DAY ONE
I have decided to record my experience taking Citalopram for severe, debilitating, fairly long-standing anxiety. I hope this will be beneficial to other people who may be considering the same treatment.
I have resisted the temptation to try an SSRI for years, but the anxiety has been so bad this year that I would be foolish not to give this a shot. I'm also doing weekly counselling. I'm going to give the Citalopram 3 months, and if there are no positive changes by that point, I'll have to try something else.
This is day 1, and I've taken a 5mg dose. Obviously that is an extremely low dose, but the first day is always a bit scary. Tomorrow I'll go up to 10mg, and then after a week or so I'll increase to 20mg.
I expect I'll be using Diazepam quite a bit over the next couple of weeks, at least, to manage the potential increase in anxiety.
So far, a few hours after taking my first dose, I can't say I've noticed any unpleasant side effects. I did take a 5mg dose of Diazepam this morning, in anticipation of heightened anxiety. I'll be trying my very best not to pay attention to the expected side-effects.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions.
waldenpo