# Is this causing set backs?

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**Category:** Treatment and medication\
**Tags:** Citalopram\
**Created:** [14 January 2019 14:27 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/is-this-causing-set-backs/691239 "2019-01-14T14:27:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 January 2019 15:58 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/is-this-causing-set-backs/691239/2 "2019-01-14T15:58:33Z")

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hi Nicole,  
Sorry to hear your still struggling. I would say that for sure your family news has hindered your recovery. That would shake anyone up. You know there is a ton of advice in everyones posts… you just need to find things that work for you personally. So don’t be afraid to take some advice and try it and if it doesn’t resonate with you, than try some other things. Everyone wants that one thing, but it ends up being a combination of a bunch of stuff. So for what it’s worth… here’s what I did and tried and what did/didn’t help. mostly I think it was the process of discovery and the fact that I kept trying new things that helped during the time my brain was getting use to the new dosage if drugs.

1. cbd oil: did nothing for me
2. lorazapam 5mg 1x per day if I Needed it.. lifesaver, but made me tired
3. better nutrition: I Barely could eat but as I started to feel a bit better I tried to eat healthy and avoided sugar and caffeine
4. visited a nutritionist: This helped me confirm what I researched about the brain gut connection and she gave me supplements like viatamin C, L-thaninine, milk thistle and viatamin B .. but I did have a hard time implementing this since I was barely eating.
5. Energy medicine: I took an online course thru mindville academy.
6. read articles and videos on spirituality.
7. Finally understood that 80% of what’s going on in our head is coming from our gut
8. Started back in my probiotic and fish oil.
9. Stopped feeling guilty for feeling bad.
10. Stopped doing everything and told people that I cannot do things because right now I have anxiety issues I’m dealing with. This was huge because it took the pressure off me.
11. Guided meditation: It helped me relax for 15 minutes but I didn’t do it often

ALL I can say is this… maybe the medicine finally kicked in but I really tried all the above things and after the energy medicine class and focusing on what My body was physically feeling and trying to recognize the timing of when I felt bad (morning anxiety) and how my body rythms work really helped.

So sorry about your losses. It may take longer but you"ll get thru it. ❤

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