Hi Queens,
I'm in the same boat. I have been on Celexa on and off (through 2 pregnancies -off) for the last decade. I too go through times where I decrease my dose, until just before christmas I was still only taking 10 mg every other day! I was so excited that I had gone so long so well! But then, I started a new job in Nov and about 2 weeks in I started having anxiety and I started noticing they were getting a bit more constant. So, I upped my dose to 10mg every day for a week, then the anxiety got even worse! Then I went to 20 mg, was better for a few days and then they went through the roof! Along with all the side effects - excessive yawning (a real good one to have in a new job), dry mouth, etc etc. It was terrible!!
My doctor added clonazepam to help with the bigger attacks. was good for a few days and today I'm having a bad day again. So now I've found this website, and am definitly doing the program. Anything to bring relief!! I don't want to have to be on the clonazepam - habit forming and side effects after stopping..
I took a half dose this morning.
The problem I'm having is with the CBT you have to expose yourself to your anxieties, and as far as I can tell, this time around my trigger is in the morning. In bed still.. thoughts like "oh no, I have to get up and face the day" or "oh no my kids will need me soon" (they're 1 and 3). So I'm looking forward to working through the program and trying to get over that.
I take comfort in knowing that it took Juanita 6 weeks to start seeing a change. I'm hoping I won't have to up my celexa dose yet again...