Hi,
Not sure what I’m looking for really, hopefully reassurance.
I was put on citalopram in 2018 for PNA which then went on to depression. It started on 10mg and showed slight improvements quite quickly and was moved upto 20mg after 1 week, 30mg after a further month then after several blips upto 40mg around 6 months after originally starting.
All was good and I decided to taper off them in July 2019...a process which took until February 2020.
A month later I was facing extreme anxiety, catastrophising and intrusive thoughts so have began taking 10mg again 2 weeks ago (GP approved)
The side effects have been unbearable and nothing like I had last time. Crippling anxiety all day with no relief, no appetite, get to sleep fine then wake early hours feeling sick and anxious.
The doctor on Friday prescribed 2mg or diazepam twice a day for the weekend but it made no difference. I had a video gp appt yesterday and he suggested taking 2 x diazepam at a time then calling my gp today to get a week of 5mg in the hopes the citalopram side effects would wear off this week.
Gp this morning refused to give diazepam and has advised to up to 20mg citalopram (she said if I was on 40 last time then I will need that again so got to work way upto it)
She’s given me propranolol to help with side effects.
I’m terrified of how low and anxious I feel and worried if the citalopram doesn’t work then nothing will and I will feel like this forever .
Anyone gone back on citalopram and had good results? x