Rocker
19-10-12, 13:45
Hi all
I have been on cit for about 9 months the first 3 weeks were the worst 3 weeks of my life so far as I was so anxious before taking it all it done was pushed me higher than I already was anyway I have had anxiety for about 20years I only started taking cit last December as things all built up and I 1 Saturday I remember it like yesterday as started havering panic attacks one after another and could not seem to pull myself out of them like before so I thought the right thing to do was take something for it.
The Monday I went to the docs and put me cit so I started on the Monday 20mg within 3 hours my anxiety boosted so high I could not even move out a seat that night it even felt like the walls were moving like I had just taken something else I think you know what I mean I am 38 and it was the scariest thing I can ever remember this carried on for 3 days and phoned the doctor which told me to stick it out easy for him to say anyway I cut the tab in half which within hours of taking it made me feel a bit calmer not a lot but a bit.
From there till now I managed to get to 30mg very slowly by taking an extra 5mg at a time I never have felt normal on them well what is normal with anxiety but different my anxiety would be low level all day I did have really good weeks on the way up which made it even worse when it returned so I was on thirty for about 3 months then still not feeling right I could not sit and watch tv any more like before I started them as I needed to be busy all the time like, Well after a while I started getting night sweats so bad I would have to change each night
So I thought that maybe the dose was to high or to low I upped my dose to 35mg bad idea I felt terrible so went back down to 30mg the next day I felt really good again for a few weeks then the night sweats started again every night so this time I went down to 25mg to see if that helped which it did a little for about 4 weeks but still not being able to relax and being sleepy all the time so I went to 20mg which I felt so good for 2 1/2 months I thought I was there with cit no sweating at all quit happy most of the time but then I started feeling strange again so I thought it has to be the cit as I never felt like this without them yes I did get anxiety but I get it with cit it's just different when on these.
I am now on 10mg which I def can relax more than all the other doses I don't mind taking this for the rest of my life if it makes me feel better but the last few days I am feeling a bit strange again feeling a bit low then ok then low again it's nothing I can't deal with but I do expect to feel anxious now and then as 10mg is not a high dose.
Sorry about the long story but hope this will relate to people feeling the same the question I have is would I maybe feel better off cit as they really have not made me feel myself yes they have helped me now and then I before these I would feel ok between months and years I just don't understand why changing my dose down makes me feel so good for a while then it goes all strange again.
Before people say stay on one dose for longer I have done that but I just get worse until I drop down again.
One thing I would say is get a hobby as I starred doing marine fish tank 7months ago maybe not ideal for everyone but has def helped me as it keeps me busy.
Any advice would be welcome with we're should I go now.
Thanks rocker
I have been on cit for about 9 months the first 3 weeks were the worst 3 weeks of my life so far as I was so anxious before taking it all it done was pushed me higher than I already was anyway I have had anxiety for about 20years I only started taking cit last December as things all built up and I 1 Saturday I remember it like yesterday as started havering panic attacks one after another and could not seem to pull myself out of them like before so I thought the right thing to do was take something for it.
The Monday I went to the docs and put me cit so I started on the Monday 20mg within 3 hours my anxiety boosted so high I could not even move out a seat that night it even felt like the walls were moving like I had just taken something else I think you know what I mean I am 38 and it was the scariest thing I can ever remember this carried on for 3 days and phoned the doctor which told me to stick it out easy for him to say anyway I cut the tab in half which within hours of taking it made me feel a bit calmer not a lot but a bit.
From there till now I managed to get to 30mg very slowly by taking an extra 5mg at a time I never have felt normal on them well what is normal with anxiety but different my anxiety would be low level all day I did have really good weeks on the way up which made it even worse when it returned so I was on thirty for about 3 months then still not feeling right I could not sit and watch tv any more like before I started them as I needed to be busy all the time like, Well after a while I started getting night sweats so bad I would have to change each night
So I thought that maybe the dose was to high or to low I upped my dose to 35mg bad idea I felt terrible so went back down to 30mg the next day I felt really good again for a few weeks then the night sweats started again every night so this time I went down to 25mg to see if that helped which it did a little for about 4 weeks but still not being able to relax and being sleepy all the time so I went to 20mg which I felt so good for 2 1/2 months I thought I was there with cit no sweating at all quit happy most of the time but then I started feeling strange again so I thought it has to be the cit as I never felt like this without them yes I did get anxiety but I get it with cit it's just different when on these.
I am now on 10mg which I def can relax more than all the other doses I don't mind taking this for the rest of my life if it makes me feel better but the last few days I am feeling a bit strange again feeling a bit low then ok then low again it's nothing I can't deal with but I do expect to feel anxious now and then as 10mg is not a high dose.
Sorry about the long story but hope this will relate to people feeling the same the question I have is would I maybe feel better off cit as they really have not made me feel myself yes they have helped me now and then I before these I would feel ok between months and years I just don't understand why changing my dose down makes me feel so good for a while then it goes all strange again.
Before people say stay on one dose for longer I have done that but I just get worse until I drop down again.
One thing I would say is get a hobby as I starred doing marine fish tank 7months ago maybe not ideal for everyone but has def helped me as it keeps me busy.
Any advice would be welcome with we're should I go now.
Thanks rocker