Need some reassurance...
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Hi all,
I can't quite believe i'm writing this as i've been ok for quite a long time - to the point that for the past 3 to 4 months, I reduced my meds from 20mg to 10mg.
I was really proud of myself, thinking of how soon- I will be 'med-free', although wasn't in too much of a rush to come off of the 10mg (I know these meds are strong stuff!
Anywho, it seems that my last bit of anxiety to kick is sleep-related... I think because that was one of the most traumatic things I experienced when I first started taking them in Jan 2016 - it was an awful time for me and Citalopram was a lifesaver!
Since taking Citalopram - I've been able to work through so much anxiety and get to know my brain better- but recently I've been triggered again... all to do with my husband doing night shifts and coming home and not being able to sleep well.
He's absolutely fine now- but when this was happening he'd wake me up and want to talk to me. To start with I was comforting him, saying don't worry, just relax your body...etc, etc. But one night it triggered me and the dreaded anxiety came back again on the 10mg - I had skipped a few pills prior to this as felt quite comfortable on it, which hadn't seemed to affect me too much until that night.
I waited for it to settle and it did a little, but not properly and now i'm back up to 20mg because I have just been anxious about it all the time and being at home all the time doesn't help either, -: normally I could distract myself and go to see friends, keep busy.
Just need some reassurance that it will be ok and things will settle.
It also doesn't help that I feel so angry at my husband, as I just feel like he really doesn't get it & I partly blame him for triggering me & usually I can sleep for England!
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Sleep is one of my main triggers too. Being a single mum aswell just exacerbates the issue as I have absolutely no chance of napping and with the lockdown I have no support so it's just a case of getting on with it. One thing I will say though is that sleeping issues do tend to come and go and your body will naturally get you back into the good sleeping habits againz the best advice I can offer is to just let it be and gently carry on. It's a horrible feeling being anxious and exhausted, but it will improve. It's a weird year and many people are experiencing sleep issues (some for the first time) so just be aware that we're all hanging by thread here in some way or another and to just let this bump in the road pass in its own time. Overthinking it will just make it worse.