Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum and haven't really done anything like this before. I started having panic attacks around 3 years ago. They only happened when I drank the night before and I didn't even realise what they were at first. A few months later I had one out of the blue (after not drinking) and it suddenly scared the hell out of me. Since then I had more and more until a year passed and I wasn't eating anything because of them.
I eventually went to the doctors and got prescribed 10mg of Citalopram. Things went well and I began to get my confidence and appetite back however there was still always the worry of having more.
Low and behold I had another a few months later and the cycle began again. I got my dose upped to 20mg and the cycle repeated for another few months until I had another. I'm now on 30mg and again started feeling better until I had another a few weeks back. This time I told the doctors that upping my dose won't work but nothing else was suggested.
The worst thing is that I feel anxious after eating because the bloated feeling makes me hot and the pressure on my stomach raises my pulse which in turn makes me have an attack. I can't eat anything unless I'm immediately able to lie down and do something that takes my mind off it so this is making my life a living hell :(. The association with a full stomach means I can't even go out for food as I'll immediately feel anxious about it.
Has anyone else had food related anxiety or gone from Citalopram to another medication with success?