and also potato swapping meds n changing dosages come into play greatly so not only are you suffering with drawls from the sert plus start ups from the cit.remember that higher doses of ssri does not mean quick healing.my phychiatrist has men nof woman on 5milligrams.of cit and they are recover on there low dose.
I have depression too even though anxiety is my main thing x depression is bad too. when I started years ago ten didn't work for me at all I only felt relief at 20mg does this change anything ?
i just know these are some piwerful meds .and what you are experiencing within the last many months have been from from swapping meds.swapping =cold turkey
Hi I thought you had recently changed to setraline. Have you now gone back to citalopram?
hey sir x yeah sertraline was just really awful for me x I thought I was going crazy at one point. twice I ended up at a crisis centre as I was in such a state x I'm hoping the break from citalopram has done me good or staying at a higher dose for more than the 11 weeks will help. I'm terrified nothing will work for me atm x
*hey sue
Yes it is scary. I am the other way round. Years on setraline and then seemed to stop working. Changed to citalopram and that was the worst 15 weeks of my life. Last six months back on setraline but anxiety still bad. Only on 50 g as when I tried increasing by 25 g became very agitated. It is frustrating I know waiting to feel better. Hope your increase in citalopram soon has some positive effects.
so you've gone back onto sertraline now? for 6 months? and it hasn't helped at all? would the increase help if you can get past the agitation? or did you try and it was too much x
what is your plan going forward?
HiJust going to see how it goes. I am not going to increase dosage as really cant cope with side effects. Doing meditation as some excellent ones on you tube and breathing exercises. Felt terrible this morning very shaky inside and out but this afternoon fine. Get loads of exercise with dogs as walk at least 5 miles a day so physically as fit as a fiddle - just my head in a mess Luckily I only have anxiety with no depression and have absolutely no worries so should be as happy as a sandboy!! I am sure you will see a ray of sunshine soon.
thank you sir for replying x since you've been back on the 50mg? maybe after six months it would be a good idea to increase if the anxiety is too bad. what side effects stop you from doing it do you think? x