Celexa (Citalopram) Is there hope?

Hey x really sorry to hear you are having a rough time at the minute. Everytime you change your dose it's like starting the clock again from the beginning so you won't see any positive changes yet

So start from when you last changed your dose

When you increase to a higher dose your side effects may get worse until your body gets used to it. The way you have done it is good because you are easing yourself in to the side effects rather than them hitting you straight away.

It is going to get worse before it gets better and that's scary to think but they will settle down after a few weeks so it's a case of trying to be patient and coping with the side effects and that is difficult bless ya

This is what I have learned so hopefully it will help you.

You might feel worse before better

It's important that you stick to the same dose and not change as this can start side effects all over again and starts everything from the beginning and delays recovery, you need the give one dose enough time to work before changing

I am on 40mg on week 9 and only just starting to feel its working a little better. So don't panic if you think it's not working.

Everyone is different so if somone on here has recovered in a short time don't worry that you won't as everyone is different and it's different for everybody.

Rest as much as you can

Drink plenty of water

Avoid anything that can make anxiety worse like coffee tea and fizzy drinks

Try and keep busy to stay occupied until the tablets kick in.

You aren't alone and you can do this and you'll feel better soon! X

i was exactly like you, everything from taking a reaction to zoloft(sertraline) to the symptoms on citalopram, i felt like i took an illegal drug when i took zoloft symptoms were bad i couldn't take it anymore i got switched to citalopram and was also scared they would have similar symptoms, they did have side effects, everything you have explained but nothing like the zoloft, i could handle it... when i first started the citalopram i could have slept a full day and no amount of sleep was enough, still had bags under my eyes.

i was also still suffering from depression and suicide thoughts at the beginning of citalopram, didn't think they were going to help me and kept telling my doctor i'm getting side effects but i feel the same mentally and they just kept telling me to give it a little bit longer and i'm glad i did, what i noticed about citalopram is that it seems to take that little bit longer to start working... the side effects slowly decrease and as each day they decrease you feel better mentally.

i'm pretty sure it was a month on them when i started noticing the difference, i swear by citalopram... they saved my life and i've not been on any medication or needed it in the past 3 years,.

i'm not clapping my feet together and whistling while going shopping i still do get bouts of depression and anxiety but i can handle it on my own now without it getting out of hand and leading to suicidal thoughts.

at the beginning it does seem hard and hopeless, hoping for the next day to be better than the last... it is a long recovery, my advice is to give it 6 weeks.

i wish you all the best and grind it out, one day you will be giving others advice and your strength becomes their hope.