I'm still not sleeping
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Hi all..I'm on day 8 of 10mg citalopram I'm still feeling high anxiety and shakey my legs feel like jelly is this normal.
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dubry7605074 tracey23774
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This is all very normal. Im a year in now and I started feeling much better at 15 days. I still had side effects for a couple weeks, but much better at 15 days. Hang in there and try to brush off the anxiety as best you can. When tou feel it building ip, tell yourself its anxiety and it will pass. I had sleepless nights also, but it does improve.
tracey23774 dubry7605074
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thanks dubry...I just feel so out of sorts at the moment and feel emotional but I can't seem to cry ..with Christmas coming up I don't want to feel like this..sorry to go on..hope your doing well tho dubry.
laura37392 tracey23774
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that is all very normal..im 10 weeks in and my sleeping at the start was awful takes a few weeks hun so hang in there xx
emma03822 tracey23774
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Im on 20mg and struggled with sleep due to increased anxiety, I started to take small dose of melatonin though and that has helped. Gp offered short course of sleeping pills as its common side effect but i declined as its only a week then you end up back where you started anyway.
Hope things improve for you x
tracey23774
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Thank you Laura and Emma for your reply..I know everyone is going through a tough time on here..I'm back at the doctors this morning..had no sleep again last nite and still feeling anxious it absolutely wipes you out doesn't it...my mood is still low too ..Emma and Laura hope you are both doing good..thank you for your support will let you know how I get on at docs xx
emma03822 tracey23774
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Hi Tracey how did it go with GP? x
Guest tracey23774
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Hi Tracey
For the past two nights I've taken chelated magnesium, just 50 mg and I've slept well. Before that my sleep was all over the place. It's early days yet but I'm taking another tonight.
tracey23774
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Hi emma.. sorry for late reply had a full house yesterday..just what I needed (not) lol..my gp has upped my cit to 20mg and also put me on propranolol 10mg for anxiety..not sure if I will take it tho scared even thinking about it lol..didn't get much sleep again last nite it's driving me mad..I'm on day 10 of cit today still feeling flat ..how are you doing Emma x
emma03822 tracey23774
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Hi sorry i didnt see this, ive started taking mine at night as i feel so spaced out and tired thought maybe at night would be better, didnt go well last night but will see tonight,my eyes are still so sore, how u doing now? x
toria_07298 emma03822
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they made my insomnia worse taking it at night, im withdrawing and my eyes are sore most days!
liz39454 tracey23774
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I was on 10mg for 2 weeks and have been on 20mg for 3 1/2 weeks, I hardly slept the first couple of weeks. I literally had nights where I would sleep for an hour, and in that hour I would have a nightmare! I'm still waking up quite a few times in the night, but its already much better and I get enough sleep to function now. So hopefully it will
start to improve soon. I can't wait until I'm back sleeping through the night, I didn't have this problem at all before the medication, in fact my body used to do the opposite and if I was anxious I would sleep more!