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Terrified of night time anxiety

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gemma77546
gemma77546

I’m just starting week eight of citalopram 20mg and I’m having to take zoplicone 7.5mg to get me through the night. The anxiety wakes me up around three am and then I can’t get back to sleep but on Monday the doctors are going to do me a weeks dose of 3.5mg of zoplicone as I’m not allowed anymore after that because of how addictive it can be. I’m terrified as I don’t know how I’m going to get through the nights and I’ve already lost a stone in the last five weeks through struggling to eat with the anxiety. I did turn a corner after my third week on the citalopram and did well but awoke with horrendous panic attacks in the seventh week and now I feel like I’m back to the beginning, I’m hoping it’s just a setback and that one day I’ll get better.

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  • mike07300
    mike07300 gemma77546

    Posted

    Hi Gemma, are you taking your Cits evening time, If you are, try switching it to morning, I had the same problem with sleeping till I switched?
  • gemma77546
    gemma77546

    Posted

    I’ve switched the citalopram to the morning as the doctors said the they can wake us.
  • mike07300
    mike07300 gemma77546

    Posted

    Yeh there better of ‘ kicking in’ during the day Gemma,that’s for sure!  When I’m struggling with side effects, I have my dose till I feel settled again, worth a shot?
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