Hiya,
I started taking 10mg per day Citalopram 1 week ago for anxiety. My daily anxiety symptoms are dizzyness, lightheadedness, numb face, shakes, derealization, there is no long an element of panic as I've been going through this for around 4 years now, so I don't get wound up about it, these episodes just hit everyday at random times.
First few days I noticed symptoms worsening but I'm feeling totally optimistic about it and will of course persevere!
My understand is that this is pretty much the lowest dose you will be put on. My question is, at what point should this doseage be upped? When the side effects subside or after a certain amount of time? I'm a 25 yr old male, 6ft 13stone, so I'm pretty sure being on the lowest dose of anything isn't realistic.
When my doc prescribed the meds to me (I asked for something different, 2 years on diazepam and tried CBT with no marked improvement), I asked her "do I take these much like the diazepam? As and when I need?" She responded "yes, its fine". This of course is not the case!!
I have a followup appointment on Monday so just wondering how I should approach this with regard to doseage etc.
Any feedback appreciated. ^.^