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Hello everyone, I really need a little advise here.
I started 10mg cit a little over a year ago. A couple months ago they started me on 20mg cit. because I was starting to feel VERY depressed. I originally went on this drug because 2 years ago I gave birth to my son and i had very bad postpartum anxiety. So yes these meds did help me until I started feeling sad all the time and tired . I literally could not stay awake. And still struggle with all this. So I decided I want to take myself off these meds because I can't take it anymore. The tiredness, not being able to concentrate, lethargic, all the crazy symptoms I was getting. Although my anxiety was gone I had horrible side effects! The worst is memory loss! I cannot remember ANYTHING. So after being out on 20mg I cut myself back down to 10 and then just stopped taking it.
So far I have HORRIBLE headaches, exstreme dizziness, nauseous, and anxiety.
I would love to know if anyone has had any side effects from coming off this , and how long they last. What side effects they had and all that! I'm hoping I get a response because I don't know what else to do!
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john059 crystal23
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Hi Crystal. How long were you on 20mg's for? And dropping by 10 mg's at a time can be dangerous. I am also getting off Cit but doing it at a much slower pace. I have been coming down 5 mg's at a time for 2 weeks and in some cases by 2.5 mg's at a time over 2 weeks. All depends how I felt. Keep reading posts in here as their are lots of people who come innhere who have vast experience in these meds. Hang in there!!!
crystal23 john059
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I was on 10mg for a year and 1 month. And then 20mg for about 3 weeks to 1 month. Then went back down to 10mg for about a week or 2 and stop taking .
I don't know what's going on. I feel so out of it. Like I'm high or something
john059 crystal23
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crystal23 john059
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Honeybee17 crystal23
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Hi Crystal
i don't take Cit myself so can't give you my personal experience, but my 18 year old son has just quit taking them - purely because he doesn't want to and he is stubborn.
He was on Sertraline for 5 weeks then changed to 10mg Citalopram for almost 5 weeks. It is only day 3 of stopping suddenly but I will ask him if he is getting any side effects.
Btw I was fully against him stopping and more do stopping abruptly but he s 18 and I cannot force him to do anything sadly.
Hope you are feeling better in yourself real soon
crystal23 Honeybee17
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Hello honeybee17
Well from my experience so far has most definitely been a long road! I started taking the cit because I feel into depression following with anxiety. After haven my son. I had extreme fear of death so I finally got out on 10mg cit. the side effects of starting didn't effect me to terribly ONLY because I was in a place where I could not feel anymore worse. I was already haven horrible physical effects from anxiety. But I had more of anxiety then depression by FAR! After taking the cit for about a year I developed horrible depression and constant exhaustion. So I took myself off. Meaning after the doc upped my dose to 20mg because I was feeling depressed I took that for about 1 month and then dropped back down to 10 to get off them. After continued 10mg tablet for about 3 weeks I completely stopped taking them. Unfortunately it probably wasn't my best option looking at it now. But I can say cit is just not something I want to be on , it has completely taken my drive to do ANYTHING away.
I am having horrible effects from stoping now. But your son! Why did he stop taking them? And why change his meds to cit? Was the others not working?
Honeybee17 crystal23
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Hi Crystal
I hope that you find something that works for you real soon. My son was always sleeping when on Cit and I have to admit he has been up before lunchtime everyday since coming off them. He changed from Sertraline as he said they were not making him feel any better.
I have no idea and been given no reason why he has come off the Cit, I think it is a mix of age, stubbornness and maybe wanting to feel bad? Maybe he didn't like the tiredness that came with it....I am going to ask him when the time is right
crystal23 Honeybee17
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Honeybee17
I can honestly say that this medication will most definitely drain you! I slept all the time. When I wasn't at work all I did was sleep. I couldn't bare to even get out of bed. And if I had to get up that day and do something I would be wore out by the first hour of being up. To a point I had no choice but to lay down. I also have 3 children so with me being so tired all the time is just horrible!
katecogs crystal23
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I came off Citalopram and did it by 5mg at a time over a year from 20mg and didn't have any side effects doing it that slow. I bought a pill cutter and did 20mg / 15mg / 10mg / 5mg / 2.5mg / 1.25mg / 0 ..... the last 2 tiny doses I crushed as too small to cut.
I came off once before and did the same as you and halved it but like you I had withdrawal.
It's best to do it slow as it eases your body off.
K x
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