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laura_60346
laura_60346

im back!! havent been on this forum for a while as things have been going really well.

just wondering if anyone else that suffers with anxiety & takes citalopram for it ever suffers with dizziness? ive been on the drug for years & have always struggled with dizziness. im really starting to worry theres something wrong in my head & thats why im dizzy rather than the drug itself. its kind of like a spaced out feeling rather than the room spinning.

as soon as i have a dizzy spell it sets off my anxiety. anyone else experience this?

thanks

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  • laurel64844
    laurel64844 laura_60346

    Posted

    I have been on citalopram HBR 20mg for 20 years and have intermittent bouts of dizziness and memory/concentration. Both side affects. I've tried coming off of it multiple times but could not tolerate the brain zaps.

    • laura_60346
      laura_60346 laurel64844

      Posted

      hi, thanks for your reply.

      my dizziness is more of a woozey feeling, like my legs are like jelly. is yours simular?

  • valerie92757
    valerie92757 laura_60346

    Posted

    I am now on Sertraline 50mg for a couple of weeks now.. Was on Citalopram.. My head feels heavy and I feel spaced out too. VERY blocked ears and HUGE sinus HEAD and neck pain.. As you say makes anxiety come back.. WEIRD that anxiety causes such things,,... VAL

  • silvia31661
    silvia31661 laura_60346

    Posted

    Hi Laura I take citalopram for anxiety panic attacks. My new episodes (generally every 4 years) always started with dizziness.

  • laura_60346
    laura_60346

    Posted

    thanks for your replies! its awful isnt it! If it wasnt for the dizziness & the concentration problems i wouldnt suffer half as much. i think i suffer more with health anxiety now rather than generalised anxiety! every single ache or pain i convince myself the doctors have missed something & i have a serious under lying health condition. Physical symptoms of anxiety make you feel like your on your last legs!!

  • katecogs
    katecogs laura_60346

    Posted

    Could be due to the meds, but get your ears checked too. Wax build up causes dizziness and often you don't know about it. My old boss years ago suffered with dizziness and nausea for ages, and I told her to get her ears checked. Yep - cured in one appointment.

    K x

    • laura_60346
      laura_60346 katecogs

      Posted

      ive had my ears checked a few months ago but i will go see my GP again. just really hope its something as simple as that xx

    • katecogs
      katecogs laura_60346

      Posted

      Hope it is a simple cause .....

      I know when I was reducing meds I used to get a strange swimmy feeling in my head but that sorted itself once everything settled.

    • katecogs
      katecogs

      Posted

      Forgot to add - concentration is usually caused by anxiety and / or the meds. Because our heads are so consumed by how we feel it makes normal concentration difficult.

    • laura_60346
      laura_60346 katecogs

      Posted

      Hi Kate, thanks for your reply.

      i was wondering if the dizziness could be down to the fact ive reduced my dose from 25mg to 20mg. when i was on 25 i felt like a zombie & again the dizziness was worse! i felt fine if not better for the first 2 weeks but this week has been bad again. ive also started smoking again which i thought could also be contributing to the dizziness.

      any thoughts?

      x

    • katecogs
      katecogs laura_60346

      Posted

      It could be - some people do get lingering side effects and often reducing could remedy it.

      I was on the 20mg for many years and reduced to 10mg as a maintenance dose and finally 5mg which I did well on too. The less you take I imagine the less side effects will be a bother?

      Reducing can give you brain zaps which is harmless but just a weird dizzy feeling, which is what I had first time I came off.

      Smoking yes - that can cause you to feel dizzy as the nicotine enters the bloodstream.

  • valerie92757
    valerie92757 laura_60346

    Posted

    Yes I too have had ears checked in E. N. T. Appointments.. All was clear.. Anxiety causes ears blockage weirdly apparently. Drives one nuts!

  • carla63515
    carla63515 laura_60346

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    im on it a year here in may and from december ive develiped diziness and like a wierd haze in my head its driving me insane

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