Citalopram withdrawal.

Thanks Charles, I went cold turkey back in Jan of this year. Like yourself I was prepared and determined to tough it out BUT if things had gotten too bad I was also prepared to consider the possibility of continuing taking the drug once again.

1st abd 2nd weeks were not too bad, dizzy spells and feeling saved out.

2nd to 4th weeks symptom began to taper off slightly. I still get the odd day where I might feel a little down or a little dizzy but it does not last and passes quickly.

I expect to be dealing with the recovery for some time to come and have prepared myself for the long haul. After taking 20mg for 2 years I know that complete recovery will is a long way off but like yourself I take i day at a time.

I agree it does get better!

 

I just signed up to say thank you for this post! I slowly tapered off 20mg citalopram exactly as described by my prescribing doctor and 2-3 days after stopping completely the most debilitating dizziness/vertigo started, along with headaches and nausea because the whole room spins whenever I move my head. I'm barely getting through the day at work because I feel so unwell. All the professional sites I've read say that symptoms only happen if you stop cold turkey and that they stop a few days after your last pill, which isn't helpful as I'm a week on from my last dose and not feeling any better and didn't stop cold turkey. It really does help to know I'm not the only one feeling this way.

How is everyone getting on with your taper?  I was on 20mg for 3 years, last June I went down to 10mg and stayed there until around two months ago then I did 10mg one day and 5mg the next I stayed on that for 5 weeks. I’ve now been on 10mg every other day for a week, I feel some anxiety at different times and I seem to be thinking a lot about the taper, I’m going to stick with it until I feel stable again then I’ll go to 5mg every other day, good luck everyone x

Hello all

thank you so much for posting your experience with the withdrawal symptoms of Citalopram.

it helped me a lot as I am on my (week 4) without medication.

I'm having all the symptoms mentioned by the users of the site. Ibegan to have thoughts of going back on the medication untill i came across this forum.

the most difficult symptoms It felt like someone had hijacked my brain.

Hard to do exercise and training being constantly dizzy. Stiff joints.and very little drive to physical excercise.quickly irrtated.

I will keep you posted when symptoms subsides.

Hi everyone I hope your taper is going well. I’m currently taking 10mg every other day for 3 weeks and I’m getting on fine this was recommended by my doctor, she said do this for 2 weeks and then stop, any suggestions how I taper from here, I don’t want to just stop now.  Thanks in advance 😊