sert side effects been on it abt 5 weeks
    • dalene63026
      dalene63026 weenett

      Posted

      Sorry about that I thought that was side effects to the citalopram. Thank you so much for the info. So has it taken your anxiety away? Do you feel like it works better for you than citalopram?
    • weenett
      weenett dalene63026

      Posted

      Yeah i feel it works better than cit and a bit faster to
    • weenett
      weenett dalene63026

      Posted

      Your welcome! Hope ur speed feeling weres off soon i onow its not a nice feeling
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