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In A&E for 5hrs last night! So frustrated!

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Aimee87
Aimee87

So i am back at the doctors at 11 today! I ended up in a&e last night due to severe muscle twitching/pins and needles and restless legs. This only started since i changed from 10mg to 20mg! I was sleeping fine on 10mg but only gave it 6 weeks and thought it wasn't helping my anxiety- when I look back now I think it actually was and I had fewer side effects. Anyway after tests at hospital for serotonin syndrome and other general tests its nothing serious - the doctor at hospital believes my body isn't coping on the 20mg. I recovered before on just 10mg! I know thats what my doctor is going to say but after battling through the side effects for 3 weeks its so frustrating to change dose now! I have two children though and the lack of sleep just isn't an option! What are your thoughts please?x

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    Hope you soon level out and manage to sleep. Ifeel pretty rubbish think withdrawing from meds is the luck of the draw unfottunately i seem get bad symptoms whereas some are OK. hope you soon feel better x

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