Upping citalopram dosage.

[Rox92]

Hi all. Me again!

I went to the docs this morning and she said it's safe to take the 20mg. Has anyone felt better or an improvement after upping their doesage from 10 to 20mg? Yesterday was a really hard day for me.

I need reassurance please?!

[QuietStorm98]

I've been told that 10mg is not enough to really make an impact. So 20 mg may be good for you. I have been prescribed Citalopram again for my anxiety but I don't think its a good fit for me because it tends increase my tremors. I have tried it 3 times with the same results. Therefore, I know its just not in my head. Back to the doc I go next week.

Best wishes!

[Rox92 in reply to QuietStorm98]

what length of time were you taking it before you realised it wasn't making a difference? Like months or weeks? I'm on 25 days today. 2 of those days at 20mg.

Did they make you feel really low too?

Xx

[QuietStorm98 in reply to Rox92]

It didn't necessarily make me feel low. Believe it or not I was more anxious with it. I take Bupropion for the depression which seems to work pretty well. I'm not sure how long I was on them the other times but this time 3 weeks but I can't take my hands shaking so much when I take them and its very noticeable. Maybe it helped some but I couldn't deal with that side effect. When I was on the 10s my doc said it was not enough as I was still struggling with the anxiety. So back to the 20s and the same results, increase in nervousness, or the shakes. But I heard it takes a few weeks to feel the benefits. I'm hoping it works well for you.

[Rox92 in reply to QuietStorm98]

I have the shakes at the moment. I wake up really anxious but I have been feeling like this since Saturday so my doctor upped my doseage on Thursday. I won't take the beta blockers now because when I took them they stopped the physical anxiety symptoms but I felt extremely low that day. So I'm convinced that the anxiety was masking the depression. Do you think that happens?

Do you think anxiety masks the depression? Xx

[QuietStorm98]

I think its very possible.

[Rox92 in reply to QuietStorm98]

I only had the anxiety 7 days prior to being up on meds. Is that normal?