Moving from 20mg to 30mg - via 25mg- anyone else do this?

[VioletWings]

Hi there,

I've been on 20mg Citalopram since last September, recentley my anxiety levels have shot through the roof again, so I'm moving up to 30mg - however when I first started I began with a tiny dose and worked my way up as I was so nervous, this time I've just begun (second day) of another 5mg instead of the extra 10 - has anyone else done this, and do you think the extra 5mg will help or do you think I should get onto 10 asap?

Thanks a lot,

Hannah

[VioletWings]

Any advice, anyone??
Should I get straight on the 30mg or go aT 25 for a few days?
Its cause I feel s bad that Im cautious about upping it by 10, but mabe cause I'm so bad I need more quicker?

[Ingenious]

When I was on Citalopram I was very side-effect nervous being quite a sensitive person and even reacted to 5mg in the early days, but I went from 10 to 20 and didn't notice much problem, and even less going from 20 to 30. There's a lot to be said for just doing it and getting any side effects over with as quickly as possible.

[no_name]

It depends on you but my advice is to get straight on 30mg, there is no point in increasing the dose with 5mg at a time. I increased my dose directly to 40mg from 20mg and the side effects were not so bad and they went away in several days.

[honeyp1e]

i went from 20 to 30mg and never noticed anything but its all up to yourself am thinking of seeing my doc and going upto 40mg