Anyone NOT had any side effects on Citalopram?

Hi Paul,

Very glad to hear u are managing with the 5mg, I was so scared to take cit to start with I had it for a month before I would take it, then I took 10 mg thinking it was the lowest dose I could take, so I am now on day 26 and feeling so much better, still not 100% but maybe 85% so I am glad I made the decision to go with it, I wont be increasing to 20mg I hope, but yes this site has really helped me, knowing your not the only one, so without it I doubt I would have made it to day 26. everyone has been great, so do keep in touch, and be strong.

Take care,

Anne

We are all the same and part of this anxiety/depression cycle is the human basic need to be reassured that it will be alright and we are not alone there is always somebody else who can relate to what is going on with us and it is helpful for recovery to share. At the time when i was at my worst (pre on line forums) my friends must have been sick listening to me harping on but be assured the day will come and you will feel 'normal'

My regret is being on propranalol for as many years. If i had know at the time i don't know that i would have taken it.

Hi Mag,

Thanks for the support and you are so right, we all do need support of others, thanks for reassurance that we will feel normal again, as that's the biggest worry !!!

Not heard of propranalol ? has it helped you?

Anne

I was given propranolol at first

Didn't work for me

I desperately hoped it would...but it didn't

Hi Gillian,

I hadn't heard of Propranolol but I suppose I am relatively new to this, I agree with your therapy with meditation and switch off techniques, I have just finished the first course in Reiki so I am hoping it will help me heal etc,

Anne

Hello all!

I've stared taking 10mg for 1 wk my doc increase to 20mg I still on the 5th day, I stop crying a lot, but in the morning I got little anxious tthoughts racing I take citalopran to relax, then I have to go to work, I always go little later, my boss is nice. But I swear, I feel like laying down on the sofa e feel this dizziness go away. I also feel like spacey? how do I say in english? it affects my brain it feels heavy.

I have feeling of hopeless and I'll end up being depressed forever, all negative thoughts about people I know dying etc....oohh please guy tell me this is not real I'll survive....

Hi Lillian

Please try and calm yourself keep saying over to yourself it will be alright i will be fine and slow down your breathing it will help.

Also remember your are still at the very early stages of the treatment and far too early to expect the medication to have taken effect. It will not be fully effective for 3-5 weeks so hang in there and be rest assured you will feel better than you do at this moment in time. We have all been there and felt exactly the same.

You will survive!!

Mag x

Hi Lillian,

Mag is right we have all been there so hang in, we all did and now things are so much better but it does take time, you brain been heavy is not due to the Cit but to the anxiety, and this will fade in time, it took me 3 weeks but after putting up with it for months I persevered and decided that 3 weeks was acceptable, with all the support on here I knew I would improve after a time.

I am on day 29 now and feel so much better, and deep breathing at the bad times really helped me get there, so hang in it will get better, I take the cit in the mornings and this has helped me sleep at night. Also share with close friends or family or do you have any support at work?

Take care,

Anne

Anne,

Thank you for your words. Im only on 6th day do 20mg I wish this could end soon. Tired of suffering...

I also take clonazepan.

Yes my family, friends and my boss know. Some friends have no pacience, my b/f helps me too.

My boss is very nice and understanding person.

Og please wish me luck to this goes away soon....

XX

Hi all, ive decided its time to come off cit as ive gained a lot of weight and have a lot of muscle and joint pain im only 42 and feel 100!!! I have recently lost my mum and found being on citit numbed my emotions which is not like me at all ...so I reduced from 10to 5 over a period of months then missed alternate days and stopped 10 days ago whilst on holiday. I feel ok just v tired and very dizzy ...going to docs nxt week to check my blood pressure. Its earlydays but I hope I get thru this and dont have to goback on them ....anyone ekse had aby withdrawls???? X

Hi Lillian,

You will get there as I was just like you at the start, and going on here just kept me going knowing it would get better, as it couldn't get worse, so glad I stuck to it now, as I was terrified to take it in the first place, held off for ages. but it was a day at a time for about 2 weeks for me. so considering how bad its been it will get better and u are already almost a week in. so stay strong x

Its good ur boss knows and supports you, glad ur b/f is there for you too u need him, some of ur friends just wont understand until they have experienced it themselves. They just think ur been fussy, and its soooo much more. the pain and suffering is so bad, but it gets better believe me.

so all the best and take care and keep in touch,

Hi Nikki,

Don't know about withdrawals as yet but will look for your support when I do. Hope u lose the weight now so u feel better and more healthy.

Take care and let us know how u go!!

thank you so much Anne! As soon as I feel better, I'll let you all know.

XX

You are welcome Lillian, and u don't have to just come on when ur feeling better, just feel free to update any day u need to, even just for support as it helped me big time. I was on every day and still am as I know how much it has helped me.

Take care xx

Anne

Hi,

I've been on Citalopram for 16 days now, feeling pretty awful,

panicky, diarrhoea, a big know of nerves around my stomach, lost about 10lb in 3 weeks.

Will I ever get rid of the side effects and feel the benefits?