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melanie0612
melanie0612

Been on cit 20mg for 14weeks. Was doing so well then last few days really hit a low.. Back on diazepam but even that's not helping me much. I'm very bothered about a symptom I can only describe as like popping like popcorn that can be anywhere in my body.. Its not painful and not continual but I'm obsessing about it and think it's making my anxiety worse as well. Currently I am just lying in bed waiting to feel the next pop. Any advice on what I can do or if anyone else has experience of this

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  • randall28657
    randall28657 melanie0612

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    I cant say I fully understand the popping, but i have been on citalopram for nearing 8 months now. I started on 20mg and had just about every side effect you can think of and almost felt like I was going backwards. Over the past few months I've only been on 10mg with a lot more success. It took a long time before I felt any bit normal at all.

    I haven't had any anxiety issues prior to this year, however it does run in my family. Starting in January I began obsessing about my health in general. I just knew I was dying. This lead to several rounds of blood draws, an endoscopy and ultrasounds. Buy and large all results were normal other than a diagnosis of fatty liver from the ultrasound. Naturally having health anxiety this scares me beyond belief.

    I say all that to say this, over time I began feeling somewhat normal again and not obsessing over my health. People explain blips in detail. Sometimes this will happen, you may feel like you're going backwards for a time. It happens. I'm in the middle of one now after a couple months of success. It sucks. I hope to be over it in the near future as well.

    Just know you are not alone, if you have questions this forum is a great support system. Feel free to private message as well.

    • melanie0612
      melanie0612 randall28657

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      Thanks so very much. We have had a few family and close friends bereavements last few weeks which is probably what had triggered this in me. I just keep thinking about dying, I'm not afraid of death, just the thought of a long death, how would I be able to cope with it. I feel very scared at the moment so thank you for reaching out to me it means a lot

    • randall28657
      randall28657 melanie0612

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      I can totally relate. I think about leaving my 11 yr old daughter behind...the rest of my family and friends. all the things I want to do but haven't yet. the list goes on and on. it can be really taxing and it comes out of nowhere.

      I wish I could tell you there is a magic solution, but if there is i havent found it yet. on the brighter side there is still a light at the end of the tunnel. just takes time

    • melanie0612
      melanie0612 randall28657

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      Spoken to Dr and he is upping my dosage to 30mg as he things that will help. So I'm going to give that a try. I am hopeful that it will work as have success before on this med.

    • randall28657
      randall28657 melanie0612

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      very good, i hope it works out for you my friend. keep in touch and please reach out when you feel the need

  • MILAO
    MILAO melanie0612

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    The popping is muscle twitching. I used to describe it exactly the same before I knew what it was. Completely harmless, very common in people with anxiety

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