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Given in to anxiety 🙁

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shelly84
shelly84

Iv been on this group asking for advise about sertraline withdrawals. Iv given in and started on a new antidepressant because the anxiety got too much after 4 weeks off the drug. Iv taken my first citralopram this morn. Im not sure how im feeling about it. Im more anxious because im scared the side effects will kick in. Has anyone been in this situation or taken citralopram before? Im just after some reasurance 😓

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  • tree8324
    tree8324 shelly84

    Posted

    Why didn't you go back to sertraline?

    • shelly84
      shelly84 tree8324

      Posted

      I was on fluoxetine for while but had low libido So i switched sertraline but felt it was time to come off and had no joy with that either. So this time round im trying citralopram
    • tree8324
      tree8324 shelly84

      Posted

      What do you mean by no joy? How long did you take the sertraline?
    • tree8324
      tree8324 shelly84

      Posted

      I'm having such a hard time with sertraline. I was on Effexor before this for 3 years and I was happy but it didn't really help that much with my obsessive thoughts (I was on a low dose of 75mg). Then I kept lowering and had a major panic attack from extreme intrusive thoughts and decided to up myself to 150 mg and I couldn't sleep and my thoughts were out of control so I switched to sertraline and started at 75mg for a week then 100 mg for 2.5 weeks and still felt awful then they bumped me to 150mg for two weeks and now I'm on 200mg. I feel sick in my stomach. I have anxiety still but the thoughts have left. I just feel empty.

    • shelly84
      shelly84 tree8324

      Posted

      I personally wouldnt go back on sertraline again its a nice one for me. You'll get the right meds just keep going to your doc and they will find you the right one. Wishing you well

  • julie89512
    julie89512 shelly84

    Posted

    Hi Shelly.

    my sister takes citralopram and she takes them through the winter months every year 

    because she suffers from SAD and she never has side effects, she maybe one of the lucky ones. 

    Im now on week 12 and I still get some side effects from the sertraline but not has bad I was, that's why I haven't gone up from 25mg because of the way it effected me.

    good luck x

    • shelly84
      shelly84 julie89512

      Posted

      Im on day 2 iv had a bit of the spaced out feeling i couldnt sleep at all last night loss of appetite yesterday and bad stomach this morn. Im hoping i can tolerate whats to come if theres anymore. Sertraline was a lot worse for me. So im guessing starting on a low dose is good 😐. Good luck to you it will get better hang in there if not go to your doc and change the meds x

  • lorraine82455
    lorraine82455 shelly84

    Posted

    I was given Citralopam first off, but after only one dose, I fainted. Turns out S.S.R.I drugs not for me, hope it helps you!
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