citalopram before bed??!!

[joseph83]

My anxiety Is at its worse when I wake, would it therefore be best to take my citalopram before I go to bed??

[little scientist]

The idea with citalopram is that it gradually builds up to provide a long continuous effect rather than patches of feeling good. I personally take mine before bed, and my anxiety is still worse in the morning, so to me it makes no difference. Some find that taking it before bed can disturb sleep, especially in the early days

Hope that helps :)

[bignik]

Im the same as previous poster , if anxiety worse before bed perhaps explain to Doc and he maybe give you something to help. Its common in the morning for anxiety to be worse in the morning I personlly think its the calm before the storm ... ie with sleep calm wake up and you think oh no not another day , whats it going to bring and this sets you off. Im personally on Cit and for me its bedtime , I personally think am or pm it wouldnt make a difference , its not an instant calming effect drug like benzos ect its more long term