It’s so hard getting through the mornings with anxiety 😪 I always start to feel a bit better by the afternoon, and go to bed feeling half normal but then it starts all over again the next day 🤦🏻♀️ Going to start taking it hour by hour today...I’m coming into my second week on 30mg of cit now, I hope things start to look up! I logged onto a popular social media site this morning (not sure if I’m allowed to say the name on here that’s why I’m not) and a photo popped up of a memory of me getting ready to go out on a Saturday night...I haven’t had a night out since January this year 😂 how I miss the ‘normal’ things in life. One day I’ll kick anxiety to the curb, but in the meantime I’m so glad I found this forum x
Hugs Star, do you drink coffee in the mornings only? Just a thought.
Also, have found a great article with tips, google How to avoid feeling anxiety in the morning. The article is under the calm clinic.
I appreciate it could be your meds, but every little thing helps.
I hope you day improves.
Hi star i know how you feel about not going out i havent been out since january either.I have been on 30mg cit but they are not working for me so i have started 50mg of sertraline today and dreading the side effects.It gets better slowly hang in there and i am sure you will be dancing on the table very soon best wishes jeff
I was the same mornings was a killer for me and i had nausea which lasted 9 weeks but i have joined the gym now and go swimming x You will get there although it feels u never will x I did a lot of reading about the subject put methods into practice and it does work .
Thanks Paula, no, I’ve cut out all caffeine for a while now. Thank you for the link, I will have a look at it. I’m feeling a bit better now thanks as the morning has long passed.
Hi Jeff, thank you. How long were you on the 30mg of cit? It’s hard isn’t it, I can’t wait to feel ‘normal’ again. I hope you don’t suffer too badly with the side effects from the sertraline. Lol thanks, I’ll keep thinking of that table. Take care
Hi Michelle,
I seemed to have mostly physical symptoms when I first started taking cit, but now I’m feeling everything emotionally and mentally 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t know what’s worse. Just to keep going, but everything feels so meh 😪
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I’m having trouble with mornings too, I think it’s very early days for you on the 30mg but you’re doing well to have a better second part of the day when you’re only two weeks in on 30mg. Everyone says you can’t rush the recovery but you will get there it’s just going to take time. I find im better on mornings when I have a routine to follow. I find it hard as I have a young child so I have to keep going for her so I have to write myself a list for each morning that I can tick as I’m going along because I have to get her to school at a set time and it’s not easy when some mornings I can be sick for half an hour. If I can do something well I write it down so that the next morning I can remind myself of how well I did and it helps give me the confidence to do it again.
I've found it helpful to go for a walk in the morning. I'll put off doing my housework and errands until after my walk. Oftentimes, my anxiety will lesson quite a bit by the time I get back home again.
Hi star i was on citalopram 30mg for4 months but i have been taking 20mg for years and it was really good for me and i didnt want to change because of being really anxious over the new meds but taken them because i have no cit left lol
Hi Gemma, thank you, I feel almost like myself whilst I’m writing this, I wish I felt like this in the mornings, anxiety has calmed down. I have two children, it’s very hard indeed.
Ah sorry to hear how rough your mornings can be some days 🤗 I’ve been making lists too, it does help.
Thanks Kelly, I wonder if I should just start jogging again...I haven’t done it in many months, but it always tired me out...maybe this is what I need. I enjoy walking also but maybe some days I should do some jogging instead. It’s hard to judge how much I can physically handle at the moment as I’m so up and down.