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20-25mgs or 20-30 mgs of celexa

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brian51374
brian51374

I've been on 20 mgs of celexa for about 2 wks now, before that, 15 for a wk and 10 for two wks. I want/ think I need to go to 30, which I was on last year when I quit bc I felt fine. Should I go from 20-25 or just go to 30. Will the side effects be bad with that jump? Please let me know.

Thanks.

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  • annelise.k
    annelise.k brian51374

    Posted

    Hi Brian. I've been on cilexa (citalopram) since January. I went from 10-20-30-40 each after a week. No side effects that I hadn't experience before happened, nor the intensity. It's definitely okay to jump from 20-30 !! Best of luck ! It's a wonderful medication.

    • brian51374
      brian51374 annelise.k

      Posted

      Annelise,

      Glad to hear you did well on the increase. No real side effects jumping from 20-30.? Noted. The reason I want to jump is that I still a wee bit anxious with heart palpitations and insomnia. I'm traveling for the holiday and will do this increase when I come back. Thanks!

  • nick17494
    nick17494 brian51374

    Posted

    Hi brain. I'm going from 10mg to 20mg is it best to take both 10mg tablets at the same time or one in the morning and one at night 

    • brian51374
      brian51374 nick17494

      Posted

      Nick,

      I went from 10-15. But I'm awfully sensitive to meds. I know people jumped right to the 20 and had little to no issue as well. I did 15 for a week then jumped to 20.

    • nick17494
      nick17494 brian51374

      Posted

      Thanks Brian. I will go up to 20 and see how I get on. I had to come off Zoloft  after 10 days as I also was to sensitive for it. All the best 
  • hanneman
    hanneman brian51374

    Posted

    hi Brian

    I jumped from 20 to 30 and got some unwelcome side effects of racing thoughts and others but when going from 20-25-30 is was much smoother and I'm nearly settled on 30 now

    • brian51374
      brian51374 hanneman

      Posted

      Hanneman,

      Thank you for the reply. I jumped to 30 yesterday. So far so good. And I'm traveling. Wish me luck

    • hanneman
      hanneman brian51374

      Posted

      Cool, good luck. Let us know how you get on. I feel more myself on 30
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