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Is tinnitus a withdrawal symptom of citalopram

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pat80430
pat80430

I have been off citalopram for a number of weeks. In the last week my tinnitus has exploded.  Is it a known side effect of withdrawal and can I expect it to go away again?

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  • moomoomin
    moomoomin pat80430

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    I took my last citalopram tablet in November 2017 and still can't get shot of the tinnitus. It has improved a lot from a ranging noise to a slight buzz/ring sound in head/ears. I would like to know if anyone's tinnitus went away after taking this drug?

  • lois95799
    lois95799 pat80430

    Posted

    Yes is a side effect of starting or withdrawing..as far as a time frame of going away nobody knows..good luck..
    • pat80430
      pat80430 lois95799

      Posted

      Crazy that you aren’t informed of these things by GP. Have raging tinnitus for a couple of weeks now. 
    • lois95799
      lois95799 pat80430

      Posted

      Doctor's just assume we read the leaflet ..and when we complain they try to brush if off that is something else unbelievable..I find taking a Benadryl releaves some of the tinnitus.. something in the antihistamine that calmed the tinnitus a bit at least for me..

  • ruth08109
    ruth08109 pat80430

    Posted

    It's a side effect of withdrawal and also of start up/increase. Sometimes, if I wake up in the night, I have a very low kind of buzzing or humming in my head.

    Most mornings when I wake at the moment I have a kind of ringing, it's quite faint. It's definitely the drugs.

    I spent a whole year off cit from 2015 to 2016, and it went away. Also 2017 to 2018, was on a really low dose of 2.5mg, and I don't remember being troubled by it then.

    So hopefully, it will go away for you. Fingers crossed 🤞

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