Anyone else waking up aggressively early?
I had been on citalopram 10mg for 9 and a half years and I stopped in January of 2026. I was feeling good and was feeling some side effects from the citalopram and wanted to quit. Fast forward to may. The start of may I started to feel anxious a bit and then it was debilitating. I couldn’t eat, drink or function, I was trying to take care of my 2 toddlers alone while my husband was working late hours. I went back on citalopram for a few days and then was just not having a good time so finally ended up going to the er after i dropped the kids at daycare one day and was hooked up to iv fluids for dehydration and was put on Wellbutrin 150 XL.
I feel like i started to feel better by day 2 or 3 of taking it. I don’t know if it was all in my head or not but I was able to go to in person meetings a few days after starting. I had a lot of help from my family cooking us supper and helping me with the kids so that was also a plus to the shitty time.
Now I’m almost 3 weeks in taking it, I wake up at 530 am every single day. Doesn’t matter what time I go to bed or not but I’m up and awake. I can’t get back to sleep and sometimes I have the anxiety put in my stomach but it’s getting better every day.
Does anyone have any tips for the waking up early? Has anyone else suffered from this?