Citalopram withdrawal worrying side effects
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hi all,
i has been on 40mg of citalopram and around october i decided i wanted to slowly come off them.
Fast forward a few months and i am going through hell again.
My nightmares have increased. I am avioding certain situations due to my anxiety.
My trust for my husband has gone completely out the window and my sleep levels have doubled .
I have no energy to do much apart from work then want to sleep all the time .
I have a young family and feel i am letting them down.
My husbands job changed a year and a half ago and although its made him happy the effect on myself and the pressure of dealing with everything by myself is reaching its peak now where by i cant deal with the pressure anymore .
I am so low again but , dont know where to turn .
Thank you for reading any advice would be great
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dubry7605074 emma01787
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you tapered too wuickly. Going from 40 to nothing in that short term is asking for it x I would reinstate your last dosage and settle back at that x these meds can tske a year or more to wean off x the taper needs to be done verrrry slowly.
emma01787
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sorry wanted to state i have gone down to 20mg .
My dr said to go down 10mg each month but, as said i think its too quick
toria_07298 emma01787
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hey emma, first of all bless you, i know what withdrawal from this med is like, secondly i think that is still too fast, im super sensitive and get bad withdrawals so i have to drop 2mgs a year! you could probably go faster than that but never follow a doctors taper theyre far too fast! here if you need to talk x
lala25752 emma01787
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if you dint mind me asking how long you been on the medication and why are you weaning off?
emma01787 lala25752
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I was on them for a year and started to feel better so wanted to wean down from 40-20mg