Coming off citalopram. :(

how long did it take for you to come off them

I wish i could cry, even when my mum died 2yrs ago, everyone was crying buckets, but i looked like i didn't have a care in the world, i suppose maybe its a good thing lol

Its good that you dont feel worse, the problem with me is that cause the tablets are like an emotional crutch to me, I have convinced myself that they help me to get motivated etc

So am worried that am gonna become a couch potato if i give them up

Oh, no, I have much more energy now! My doc told me to come off them within 2 weeks but that was bad. Much too quickly for someone who had been on different ones for over 13 years.

OMG! How could you NOT cry????

I just cant cry, before i took the tablets i could cry on demand lol

Now i dont even get upset, i can honestly say i feel nothing there are no tears, no emotions, i get no flutterings in my stomach i am neither happy or sad i just feel nothing.

I can laugh and enjoy a good comedy film, but i dont feel happy or elated with life, i dont feel sad, i feel nothing, its hard to explain, i just feel flat, there is no up and down like emotions

Its as if the cit has taken away that part of my personality nothing seems to phaze me

how long after you came of the cit did the withdrawal symptoms stop or are you still having them

sorry for all the question, but i would like to know a time frame if you know what i mean

if i knew that if i stopped taking the tablets and then the withdrawals would like for say 4 weeks, then i could plan and cope with that, but if its going to be months then thats scarey

Only been completely off them for about 2 weeks now. The first days I was great and thought it was easy but then I got the dizziness and horrible heads.

I can, honestly, say I have more energy and sleep so much better. If it take you a couple of months, that's fine. Wish I'd done that.

Julie,

I don't think you're the only one that could not cry. I seldom cried while on my original prescribed dosage of 10 mgs every other day ( about 12- 13 yrs.) - as in really never. One day last week I was very troubled by something and about an hour later I couldn't believe it, all the sudden I just started to cry over the issue - it was weird. However, as strange as this may seem it felt good to just "cry". It's as if I felt real again. So last week I was still on the 2.5 mg dosage. Everyone metabolizes drugs differently and Cit has a half life as well, so that's why some people reduce very slowly. The first time I quit cold - it was the beginning of week 3 that all hell broke loose and after a week of torture ( well it seemed like torture) , I went back. My symptoms were like I had the flu and severe leg cramps - it was painful to walk, I had to do something - I had no idea of the withdrawal symptoms. It was my Gyno who nailed it - not my internist which had prescribed the Cit.

So glad you found this group too!

More group hugs to all - Michelle

Hi all

I dont feel to bad today, infact feel good,but i know that its early days, even so when i have tried to reduce them before after a couple of days i felt weird.

Hope everyone is ok, and hope that your not to down ms mac, the sun was shining today lol

I just want this to be over, stopping the tablets i mean not anything else!!!

Am such a child at heart and i cant believe i've got myself into this mess of relying on the tablets

Oh well it can only get better

hugs to everyone

Juliex

Yes, sun, at long last so took myself out for some retail therapy. Really tired, when I came back and went to bed.

I'm beginning to feel 'normal' again. I'm sure those pills made me more emotional.

Just making plans to meet people I haven't seen in years and have a holiday booked to meet one of them. Hoping this will bring new things and people into my life as I'm bored stiff. I want the struggle of the last few years to end.

S

Good on you Ms Mac. Hope you have a fab time.

I live for my hols, going to India on Saturday, so wont post for a few weeks, but hope everyone is ok, keep on hanging in there. I'm a bit nervous about going so far away when I have dropped my dose to 10mg, but think the side effects on dropping are starting to fade now, so keeping fingers crossed wont get any anxiety issues.

xx

Bday, you will be fine, because you are away from everything and the sun will shine which makes all the difference in the world.

Have a wonderful time!

x

Julie I know what you mean - I've been in an emotionless void since taking Citalopram. Now reducing from 20 mgs to 10 mgs slowly and cried over an episode of One Born Every Minute the other week and it really felt cathartic! I really don't like how the anti depressants suppress what I deem to be natural experiences in our body such as emotions and libido to give 2 examples. We need these for a sort of balance effect so to speak (in my opinion).

well beautifulday, am sooooo jealous lol, what i wouldn't do to escape in your suitcase lol, the holiday will do you the world of good and will take your mind off dropping your dose, promise me you'll think of us all back in the uk with the wind and rain to look forward to!!!!!

hope your getting out and about ms mac, you'll soon be up and running full steam ahead.

well i definitely feel ok today, i've not had any real withdrawal symptoms since dropping from 20 to 10 of cit, it been 7 days since the drop, and usually when i have tried it before i get to day 3 and feel awful, but i am on my wonderful Bristol tablets and am cutting them in half and so far so good. If it stays like this then in 2 weeks i will go down to 5 yipeeeeeeeee

Juliex

sorry if it seems am am making light of coming off citalopram, am definitely not, when i have tried to stop before i have had an awful time, and from my previous posts i used to have 2 weeks out of every month where i had withdrawal symptoms until i got used to a new brand of tablet.

But being on the bristol brand is like a breath of fresh air, i feel quite normal, no fuzzy and full head feeling, no wobbles just me but still cant cry lol

hope everyones doin ok

Juliex

I was the very opposite, Julie - cried for Scotland! I, now, feel that I am back to normal. Never thought I would be off the medication and here I am.

ms mac

thats fantastic i cant wait till i can say that it sounds so good

our car goes in for its mot on thursday, dreading it lol, yet another expense oh well its only money

i want to be on that plane to india oh the joys please let us have a good summer

Juliex