Looking for a bit of advice..

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2nd time on CIt. Started on 20mg, for 5 weeks then dr bumped me up to 30mg...since i started its been 23 weeks.

i have had some good stretches..most recent 3 weeks of bliss..then all of a sudden i hit a bad night with anxiety and now its been

lingering for 3 days..really slapped me back down to earth. I know every one is different and this med works differently for everyone..i just dont know if should go back to the dr..and try a different med, i dont know. just thought i would be over the worst by now.

just cant shut my mind off.

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    Thee is a medical dna test for how your genes simulate the medicine I don't know that much about it but my doctor told me it helps to know what medicines might suit you better , look up my dna for pharmacutical testing and you could read about it. Might help if you are switching in the future. Best of luck , we are all so string on here.

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  • Posted

    Thee is a medical dna test for how your genes simulate the medicine I don't know that much about it but my doctor told me it helps to know what medicines might suit you better , look up my dna for pharmacutical testing and you could read about it. Might help if you are switching in the future. Best of luck , we are all so string on here.

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    hi

    i upped my dose to 10mg from 7.5mg a day, at the end of March. i've been up & down a bit and thought i had started to level out......wham.......11 days ago i hit a blip. felt more anxious and very down and it hit me sideways but I know it's a blip - just like yours is. katecogs has explained in many posts that this will happen throughout recovery and it's important we don't react to them (way easier said than done). i felt a bit desperate and it's knocked my confidence again but i think it is just starting to ease. i went back to the over analysing and thinking everything, too

    you sound in the same place?

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      im exactly with you there .its sucks thinking it was getting better than to hit a wall feels like its all the way at the beginning again..thanks for sharing though helps to know that other people have had this blip this long after starting them..take care

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      i'm guessing we'll start to pick up again and hopefully have another good spate! yeah it definitely does help me too, knowing it's not just me and eases the worry of 'are they working' still.

      my symptoms felt back to square one, but I met some friends tonight (really didn't want to) but it lifted me.

      keep me updated and I will, too.....

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    I was put on 10 mg and have taken for 8 days now....but today was my last one. No improvement, in fact my anxiety is worse than before. My biggest issue with this stuff is the sexual dysfuction. its killed any interest for me and i find its scary that it wont return. Time to get myself bk.

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      hey my friend. ... 8 days is about enough time to feel side effects, you have to stick with it for much longer, there is no meds that i know of work in 8 days.

      take care

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      Well as i said, these arnt good side effects, plus the sexual issues as i said. Also read that in some cases you dont recover feelings even after stopping. For me, these are only going to make me worry more so not right for me. Always better to find natural ways which will be much more long lasting in end. I do however use propranalol when feel i need it which works well for me with far less side effects. Good luck though.

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      Jon, 8 days is not enough time. anxiety does get worse and libido can go. but they will pass with time if you stay on 10mg...... but i respect your decision too if youre uncomfortable with how you feel. i hope you find a solution. my advice is don't give up yet.

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      Yes i agree that 8 days isnt enough. But sometimes you just have a feeling it isnt the way you wanna go. I was all good only a couple months ago and feel its all bit soon to be getting into meds for me

      . One of problems of only chatting to docstors on phone appts at moment?! Easy for them to just prescribe meds and not really have proper idea of issues.

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