Sparkle1984
13-10-12, 17:50
I've been on citalopram 10mg for 9 weeks now. I feel a lot better than I did before I started - I hardly ever feel down or depressed nowadays, and my anxiety is a lot better too.
However there are still times when I do feel a bit anxious, and it's often for no particular reason - I can't work out why it's happening. Thankfully it doesn't happen too often, (not more than once a day) and it usually passes within about an hour or so. It is like low-level anxiety.
For example, this afternoon when I was sitting down in the lounge, I felt a bit jittery. There is no reason for that - I don't have to work at the weekend, I don't have to go anywhere or do anything that would cause me to worry. I could see my hand shaking a bit more than usual, for no particular reason. I had a feeling that I couldn't relax fully, even though I had nothing to worry about.
I know I can't expect to be 100% relaxed all the time, but is it normal to have these anxious feelings from time to time, even if there's no reason for them? Is there anything else I could do to reduce them?
Every week at my CBT Stress Control classes I have to fill in a questionnaire with the depression scale and general anxiety scale. My score on the depression scale usually ranges between 2 and 4 (whereas it was 12 before I started cit). My anxiety score ranges between 3 and 5 (before cit it was 17). However hard I try, I just can't seem to get my anxiety score to go below 3.
Am I expecting too much, or is there anything I can do to reduce the anxiety further? I'm already doing things like listening to relaxation MP3s, exercise, using lavender oil, Rescue Remedy and so on in addition to my CBT.
However there are still times when I do feel a bit anxious, and it's often for no particular reason - I can't work out why it's happening. Thankfully it doesn't happen too often, (not more than once a day) and it usually passes within about an hour or so. It is like low-level anxiety.
For example, this afternoon when I was sitting down in the lounge, I felt a bit jittery. There is no reason for that - I don't have to work at the weekend, I don't have to go anywhere or do anything that would cause me to worry. I could see my hand shaking a bit more than usual, for no particular reason. I had a feeling that I couldn't relax fully, even though I had nothing to worry about.
I know I can't expect to be 100% relaxed all the time, but is it normal to have these anxious feelings from time to time, even if there's no reason for them? Is there anything else I could do to reduce them?
Every week at my CBT Stress Control classes I have to fill in a questionnaire with the depression scale and general anxiety scale. My score on the depression scale usually ranges between 2 and 4 (whereas it was 12 before I started cit). My anxiety score ranges between 3 and 5 (before cit it was 17). However hard I try, I just can't seem to get my anxiety score to go below 3.
Am I expecting too much, or is there anything I can do to reduce the anxiety further? I'm already doing things like listening to relaxation MP3s, exercise, using lavender oil, Rescue Remedy and so on in addition to my CBT.