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Citalopram 10mg to 20mg

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kate76839
kate76839

Hi I have recently (yesterday) had my dosage upped to 20mg. And sorry for the tmi but I am having really bad diarrhoea and was wondering if this is normal? It doesn't help that I have terrible health anxiety so I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this? And what else did you experience when your dosage was upped?

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  • lara54717
    lara54717 kate76839

    Posted

    Yer it's very common. Lasted a few weeks for me. I experienced heightened anxiety and mild headaches also as well as loss of appitite. It's just unfortunately something that can happen when you increase dose or start.

  • sun47
    sun47 kate76839

    Posted

    me also kate, i had an upset stomach for almost a whole month when starting citalopram (along with no appetite).  i started with 10mg for several days and then went to 20mg.  pretty much the first day of me not having an upset stomach is today; i would certainly recommend to anyone that although the upset stomach is no fun, you should try to keep going as for most people that side effect does pass, and then the benefits come
    • kate76839
      kate76839 sun47

      Posted

      It's so strange because I don't remember having it this bad with the 10mg, but as soon as I upped my dose it's started so that must be it, just hard because I have major health anxiety so I'm thinking its other things. Hopefully the benefits start kicking in soon!

  • Akens86
    Akens86 kate76839

    Posted

    My stomachs definitely started off dodgier when i first went on citalopram. Think it's got better now 😂

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