Debs21uk
08-09-16, 16:18
Hi all!
You probably all know my story, long term cit user recently had relapse and a dr changed my dose 6 times in 8 weeks. I had constant side effects and my anxiety was horrific. Anyway I still don't feel right so I've been tapering down the dose with the view to a switch.
What I've noticed is coming down the dose has actually helped so it supports what I felt, that I was on too high a dose. Although I'm less anxious than I was I still feel really low (I suffer from depression) and emotional so I still think I need to change.
I suppose my point is if you can't tolerate a dose be firm with your dr, I was desperate to feel better so did whatever dr doom said even though I had been on a maximum of 30mg and it had worked before. It's made everything much worse and added a lot of suffering so question everything if you need to, it's your body. Just because 40mg is where the research has been done at doesn't mean that a lower dose isn't right for you.
You probably all know my story, long term cit user recently had relapse and a dr changed my dose 6 times in 8 weeks. I had constant side effects and my anxiety was horrific. Anyway I still don't feel right so I've been tapering down the dose with the view to a switch.
What I've noticed is coming down the dose has actually helped so it supports what I felt, that I was on too high a dose. Although I'm less anxious than I was I still feel really low (I suffer from depression) and emotional so I still think I need to change.
I suppose my point is if you can't tolerate a dose be firm with your dr, I was desperate to feel better so did whatever dr doom said even though I had been on a maximum of 30mg and it had worked before. It's made everything much worse and added a lot of suffering so question everything if you need to, it's your body. Just because 40mg is where the research has been done at doesn't mean that a lower dose isn't right for you.