Re: Waves of physical anxiety
Originally Posted by
Windywel
I am experimenting with taking the lorazepam less as I’m worried it that that has caused the improvement and when I haven’t taken it I still get random waves of physical anxiety out of nowhere - ie I haven’t been thinking anxious thoughts. Is this normal?
By "physical" do you mean fight-or-flight adrenaline surges, i.e. fast heart rate, dry mouth, sweating, upset stomach, etc? If so, it could be an AD side-effect, maybe rebound withdrawal anxiety from dropping the BZD dose, or just one of the many inexplicable things that anxiety disorders can do. Propranolol is usually very effective in blocking adrenaline surges if they are spooking you.
Should this have gone away by now?
Four and a half weeks at 20mg is at the low end of the AD 4-12 week kick-in range. Given this is the second time on citalopram it is more likely to kick-in at the high end of the range than the low end.
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