Has anyone recovered from panic & GAD on 10mg Citalopram?

Treatment and medication
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Hello everyone, i’ve had panic and anxiety for approx 5 years, bounced around from tablet to tablet… then ended up on citalopram 20mg for 10 weeks, basically, the citalopram stopped my panic, lessened my anxiety to a certain extent BUT, i had major muscle pain 24/7, muscle weakness, increased urination frequency, palpatations and disturbed sleep. some of these side effects have only started in the past 2-3 weeks of taking cit. Spoke to GP and he advised me to come off the medication completely due to the side effects, but the citalopram has been working for my panic and anxiety somewhat, so i asked if i could go down to 10mg and see if the side effects lessen…

so now, im on 10mg citalopram, hoping the side effects wear off abit and it keeps my panic at bay. Has anyone else recovered on just 10mg??

Thank you x

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hi Jade. i am on 10mg citalopram. I’m only 8 weeks in so early days but i feel so much better. 10mg has made a huge difference. I had a horrific incident 4 days ago so have had some mild anxiety return but i wouldn’t have coped with it 4 weeks ago. I definitely think I will recover on 10mg.

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Thanks for your response Sam that sounds really positive xxx