Re: Citalopram worries
Originally Posted by
Bezzer84
Hi all.
to NMP,
*Before i started the increase i got some anti sickness from my doctor after last time, highly recommended*
Tablet 1 - Taken after tea. No effects after taking and in to the next day. Still very anxious from my original anxiety.
Tablet 2 - Slight nausea upon waking up. Can start to feel a difference in my anxiety. A 20% reduction in my anxiety. Feels as if my heart beat is slowing.
Tablet 3 - Again slight nausea when waking up. A bit of toast has done the trick.
The most serotonergic organ of the body is the gut and its own mini brain, the enteric nervous system (ENS) which also has significant influence of the brain between our ears. It makes about 50 times more serotonin than the brain and so can be more affected by the initial surge in serotonin when first taking SSRIs/SNRIs/some TCAs, or increasing their dose. However, after a while bio-feedback forces down-regulation of serotonin synthesis and expression and serotonin levels drop back to around baseline (and well below is some areas of the brain and body). That said, nausea is also a common anxiety symptom and I suspect at least some of what you're experiencing may be from the stress of increasing the citalopram dose.
Tablet 4 to be taken this evening... wish me luck!!!
Good luck, though I don't think you'll need it. Try not to dwell on side-effects. Their severity is not always only down to the med. Psychology can be at least as important as chemistry and biology. Believe you will suffer greatly and an anxious brain is very capable of producing your worst nightmare.
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