Citraloplam advice

[Jumpingjosephene21]

I've posted a few times about this. I was prescribed 10mg citalopram a month ago for anxiety. I tried to explain to my GP that I suffer from situational anxiety and panic attacks rather than constant anxiety. So if I'm at home or somewhere 'safe' I'm ok. But if I have to go to certain places or do certain things I have horrendous panic attacks and end up shaking, retching and often needing to dash to the loo

So a month of citraloplam and my mood feels slightly brighter but I'm still having these panic attacks, it's made no difference at all to those. And it's so debilitating because I just won't go to certain places.

I kept thinking it might just take a bit more time for the medication to work. I spoke to the GP again today for a review and tried to explain again but I felt like she just rushed me off the phone and her only solution was to up the dose to 20mg.

I just feel very unsupported and I don't know if the increase in dose is likely to help or if I need a new treatment altogether. Has this level of increase helped others? Am I being impatient? Or are the physical symptoms of anxiety and panic not likely to be cured by citraloplam?

@HarrietPotterska

10mg is very low. I wonder whether Sertraline would be better, with the caveat that you are also accessing talking therapy. (I am a Clinical Psychologist, but I don't expect you to believe what you read on here. See your GP or if that's not working, you can self-refer into your local IAPT

I think most of the time the advice is to try a higher dose of the one you're on rather than switch to another. As really yiu can't say if it's actually working or not if you're on such a low dose.