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Iv been prescribed 50mg dose on it for a wk now looking for feedbk on this medication good or bad

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emma28356
emma28356

Any advice comment welcome 

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  • julie7525
    julie7525 emma28356

    Posted

    Hi Emma, I found it awful for 1st 3 weeks, made my anxiety 100 times worse, lost appetite. Then started to settle and upped by 25 each time until side effects settled before upping again. Stopped at 150 mg which im still on a year after starting. Put a stone on but also on betablockers which i think has caused weight gain too.  Felt a lot better by 3 months and mainly pretty good by 6 mths. Well enough to go abroad for 3 mths, when 6 mths earlier i hardly left the settee and house! So once the horrible side effects settle and you reach the right dose for you (little/no anxiety, youve got your life back), it is all worthwhile. Any questions feel free to ask. This forum was great for support when I needed it. Hope this helps!
  • john15630
    john15630 emma28356

    Posted

    Took me 10 weeks for it to work and it's a great med after all the side effects disperse. Wish I had found it 2 years ago x

    • Hoopz
      Hoopz john15630

      Posted

      Can i ask what dose you are on. I'm on 75mg now but should have upped to 100 but was too scared of side effects. They have been bad again but apart from exhaustion I'm feeling a bit better. I still don't feel able to go in shops yet though. I'm hoping 100mg will be my magic dose...my latest prescription is 100mg tablets and my 50mg have almost gone ( I've been breaking in half to make up 75mg) so i will be on the 100 soon and the side effects will come back

      Im sure ??

    • armelle88733
      armelle88733 Hoopz

      Posted

      I was on 50 since October but the gp told me to go on 75 for a couple of weeks before upping to 100. I didn’t experience the same side effects as the 1st time. No nausea but I feel quite exhausted. Having said that, I had an operation 2 weeks ago so it might be that.
    • john15630
      john15630 Hoopz

      Posted

      I started on 50mg and still on them took ages for my system to adjust to the meds and now I'm much better. Got some kind of bug now as ache all over which doesn't help x

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