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I have inner restlessness, constant worry about past and future, sticking to anxious thought and ruminating about it, brain fog, somatic complaints, sleep disturbances since 5 years, was on escitalopram 20 mg and clonazepam 0.25 mg for 3 months for social anxiety in the year 2020, then after tapering escitalopram 20 mg -10-5-2.5 and clonazepam 0.25-0.125 with gap of 2 weeks in each step in the year 2020, above symptoms appeared suddenly.i started medicines again in may 2025 Now i am on escitalopram 25 mg, and before that i have tried augmenting escitalopram 20 mg with clomipramine 50 mg, quetiapine 25 mg, risperidone 0.5 mg, aripiprazole 2 mg, all these caused side effects so discontinued after trying for 1 week, now on escitalopram 25 mg, apart from intrusive anxious thoughts and somatic complaints nothing else has improved, everything else has worsened.  I mean what is this is this something like protracted withdrawal from benzo or escitalopram or something like chronic akathisia.
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Your symptoms suggest relapse of anxiety disorder, not permanent damage. It is common when medication is restarted after a gap. Escitalopram 20 mg may take 4–6 weeks to show full benefit. Instead of switching many medicines quickly, a slow and planned approach is needed. Please consult your psychiatrist for:
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Dose adjustment or a low-dose add-on gradually CBT therapy to manage intrusive thoughts Lifestyle routine (sleep, exercise, reducing screen time)
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You will improve with consistent treatment. Avoid experimenting or stopping medicines suddenly.
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It's an anxiety disorder, kindly start proper treatment without search on chatgpt or Google and belive in your doctor
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