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Still getting side effects 15 weeks in

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Hi everyone

I've been on 10mg for about 15 weeks now after being on them for several years, stopping for a week and restarting on 5 then 7.5 for weeks leading up to it . I've had some good days when I've thought I turned the corner only to be knocked back down again. I'm still getting moments of dizziness, muzzy head, headaches, aching back of neck and aching shoulder, joint stiffness, anxiety, restless legs, brain zaps, tinnitus, weird dreams, insomnia, feeling the need to sit down before I fall down at times - my God the list goes on. I have to make an appointment with my doctor for a medication review next week, I don't know whether to come off citalopram and try something else. I take a diuretic too for border line blood pressure. Bloods done six months ago were normal, sodium, potassium etc. I am beginning to wonder whether citalopram is always going to make me feel like this. I never had these problems before I stopped taking it. Are all of these symptons normal? I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

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  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 Guest

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    it will be because you stopped and started, im 8 months on a massive reduced dose and still not stable, so many symptoms, just be careful what you decide as any further dose changes will only rock the boat, im stuck on this dose until i improve, also meds can react differently after stopping, i was always ok on mirtazapine, started it a third time and ended up convulsing and had to stop xx

  • jeff09792
    jeff09792 Guest

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    GET OFF IT NOW. Sorry to be the one to ruin your day I was on it for 21 days, 10 days in got massive headache and tinitus . I got off it, took 2 months for headache to go away, 14 months later still have tinitus. Do you own online research tinnitus from celexa does not go away, its not Otoxicity in ear. It changes way brains percieves nerons firing and such creating the sound in your head.

    My tinnitus goes down once and awhile but its always there. GP Doctors only know so much about anti-depressants. Seek out Pyschisatrist.

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    Thanks guys

    I'll see what my doctor says although I don't think there will be much point explaining everything to him, people here have a better understanding on how these meds work. I'll think it over😊

  • ruth08109
    ruth08109 Guest

    Posted

    Hi Lina, how you doing now?

    • Guest
      Guest ruth08109

      Posted

      Hi Ruth

      I've been on 7.5 for a couple of weeks now. My dizziness and muzzy head have gone and I feel better than I was. This happened almost straight away. I am sleeping better with no crazy dreams. I am less anxious because my symptoms are fewer. I am still getting aches and pains all over, tinnitus, but I don't know if the med has anything to do with that. I may go down to 5 in a couple of weeks if all goes well. How are you doing?

    • ruth08109
      ruth08109 Guest

      Posted

      Hey there Lina, am doing a lot better. Still get the occasional wobble but it's not enough to take me down these days. Sleeping better. Lots of this is due to acupuncture.... I kind of wish I had gone the acupuncture route before increasing meds but hey ho, we live and learn don't we?

      I feel a lot more stable now.

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