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Please , please help - I really need reassurance about morning anxiety

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kirstyeb
kirstyeb

5 1/2 weeks on Citalopram, 3 weeks of which have been at 20 mg. Ive started getting glimmers of hope in the afternoons & evenings, but nightime & mornings are intolerable. I was becoming dependent on Zopiclone to sleep every night so took 1/2 tablet last night to start weaning myself off. Woke up at 5am having the most horrendous panic attack. 10mg Diazepam did nothing. Ive taken 30mg Propanalol to calm things down. Even with the Zopiclone i wake up every morning with horrendous anxiety - can someone please , please reassure me this will get better?

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  • joanne58498
    joanne58498 kirstyeb

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    Hi. i wake up at 5am with anxiety. it's always worse in the morning as our cortisol is also at its highest. we don't notice it when we are not anxious tho. I found morning anxiety was the last to go. you may also need to up your dose again. I would speak to your Dr

    • kirstyeb
      kirstyeb joanne58498

      Posted

      Thanks - i'm going to give the 20mg a few weeks to see what happens but will go up if i need to

    • gillian176
      gillian176 joanne58498

      Posted

      so true

      exercise does help but time and procrastination is the issue !

    • joanne58498
      joanne58498 gillian176

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      absolutely. dragging yourself out of bed when the morning anxiety hits is hard. it is the best thing to do tho. some days i can do it. others it is too overwhelming

    • kirstyeb
      kirstyeb joanne58498

      Posted

      i always get up - being in bed makes it so much worse for me. ive been awake since 3am this morning. Wanted to try to go without my sleeping meds. I go for a walk each day but am still to panicked to meditate - i have tried.

  • gillian176
    gillian176 kirstyeb

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    jeepers

    i could have written that

    google Success on Citalopram

    i wrote it about 5 years ago

    But.... i am struggling with low mood and anxiety

    at the moment and probably since 2019

    covid changed a lot

    but basically read my long blog/post

    it will get better

    i think i need to add in EVERY day

    .... getting up pronto

    exercise

    meditation

    mindfulness

    good luck

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