It feels like something is stuck down my throat

Hi. Firstly I'm sorry you are feeling this way. The things you are feeling are all normal side effects from the tablets. I have been taking then nearly 6 weeks and have just increased from 20mg to 30mg and have all the side effects again. Tired headaches no appetite etc. Some people don't feel any side effects. The only positive thing I can say is that the tablets are in your system. Things can get worse before they get better but you have to hang in there. Maybe have a chat with your Dr tomorrow for some reassurance. Good luck x

I was going to speak to my doctor tomorrow but I wasn't sure if too or not because I'm also taking lansoprazole 30mg once daily so I thought they might be the problem and

When you take your Citalopram take it in the evening with a glass of milk, just sufficient to wash the tablet down. It sounds like you are gagging on the tablet. 10mg is a small dose.

Whatever you do you need to drink and eat, try to associate your medication with eating, in the old days medicines were placed in the centre of a piece of cheese, the flavour of the tablet will be hidden by that flavour.

BOB

Oh ok but it says take in the morning and I did eat yesterday and I did start to feel ok today until I took the anti depressant

Oh boy, please please call doctor or go to the hospital or urgent care. You may want to look the meds up on line too. Research this medication and try to find out the side effects. Please get help ASAP if you are not able to eat and drink. If you can’t reach anybody call or go to the pharmacy they are very knowledgeable and would be able to guide you in the right direction. Best of luck and I hope that you will be feeling better. Oh and you are more than welcome to come back here anytime you need or want to this is a safe place for you.

I'm gonna ring my doctors in the morning tomorrow because unfortunately they are closed today and thank you I have felt on my own with the situation

Hi Curtis you are a very smart young man. As soon as that doctors office opens you call them and tell them what's going on and don't let them off the phone without an appointment as far as they know you could be having an allergic reaction and it's their job to figure it out. Way to go Curtis to get online and find us. Let us know what the doc says. Please. Diane. 

Thank you and yeah the only other problem is when I go out I feel sick and they won't give me a home visit because I'm not on there list

Curtis do you know how to get on their for a home visit?

I'm not sure they haven't said anything to me

We believe home visiting makes clinical sense and is the best way of giving a medical opinion in cases involving:-

         the terminally ill         the truly housebound for whom travel to the surgery by car would cause a deterioration in their medical condition or unacceptable discomfort.

After an initial assessment over the telephone a seriously ill patient may be helped by a GP’s attendance. However the GP may advise the patient, or person with the patient, to ring 999 to receive the appropriate immediate care.

Examples of such situations are:-

         heart attack         severe shortness of breath         severe haemorrhageVisit is not usual

In most of the following cases, to visit would not be an appropriate use of a GP’s time:-

Common symptoms of childhood (fevers, cold, cough, earache, headache, diarrhoea/vomiting and most cases of abdominal pain). These patients are usually well enough to travel by car. It is not necessarily harmful to take a child with a fever outside. These children may not be fit to travel by 'bus or to walk, but car transport may be available from friends, relatives or taxi firms.

  It is not a doctor's responsibility to arrange such transport.

Adults with common problems (such as cough, sore throat, influenza, back pain and abdominal pain) are also readily transportable by car to a doctor's premises.Common problems in the elderly (such as mobility problems, joint pain and general malaise) would also best be treated by consultation at a doctor's premises.