Re: Should this be happening already?
Originally Posted by
Hopefulmi
I went back on citalopram 10mg about 3 weeks ago and for once, it was easy to get used to as I’d caught my anxiety just at the tipping point. I settled quickly.
However, I had a bit of an anxiety attack last night and am feeling very jittery this morning. Is it time to increase already? I normally get a few months (3-5) at least.
There are two issues, Naomi. Firstly, 10mg citalopram is a sub therapeutic dose for most. The recommended minimum is 20mg. Staying on sub therapeutic doses for long periods may increase the risk of the med pooping-out.
The second is it typically takes 4-12 weeks for ADs to kick-in and it tends to take a little longer than it did before the second time around so the citalopram probably isn't working much, if at all at this stage.
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