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20mg week 2

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cheryl52711
cheryl52711

Hey all

So I've decided to bite the bullet and move up to 20mg after being on 10mg for 4mths.

The side effects aren't as bad there manageable which is a plus.

I do have pain/numbness/tingling in the back right hand side of my head (I think it's where the mind is located) I was wondering if this will go away as it's driving me crazy day in day out

Any help much appericated smile

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  • Guest
    Guest cheryl52711

    Posted

    hi cheryl i to have been suffering from tingling in the head but mine it at the back of my head feels like a cold feeling and i also have been getting headaches to i have been told they will subcide but i have been taking them for 4 weeks and they headaches has only just started and the tingling started about 2 weeks into the treatment 
  • andymc1970
    andymc1970 cheryl52711

    Posted

    Hi guys. I'm on day 25 of Citalopram (20mgs) and have had the same experiences as yourselves. I have to say it was absoutely awful for the first 5 days, I was a mess. But then it calmed a little and has stayed pretty much the same since. Worst for me is the sudden sharp pains in the head, which are instantly followed by hot, tingling sensation in my neck/chest and nausea. It takes some getting used to. Plus, I am reluctant to try to go asleep, as I always wake with a jump and same panicky hot flushes, chest pains etc. I'm just hoping that thes ARE all just side-effects and not something else??? My Doctor doesn't seem too concerned, just says its normal. It doesn't feel normal though does it!!!
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      Hi Andy I get those shooting pains in my head 2 normally on the left hand side at the front of my head and I also get tingling at the back of my head to its a horrible feeling and I used to get them jumpy feelings when trying to sleep that has gone but I get a falling feeling sometimes and the hot flash feeling I also feel really numb when trying to relax with citalopram but thinks that's just it working and trying to relax us
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      Thanks Shelby, it is great to know that I'm not actually going stir-crazy! How long have you been taking them yourself? Any other side-effects you have noticed? Here's a little list of mine (sorry to bore you)

      night-sweats

      stumbling a bit over my words

      more 'floaters' than usual in my vision

      aswell as headaches, feelings of pressure, like weight, in my head, very unnerving,

      numbness in fingers, sometimes face etc

      plus i've over 1stone in 3 weeks, without trying! 

      Starting to wonder if I'd been better off trying to get through things without meds.

    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      I've noticed that my words are slurred w bit recently I'm on 10 mg citalopram at week 4 the first few days of taking it I had nausea and no appetite I lost alot of weight before my treatment also was very pale all my symptoms are heavy feeling in head tingling in head numbness in my face and lips shooting pains in left side of my head also tension like headaches also have ringing in my ears a popping in my left ear I've had floaters in my eyes for years and I've noticed I have got a few more recently to the most annoying things is the cold feeling in my head and just feel like I'm in a bubble just really detached but I've had the bubble feeling before my treatment my panic attacks have gone though
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      its so frustrating isnt it? I had one good day, out of the blue, last Friday, then woke up 2am back to square one. And if anything, been slightly worse since. Worst thing is I requested these particular meds, as I know 2 people on them who never had any side effects at all. I was actually prescribed Fluoxetine a month earlier, but didn't take them. Gutted now though, wlthough I'm sure they have their own problems. 
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      I was on fluxotine a few years back and had no side effect but the citalopram has caused me si're effect but I think it's just a sign that there working
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      how come the Doc didn't just put you back on Fluoxetine? I actually asked for Seroxat first (i'd had these in the past and they were great) but apparently they don't do them anymore, problem with dependancy apparently? 
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      Because I kept suffering from panic attacks and she said citalopram is a better one for that rather than fluxotine I think fluxotine is more of just an antidepressant rather than panic attacks and citalopram treats panic disorder and depression anxiety and depression do usually come together because we get so fed up with the anxiety
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      ahh I see, they probably wouldn't have been any good to me then as it was the return of panic attacks that started me off too. I suffered like you at your age, but around 21/22 it all started to clear, maybe your metabolism is still changing or something, and had no more attacks for over 20 years. Lets hope it's the same story for you eh?
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970

      Posted

      Now I hope its my 'mid-life crisis' time! biggrin
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      Yeah I hope so I just want my life back but there's not quick cure for anxiety it's a slow process I've suffered from it all my life when I was young I wouldn't walk down the road on my own and stuff and then I started getting these panic attack which are horrible
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      Yep, they are horrible, never really get used to them. But remember the first time you had one and had no idea what the hell was happening, now we know what they are and can at least try to cope with them. I was in work when I had mine, I just went back to my desk, got my coat and went home, then resigned over the phone! The day before everything was fine! Keep your chin up, things will get better
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      Yeah ny attacks started by feeling really weird in my situation like I needed to get out then I wouldn't be able to breath then my eyes would go blurry then I would go pale and sweat like hell and shake and hot and cold flashes racing heart pressure in head then it would make me sick then it would all disappear
    • andymc1970
      andymc1970 Guest

      Posted

      Aye, exactly the same as me. I remember stumbling about, people talking to me and I was just ignoring them and trying to get 'out'. 
    • Guest
      Guest andymc1970

      Posted

      Yeah it's horrible my ears went all deaf to
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