Leo786
12-07-15, 14:07
hi everyone i am new to this forum i used citalopram 3 years ago for panic attacks it helped me with in 6 weeks i was back to normal use it for 2 years and than veined off but after one year of stopping it after a holiday i start feeling depressed in mornings with anxiety thoughts for no reason i thought it will go away coz i was still having good days where there is no anxiety thoughts plus depression than i thought lets sort this before it get out of hand and went to my doctor (i dont have any panic attack this time) he put me on citalopram 10 for 2 weeks than to 20 mg citalopram but this time i cant take side effects of citalopram 20mg especially it raised my anxiety to next level means i start thinking what if i have schezoprenia what if i have bipolar what if what if..... so my doctor changed me to escitalopram 10 mg straight away and i used that for 3 weeks plus clonazepam .25 bd i start feeling bit better but no where to the point where i started so i was regretting it all the time why i started because i was far better than what i am now..... anyways went to doctor again and he told me that increase my dosage of escitalopram to 15mg , like a good boy i start taking 15mg and its my fourth day plus still taking clonazepam twice a day (in total 3.4 weeks on escitalopram ) today i feel lot of energy for no good reason is that normal? because of this lot of energy i start thinking is this drug making me hyper what if i go into mania because of this drug,(i am normally very stable and calm person and dont normally have massive mood swings)....is it anxiety playing tricks with me ? even if my mood get better i am scared of bieng happy i lost my confidence in last 2 months of rolla coaster of high anxiety ...please anyone can help or relate please