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The first couple of weeks were hell for me. But around week 5/6 I felt great..... but now on week 7, almost week 8 I feel like I'm back to square one.
I'm getting bad heart flutters, heart palpitations and the mornings are terrible. Does this all sound normal and does the morning anxiety ever go away?
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kelly58470 tones89
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It can sometimes take a good 8 weeks or more for the medication to fully kick in, and it's definitely not uncommon to still be getting side effects at the 7/8 week point.
?I would give it another few weeks on your current dose, it possible. If you aren't seeing any improvements or you start to feel worse, you might have to go up a dose.
kelly58470 tones89
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As for the morning anxiety, I wish I had an answer for you; nearly two months since my anxiety relapse, and I'm still having morning anxiety, even after changing meds. I've read it's often one of the last symptoms to go away.
tones89 kelly58470
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I'm definitely better than I was the first couple of weeks so I suppose I can take that as a positive. Just hate the heart flutters and heart palpitations especially when I seem to be having a good day. Thanks for The replies, I'll keep going another few weeks and see how I go
gemma77546 tones89
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Hopefully you are feeling better soon
gemma77546 tones89
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That’s what I did too, I was off work for the first two weeks of taking the citalopram and then returned to work for two weeks, then I had a series of panic attacks so I didn’t go back to work for three weeks. I’ve only just returned back to work yesterday. I think I’m guilty of trying to do too much because I’m desperate to make things better and to get back to how I was but I know now that it’s about taking small steps because the recovery will be slow but we’ll get there in the end. I’ve told myself not to feel too disheartened when I get some anxiety because it doesn’t mean that we’re back to square one, it is just part of the process of getting better and I’ve spoken to many others on here about this and they all agree that it’s early days but we will get there. 👍
tones89 gemma77546
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Yeah I was guilty of trying to do too much around week week or so. Then after I came crashing down I felt like I was back to square one. But thanks for the reassurance, it's always good I hear we aren't the only ones going through it and it's all normal side effects
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