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Citalopram 10mg

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zoe60597
zoe60597

Hi Everyone,

First time posting on here. Looking for some reassurance. Ready to give up 😦. I have been on citalopram for nearly 5 weeks and feeling rubbish. crying spells and high anxiety. This week my sleep seems to have been affected. im so restless and wake up in puddles of sweat. is this normal? Doctor has given me quetiapine but im too scared to introduce a new drug. Does this mean citalopram is not for me? should I just accept ill be unhappy and anxious forever?

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  • lauren56079
    lauren56079 zoe60597

    Posted

    Hi zoe. I start my 8th week tomorrow on 10mg and week 5/6 were horrendous i really thought id gone back to square one! This medication starting to affect my sleep around that time too but i know i am getting slightly better as the symptoms are fading less and less - the only side effect im getting really is morning anxiety (which ive read on here is slightly common) and the odd dizzy spell whereas when i started i had bad dizziness everyday! X

    • zoe60597
      zoe60597 lauren56079

      Posted

      Thank you for your reassurance. This week has been awful. im also spotty and periods all over the place. feeling like ill never get there. I thought things were meant to improve quicker. im so up and down

  • kym69169
    kym69169 zoe60597

    Posted

    Hi Zoe

    On different discussions, i have read that antidepressants are a slow process, not the quick fix us suffering would hope for.

    I would say continue has 5 weeks is so early.

    I am on week 13 & having a blip too...but we'm on the right track to recovery.

    1 day at a time 😃

    My sleep is affected too where i am having dreams every night...Some nice but some not so nice. I dont get the sweating but i do get headaches on the one side & often nausea, so we all experience different side effects.

    Take care

    Kym

  • zoe60597
    zoe60597

    Posted

    Thank you. have felt so spaced out and awful today. jaw is killing me. have heard this is a side effect as well

  • zoe60597
    zoe60597

    Posted

    Thank you. have felt so spaced out and awful today. jaw is killing me. have heard this is a side effect as well

  • JLLOYD85
    JLLOYD85 zoe60597

    Posted

    The first 4-6 weeks are horrendously tough but things will improve so try and hang in there, it will be worth it. I used to get jaw ache and would grind my teeth, sickness, dizziness and broken sleep. I'm almost through the other side, side effects have more or less all settled. I was ready to give up too but I'm glad I didn't. You'll get there too in time, keep going, good luck x

  • lynne93181
    lynne93181 zoe60597

    Posted

    hi zoe

    can i share my story with you x

    i started cit just over a year ago as i had started feeling a but anxious as i had just moved house

    when i started them my anxiety rocketed and once i had to phone ambulance with panic attacks sonething ive had on and off all my life but the cit made it so bad had that for 4 months then started the severe intrusive thoughts and severe depression !! all this was caused by the citalopram i came off cit 6 weeks ago and i have nine if they feleings or thiughs anymire ! if you dont feel better by now then please dont continue or afd any more medication xx

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