Increased Anxiety on Citolopram?

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I recently went to my GP as my anxiety was getting quite bad, to the point where I was having trouble functioning day to day. Whilst I was there, I was diagnosed with depression, which I hadn't realised, but now accept I have. I feel a bit stupid tbh, because my husband suffers from Bi Polar, and I am able to see symptoms of depression in him very clearly, but in myself I guess I just ignored it.

I was put on 10mg of Citolopram, this was about 4 days ago. Since then, my anxiety has gone through the roof. I have read online that this can be a side effect at first, does anyone have any experience of this? I feel like if I know that its worth sticking with them, I'll be ok, but I really don't want to feel like this any longer than I have to.

Hi there. I was in the same situation as you 2 weeks ago. I am in my third week of taking it. I did read that your anxiety can increase during the first week or so, but it doesn't last. Took my body about 2 weeks to settle down. I had so many of the side effects, and felt really rough the first week. The second week, things started to get better.
So my advice would be to carry on, things definately get better. Google any questions you have, but doen't read too much into peoples negative experiences. For me I just felt I had to be strong and work my way through the initial roller coaster. I would absolutely hate to have had to start on another AD.
Good luck, and keep positive. I am taking it for the same reasons as you, and feel so much better in week three.

Ditto what Crazy says. Took me 2 to 3 weeks to notice any effect. I think for me, because they told me it would take a while I was on heightened state of alert which made me even more anxious, but once past the first couple of weeks it subsided.

Good luck