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Day 10 on citalopram!

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non58514
non58514

First 5 days were awful, sick, not eating warm flushes, yawning all day long,only sleeping for 4 hrs went back to my gp for a sick note and he suggested I took the tablet in the evening before actually going to sleep, it works good up 2 now, the only thing is I wake up after 4-5 hrs sleep and I have strong butterflies and can't go back to sleep, I'm eating better even went to get some chips from the chippy last night and chocolate, wil the butterflies go away? I'm taking citalopram for a bit of anxiety xx

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  • Tammy123
    Tammy123 non58514

    Posted

    Yeah it will go i been on them 3 months now 10 mg and it takes a couple of weeks to start to work properly here if you wanna chat
    • non58514
      non58514 Tammy123

      Posted

      Thanx Tammy, I'm probably trying to walk before I crawl, on the plus side I did have an hour more sleep last night, cross fingers, I need normality back, going back to work in a week xx

  • debbie18265
    debbie18265 non58514

    Posted

    Hi non,

    I was the same as you the first 5 days my anxiety got much worse I could hardly eat and woke up after about 4 hours with butterflies but that will go away in time and take mine at night which ive preferred. I'm now 10 weeks in and feel great and feel like my normal self again just bare with it as it gets better

    • non58514
      non58514 debbie18265

      Posted

      Ohhh thanx Debbie, I must say I am very positive person cross fingers ye xx
  • mark89813
    mark89813 non58514

    Posted

    10 days is early days, I've been on them quite a few times now and I'm currently on day 31. Some people get back to normal fairly quickly but they generally take a couple of months for me. Today was the first day when I felt the side effects lessen, I'm still tired but not like I was in the first couple of weeks.

    • non58514
      non58514 mark89813

      Posted

      Thanx mark, Today I have a cold and feel all achie or is it another side effect?
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