Citaprolom - Day 12 and anxiety...why?!

Treatment and medication
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I'm on day 12 and on 20mg of citaprolom. I enjoyed some of the side effects last week as I felt on top of the world. Now they've died down, I have heaps of more energy and can easily get up each day but I'm still anxious, is this normal? I know that the citaprolom can take a while but although I feel better generally, I still feel a little panicked at times.

I know it's working in some ways as I was highly emotionally earlier listening to a song but I couldn't cry...! It was the strangest thing ever... Did not know that could happen. And I have noticed some things are better... For example, I never took tablets before because of paranoia. So when I started taking these, I counted the pack each day to make sure I had taken the correct dose and the right amount of tablets were missing and now, I'm relaxed about it... It's like I trust and believe in myself more. How would you know if you need to up your dose?

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Hi

I am nearly 8 weeks on 10mcg escitalprom which is equal to 20mcg of citalpropm. I am thinking i will ask doc to increase to 15mg as i dont feel 100% but everone is so different.

At day 12 you sound like you have had big improvements, I myself would continue till 1 month as it will improve still.You will have up and down days. Take care

 

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Totally normal, to be honest it's really soon to be feeling good, so you've done really well. You will get days when you're really good and other days when you feel anxious and yuk but it will pass xxx

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That's wonderful that you are feeling so well so soon ! These drugs take months not weeks or days so keep up the good work and don't expect the anxiety to disappear just yet! It will be a while longer yet  but eventually you will be anxiety free