The road is long, but improvement feels good

Oh Sissy, I have felt the despair so often. Wanted to give up on the Med, increase the dose, decrease the dose. Mostly I was just a mess for 3 months. I wasn't convinced it would work for me, and was generally irritable, frightened and impatient. Please hang in with your 20 mg. it's worth the wait when you slowly start to feel the positive change. It will happen, and believe me when I say I was skeptical. Keep going through the days that are a drudge, no matter how long they are. Eventually the slow changes will come. Sending you a hug and dig deep, you need to be courageous to get through the early weeks. Take care, Lee x

Thanks Lee! 

I am working full time and that can be a challenge someday, but much better for me then sitting at home thinking about the anxiety. I do have next week off and will be starting week 5. It would be so great if I feel a little better and can enjoy my time off. 

I am sure my family and friends are ready for me to be past this. Fortunately, they have been great and supportive! 

Sissy! 

My family have even awesome. I hope you have a good week off and some quiet time for you. Just take the days as they come and hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised. Fingers crossed X Lee

Have been awesome too. So lucky to have support. It must be bed time because I'm starting to make terrible typos X

Thanks Lee! Some warmer weather and sunshine would not hurt either. :-)

It's a lonely place, scary an dark. I don't want to revisit. Moving on is liberating. How are you doing icejan? I hope improving X Lee

 Hi lee 

yep all going Well with me at the moment storting to bother and show interest instead of curling up on the couch wondering why why why

gotta keep going lee there is a whole world out there waiting to be discovered 

Hi ferrim, it's take a good 3 1/2 months to feel any positive change for me. Anxiety was better a while ago, but I felt flat for ages. It seemed to go on forever. I almost gave up, and possibly would have had it not been for the people who pushed me. Kate is right, change comes slowly, so alight yourself with the positive, and know you will get better if you give it time. Hang in there. Lee.

Oops, align yourself with the positive, and keep believing x

Fabulous Louis. On we go, and I am so happy to hear you are feeling good again. Stay in touch.

Hi

I'm glad your feeling a difference .. I'm thinking of asking my dr to put me on cit tomorrow .. I no its different for everyone but as a woman could you tell me of any side effects .. massive weight gain ect.. thankyou.

Hi Sharon

Side effects vary from person to person but for me the increased anxiety was the worst and last for a while but if that happens hang in there and tell yourself it's the side effects and you will eventually come through it! I also felt very sick for about six weeks and tired too but again it does pass! Weight gain hasn't been an issue for me! Hope that helps and good luck! This site is great for reasurance through the first few weeks/months xxx

Thanks heaps polly ..I'm gonna ask tomorrow for sure .. Iv suffered with it all over the years .. I'm bipolar but also chronic depression.I put on 2stone with mirt in no time ... So where my moods are stable now with lithium I'm having a hard time with anxiety, isolating myself , no life worth basically.. I just dread seeing my phyciatrist when it's meaning is I need a new med.. .. I hope & pray I find something tomorrow xx

Foxy Polly,

Is your anxiety under control now? If so, how long did it take?

Sissy

Hi sissy

Yes it is under control now it does still creep in from time to time but I can manage it now! It did take about 4-5 months to settle properly. Xx

Foxy Polly,

I was on 10 mg for 1 month and now early in the fourth week of 20 mg. I hope most of the anxiety dissolves soon. My mornings are not good at all right now. I have defnitely made progress, but have a ways to go.

Sissy

Go Foxy! So good to hear. May the months roll on and improvement continue. Whoop. At last we are feeling some of the good stuff after some pretty crappy months. Lee x

Hi I recently increased from 20mg to 30mg due to circumstances in life causing me anxiety. First week was awful had nausea, tiredness, headaches. Then had two great days felt almost normal so went to work and started packing to move house. Then I crashed. Tiredness, anxiety nausea came back. We packing and move in 3 days. What's worse I keep waking 4-5am and not getting back to sleep. So I guess cit does take a while to settle with increase too.

Hi Claire

My doc told me to take melatonin for the insomnia. I took it for awhile and now only take it periodically. I also take vitamin D for the buzzing that I got from the cit. Havent felt too bad since the up dosage. I sure hope it works. I'm feeling optomistic. I will keep exercising everyday as I find that helps a lot. My doc encourages this. Thanks for the post Claire and hope this works for you also. Hang in there and think positive!!!!!!!

Funny u mention that because I took 1mg melatonin last night. Get to sleep quick (I was tired) but still woke around 5.30. I havnt been exercising as much lately as I've been too darn tired! But will try start up again. Don't have buzzing just a weird feeling every now n then. How long did u feel better after upping dosage?

Hello again

I only started taking 30's on thursday. I know i'm not near out of the woods yet but today was a great day. And thats all that matters for today. Hopefully tomorrow will bd as good---or better. Gotta think positive.