MarlaJ
29-10-15, 14:11
I am on day 11 of this terrible journey. This is my third go round, and it is so much worse than the last two. I tried tapering up to avoid side effects, 4 days at 5mg, now 7 at 10. Terrible morning panic, some calm bits during the afternoon, and terrible anxiety in the evening. I saw the doc, and he has given me Ativan to help through, and really wants me to get to 20mg asap.
Two things, he seems quite shocked and unconvinced that the anxiety and panic are due to the meds. I am sure they are. When I approached him to go back on I wasn't a soggy mess. I had noticed over the last few months that I was slipping back to anxious ways - looping thoughts, found it was taking a huge amount of energy to get through a day, wanting to disconnect from the world more and more. Now I am a jittery mess. I have difficulty facing each morning, I wake up at 5am in full panic, jittery, sweaty, and want to cry. The thought loops have all turned to gloom and desperation, & I feel like I am totally going out of my mind. I am convinced it is the citalopram. Why does the doctor seem so shocked, when there are so many others on here describing exactly what I am going through?
Second, if I increase my dosage, how much worse, and for how long can I expect these "side effects" to continue? I'm not sure how much worse I can feel and still be able to function ::
Two things, he seems quite shocked and unconvinced that the anxiety and panic are due to the meds. I am sure they are. When I approached him to go back on I wasn't a soggy mess. I had noticed over the last few months that I was slipping back to anxious ways - looping thoughts, found it was taking a huge amount of energy to get through a day, wanting to disconnect from the world more and more. Now I am a jittery mess. I have difficulty facing each morning, I wake up at 5am in full panic, jittery, sweaty, and want to cry. The thought loops have all turned to gloom and desperation, & I feel like I am totally going out of my mind. I am convinced it is the citalopram. Why does the doctor seem so shocked, when there are so many others on here describing exactly what I am going through?
Second, if I increase my dosage, how much worse, and for how long can I expect these "side effects" to continue? I'm not sure how much worse I can feel and still be able to function ::