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Hi everyone first time posting. Long story short I have had a very rough last 4 years. I started nursing school my kids dad passed away also lost several other loved ones that I havnt even had time to grieve for yet and I have 6 children. Needless to say I have an extremely stressful life. I've made it to last semester of nursing school and was hit with severe dabilitating depression and the first panic attacks and anxiety I have ever felt in my life. I started 25 mg Zoloft four weeks and have gone up to 50 but the side effects are killing me and making the anxiety constant. I was prescribed .5 Ativan twice daily if needed and have only been taking .25 at the most but for 5 days straight I've had to take it don't want to get addicted but the Zoloft has not kicked in and I am in a current breakdown and the Ativan helps yes I have a psychiatrist and therapist taking it day by day but celexa works really great for a few of my close family members so wondering if I should switch and very concerned about the Ativan gives me anxiety to take my anxiety medicine waiting for the Zoloft hoping as meds start to work I will not feel the need to take the Ativan but it literally scares me to death... ahh help..
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marsh23433 billie_jea86360
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hi,Zoloft and citroloporam does the same job,i don't know much about zoloft,however i had used citrolopram for 10 years and found it too be very good as a long termer. The side effects at the onset was bad,however once you have taken it for 8/10 weeks i found the side effects going down allot.What i have read is that Zoloft and Citrolopram are about the same ,but if one does not work then another may work better for you,it is trial and error.I went onto Citrolopram from the start and found it was good for panic attacks and anxiety.
billie_jea86360 marsh23433
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Thank you. I'm on day 2 of the switch and feel a little better already but have had a mild headache as well... better than fidgeting just hoping my apetite will return soon. I'm starving but have the hardest time eating. Luckily the evenings seem to be better. Also did you take the celexa at night or during the day? My mom takes at night I've been taking at 7 pm but am very exhausted today