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Awaken
post Jul 15 2008, 08:59 AM
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Hi all, life for me is pretty good at the moment, cant complain about a thing. Trouble is with my anxiety and racing thoughts. I am phasing out my citalopram down to 10mg now which I take very infrequently now. Came off it because I had been on it for about 8 months and started to feel very little effect from them anymore. My anxiety is quite bad recently, the thoughts go racing round my head to the point where I just want to scream 'stop' and it is really impacting on my life and making simple things very difficult.

I was wondering if anyone knows of anything good that can be taken to help quieten my mind and generally help me relax and feel calmer. As it is I feel like a coiled spring and am getting really sick of the feelings.

I am interested in suggestions of medication or even over the counter remedies.

I want to see my doc soon to see what they suggest but wanted to see what people think here first.

Cheers!
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USAstray
post Jul 15 2008, 10:37 AM
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Hey there Awaken,

For what its worth, I'd been taken Citalopram for about 5 years and it finally stopped working for me. My doc switched me to Effexor XR 75mg about 4 weeks ago. This stuff can take from between 2 weeks to a month to really kick in so you might have to be a bit patient. So far its making me feel better. Bottom line, all these meds have a different effect on all of us so we just have to experiment sometimes. Hope this helps.
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post Jul 15 2008, 07:07 PM
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I also took Citalopram for 4 years and found the same thing - it just lost it's effectiveness. I was up to 40 mg and dropped to 20 until the psychologist took me off it. I agree that it is hit and miss since i've been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Citalopram and Rem-something ( I forget the name) that made me so sleepy, I missed 3 days of work since I could barely keep my eyes open. I'm doing OK Wellbutrin right now but who knows if it will keep being effective. Hope it works out for you!
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