Advice on upping ny anxirty med dose

[Asil]

Ive been on 10mg citalopram for a month now and its really helping but i just dont feel its helping enough. Like this morning i needed to get my passport renewed i got a taxi into town and was ok and then queued in the post office and was shaking and sweating and had full on anxiety in my stomach. I got the passport sorted and went to a clothes shop to get some trousers for a funeral on weds. I bought them shaking like a leaf and got a taxi home feeling all the time lik i could just throw up. I didnt it was anxiety. I got home had some breakfast realised i had o money for my driving lesson so went out to go to the cash machine. The bus was coming so i didnt even think about it and got on it ..... I havent. Been on. A bus in 3 months since my anxiety really flared up. I went to the machine and wAlked home all fine. Its like i can do some things fine and then others i just cant do. I have to travel on a train for an hour and a half on weds for my best friends funeral and i am petrified. Im not gonna be on my own tho. Ive spoken to my doctor and he has said i need to go to 20mg citalopram as although its helping uts not strong enough. Will i get all the side effects back? If i will how long will they last? Im really scared about upping it. Any advice greatly appreciated

[jparsons93]

You MAY get some side effects back but they won't be near as bad as they were the first time 3 years ago I started the 10 mg citalopram, then went to 20, then went to 40. Changing the dose was definitely worth it. It helped me a lot.

[Asil]

Thank you. Should i just up straight to 20 or go to 15 first? Ive done really well with 10mg appetite is back and im getting out more but i know its not gonna get better.