I struggle with anxiety and depression. I have been on Cit 10mg for the first 3 weeks and after that 20mg for 4 & 1/2 weeks. The last 3 weeks I felt I have made good progress in trying to get my life back on track and move forward with some sort of routine etc, however the last 3-4 days I am now constantly getting worried and stressed, having bad thoughts again, and just recently back to sleepless nights. Occasionally Id have a bad day but nothing as long as this?
I try to get on with things by keeping myself occupied or busy, but as each day goes by things are getting worse and I feel like Ive gone back to where I started
I just dont want to go back to that not caring about anything stage, always being unhappy or sad or losing the will to live, its emotionally draining
Has anyone else experienced this?
Should I change my dosage?
Ive read a lot of other peoples posts and i feel like i have a lot in common with quite a few of you. The support is great and it has given me hope.
Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
It is hard but hang in there – you are experiencing very similar effects to what I went through in terms of dosage and time limits - I eventually arrived at 40mg/day and this kick started the effects of the drug. (I am now on the other side of the hill and trying to come back down…)As Judy1959 advises, please go and see your Doctor to see if she or he approves of an increase in dosage – probability will be high that any increase will be in an 10mg increment.
My depression showed itself in that I had this anxious sickening feeling in my stomach all the time, I did not want to get out of bed, feared going outside of the house and generally just to rapped myself up in the duvet and dozed away the day, prior to this, I’d never taken a day off work in my life. I really was in a very dark place.
Increasing dosage and time, (6 months), finds me where I am today. I am able to function again and as each day passes my confidence grows a little more. However, (and everyone seems to react differently), as the symptoms of my “depression” reacted positively to the Citalopram, the side effects increased.
I could cope with the bizarre dreams, in fact it made sleeping almost more fun, but I could not cope with the steadily increasing lethargy and general tiredness – I was sleeping a minimum of 12 hours per night and then having to sleep for 2 hours at a lunch time. I could happily not even get out of bed on a Sunday.
I have reduced from 40 – 30 – 20 – 10 (the latter by cutting 20mg tablets in half) over a period of 6 weeks; I have been on 10mg now for 2 weeks and whilst I still sleep a lot I can feel some positive progress - I am mentally telling myself to “sort myself out” – next week I will start running again, (something I always did prior to me falling into a dark place), but during my heavy reliance on Citalopram it was something I just could not bring myself to do.
It really is quite a journey – but you are not alone and you will again be you….
