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Citalopram and postpartum

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Kristin9304
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Hi so ive been on citalopram since december of 2021 I started on 5mg then 10mg then went to 20mg and did great and then in november of 2022 i became pregnant and was told i could keep taking citalopram but on my own i decided to go down to 10mg just cause i was scared of it affecting the baby so figured a lower dose would be better. Anxiety and depression was pretty well controlled through out pregnancy so after having the baby i continued only taking the 10mg then about 4 months post partum i started having some anxiety and i could feel some depression creeping up so i decided to go back on 20mg this was in January 2023 and it helped tremendously but now about a month ago i started having a little more stress and my anxiety and depression got triggered i feel like im on square one again and im wondering if i should go up on my dose or just let the 20mg do its full affect since i started it in jan so only been 4/5 months. thank you for any replies!

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