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I've been on 20mg of citralopram for 4 weeks. Started feeling better. Now I'm up to 30mg. I feel ill, so tired, cant sleep, bad nausea, crying, do these symtoms go away

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  • dalene63026
    dalene63026 fe44954

    Posted

    Why did you up the dose if you were feeling better? And yes side effects will disminish in about 4-6 weeks when your body adjusts!
    • fe44954
      fe44954 dalene63026

      Posted

      They stop my headaches. I get headaches everyday and with 30mg they go.
    • dalene63026
      dalene63026 fe44954

      Posted

      That is a positive sign. Do you take it at night or in the morning?
  • alex69446
    alex69446 fe44954

    Posted

    They do go eventually. Don't keep changing doses though. It took me 8 weeks to stay feeling better with my first dose. Changing all the time will do you no good. You won't know what dose benefits you because you're not on any one side for long enough.

    • fe44954
      fe44954 alex69446

      Posted

      I get headaches and 20mg wasn't helping them stay away. Thanks x

  • holly_t
    holly_t fe44954

    Posted

    Please hang in there - I remember the side effect stage was like a living hell for me. I couldn't eat or sleep and I would go from feeling totally numb to every emotion under the sun. And constant jitters. Then almost overnight I felt better one day, I remember being so thankful and I've not looked back since. I feel brilliant now and honestly don't ever want to come off citalopram (it is my 4th time on them).

    Promise - you'll feel better. Hang in there x

    • fe44954
      fe44954 holly_t

      Posted

      I was on them before but don't remember feeling so sh*t. I'm meant to be going to India in a week. And if i could just sleep I could cope with naseau etc.

    • holly_t
      holly_t fe44954

      Posted

      At the height of the side effects I was going on holiday to turkey with my then boyfriend, now husband. The day before I was SOBBING to my mum that I couldn't go, I couldn't even imagine getting on the plane etc and she convinced me it would be good for me. I decided to take each moment as it came, and my real recovery happened during my time in Turkey. Still one of my best memories x

  • kayleigh90874
    kayleigh90874 fe44954

    Posted

    I am new to this whole forum thing and I am only posting, because I haven't found any discussion leading to how I am feeling.

    I started Celexa almost 6 weeks ago. One week 10mg and I have been on 20mg since. After I had my period three weeks in, the following week I felt like a million bucks. This week, I am experiencing insane heartburn, stomach pain, cramps and nausea. I can eat if I need to, but at the the same time, the thought of food makes me nauseous. Just wondering, is it normal to feel like this? I know it takes time to fully be in my system, but the less I have to worry about the more I will start to feel better

    • holly_t
      holly_t kayleigh90874

      Posted

      It's unfortunately totally normal Kayleigh. At six weeks you might be one or two weeks off feeling tip top again so not much longer to wait x

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