Hello everyone. I hope you’re managing your mental health struggles well.
I’ve been on citalopram 30mg for around 8 weeks now. Things are better than when I started however there I’m still struggling with mood swings and morning anxiety.
I’ve went up doses very gradually and this is now 5 months since starting. I went through a small two week period in June where I felt everything was really improving. My moods were better, I started looking forward to things again. Last week I had a massive blip and my anxiety was as bad as the very first week. Now what’s happening is I have morning anxiety. Sometimes I can’t get up, sometimes the anxiety forces me up. What’s even stranger is I’ve had many moments this week where I’ve felt like I feel perfectly fine. It’s frustrating… I never know how I’m going to feel from one day to the next.
I don’t want a dose increase, this dose worked well for me before to the point where I was able to get on with my life. I also don’t want to deal with side effects for another 2 months after another dose increase.
It feels like I’m straddling a fine line between feeling good and feeling anxious sometimes and it’s just that feeling that I’m about to get more consistent.
I suppose the thing I want to add is that will the morning anxiety subside?