Need help

[Lala63]

Please let me know I’ll be alright... I started having anxiety again two months ago and I started taking celexa. I started on a low dose, then gradually increased it to 20mg. I was finally starting to feel alright (I was able to get 6-8hrs of sleep some nights), but because of noisy neighbors, my anxiety came back. So I raised my dose to 25mg. Oh boy, I felt horrible. I wasn’t sleeping, had horrible anxiety, occasional vomiting, gagging etc. I’ve been playing with the dose (went down to 20mg one day, then to 17.5mg the next one, then back to 20mg and today I’m at 17.5mg). I was feeling fine yesterday during the day, but then I couldn’t fall asleep again. The last 3 nights I’ve been taking Xanax. Will I ever feel alright? I don’t want to take anything to sleep (I took 25mg of trazadone last night and got only 3hrs of sleep). I’ll stick with 17.5mg. I just want to be able to sleep again without any medication! Why am I still wired from celexa? Shouldn’t it go away after 4-6 weeks? I’m seeing a psychiatrist (we can actually text), he said it’s ok to take Xanax and wanted me to be on 40mg of Celexa!!! It’s so extremely hard to feel that way and work. Please help, I’m not feeling great today.

[Readysetshi]

Hey Lala63, take a breath and slowwwww down! You will be fine! Get yourself a weighted blanket. This has worked so well for my friend. They are a bit pricey but money well spent. I am about to order one myself as soon as I get caught up on my bills. Also play some relaxing rain or something on spotify at night or take a hot bath. Your noisy neighbors are throwing you off because home is supposedly to be solitude, music can restore this. Maybe try the upped dose but if you feel you absolutely shouldn’t then don’t. Ask for a different medication or get a second opinion from another doctor if possible. Change up some stuff in your home to make it peaceful again. But definitely get that weighted blanket.

[Lala63 in reply to Readysetshi]

Thank you! We’re moving into a more quiet place, hopefully. I’ve been on celexa before, not sure what’s going on

[rippi]

Hi, after all of a sudden getting anxiety for the first time in my life, Which is the most horrible thing I’ve ever had. I went to the shrink and got Celexa I was told it doesn’t work till 6 weeks so I continued to feel like crap till exactly on the 6th week it was like a miracle it totally went away, I was on a low dose not sure but think 20 mg, I think this drug is heaven sent after taking it for 6 months I slowly went off it gradually and it was gone and never came back I feel I’m cured of this horrible thing and hope and pray that it never comes back, I hope you have the same results stick to the plan given to you by the Dr. and you’ll be ok, stop messing with the dose, that is throwing you off and now will take longer to correct and have to start over..remember 6 weeks to the tee, best of luck..

[Lala63 in reply to rippi]

Thank you! I’m feeling better today