Can I Restart Citalopram after not taking for 2 Weeks
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Hi Guys
Just a question. I was on 10mg Citalopram but felt it wasn’t helping much, so for the last 2 weeks I haven’t taken it, I was using CBD oil, which had been helping, but recently I have been having really bad headaches and sleeping a ridiculous amount. I wanted to go back on the citalopram ablets but didn’t know if I could just start them up again?
Could the way im feeling be withdrawal symptoms? Before I stopped taken them my dr advised to start taking 20mg daily but I hadn’t started that course due to me stopping them.
Should I start them again on 10mg or go straight to 20mg as suggested by the dr? I’m worried I’m going to get the awful starting symptoms again? Will that happen?
I JUST WANT TO FEEL NORMAL AGAIN 😦
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ruth08109 vf1985
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Personally wouldn't jump straight onto 20, as you cold turkeyed off of 10mg. I'd do an intro of ten for a few weeks and ride the side effects, might as well accept they are coming.
I was in a similar position with dosing. I hung around on 10mg for 10 months, it was doing something but I didn't quite feel it was totally effective and then I kept crashing, and crashed quite badly in May. I've upped to 20 a few weeks ago. You do get 'start up' effects again when you increase (or lots of us do) - I'm still settling on 20mg, but I also already feel it's more effective for me than 10mg this time.
It's all a matter of timing and dosage. You've gotta be patient with these things, it's a pain in the a**, butyou'll get there.
vf1985 ruth08109
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i have a call with my dr tomorrow as i did want to change meds. but she increased instead
i should never have stopped them. have any of you suffered withdrawel stmptons before?
infeel very heavy headed, tired and sleep is pretty much redundsnt!
ruth08109 vf1985
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This is normal after you cold turkey an ssri, and it will pass, I have felt all of that before.