Success on Citalopram😁

It’s a great drug but it does take time and you will feel worse before you get better

Am also inclined to think your GP does not know as much or have the experience there is on this forum

Obviously they have advised what they think fit but you have to have been through thus to understand it.

It is usual to feel much worse especially in the mornings fir some while until the drugs kick in

It’s a chemically accepted balance thing that you are often not warned about

You were hoping for results too quickly

I did the same. It was much quicker 4-6 weeks the first time

I was a good 12 weeks of anxt  and at times despair before I felt the light come on second time round

I almost gave up

But I got there

It’s very very hard but I think u shud have stuck it out at 20mg andgiven it A fair trial 

I totally agree with Gillian ! I think you're GP has given you poor advice and moved you up far too quickly through the doses. Your body hasn't had time to adjust to one dose before moving up again - it doesn't know where it is.

I was going through severe side effects for 6 months , nausea, and horrendous insomnia. Personally, I would try and get back to 20mg and stick it out - esp if it worked so well for you in the past.

Glad you agree

It’s absolutely true babysmoo

I have the article on why Citalopram takes so long to kick in but I haven’t worked out how to repost it here 

Babysmoo you would find it helpful

I was thinking in the night. ... as you do! That it may be much further back in this thread I posted for someone else 

Hi Gillian 176

So on day 8 on 25mg and boy does my head hurt it feels like a headcold

also still having side effects and anxiety attacks

praying that this all will subside soon as I am waiting on coming out

so happy to get all your reply

thank you so much , sorry for any miss spell.

I am from Germany but live in the USA now

have a blessed weekend

i have been exactly where you are as i suspect have many others

i have written the same script

what you are experiencing is the post fluctuations of the drug changes you have made

You need to get down to and

stay strong on 20 mg

you will wake up and see the light ,Trust me

you will get better

you just have to let your body go through it

look back at my original post and return for more support from this forum as you need it

your on day 6 0f 25mg yes ?

you were on 30 mg

what about this... stick on 25 mg for two weeks or even a month if you feel your very sensitive

then try 22.5 mg for two weeks

They can be split using a pill cutter

then 20 mg and stay there

if you want to go straight to 20 mg from 25mg thats AOK

i have a medical training so am a bit precise about these things

Hi gillian176

Thank you for ur fast reply back

Yesterday was the first day I fed a bit better , went and set outside for 10 min

Then this morning doing okay , still nosia and head feeling off some weakness but doing much better than all the other month before

still of and on sad moments

thank u for the explanation of what to do next and when

thank u for being so understanding and taking your time out to help me and so many other people on here

may God bless you ♡

Thank you babsyboo

Hi Gillian 176

yes I am on 25 MG today is day 8

I will stay on them as u explain for a month being that I am so sensitive to meds of all kind

then I will go down to 22.5mg for 2 weeks

and then after that down to 20 MG and stay there

pray by doing this that I will not start having side effects again

They are so ruff to go through

Thank you for your time and also showing me how to ween myself down to 20mg were I was over 2 years ago

I will be staying on the 20 MG Celexa for some time , this was the worse time I ever had on going on them , thank you

I feel good about following what u are recommending being that u have a medical training and a bit precise about it .

that's very important for me do to many Dr are now the days not 😦

Have a blessed day babsyboo

its quite similar going up or down on the dosage.it gets different when you come completely off.

hi lois95799

I though going down would be less of the side effects 😦

I'm on day 10 of 25 MG Celexa from 30 MG and still have no energy, sad crying and anxiety

will this all subside? ????

Scared 2 stay this way and not come all the way out and be me again the energy person I was before all this happened

thank u Lois for ur fast reply

babsyboo

you will get relief from the side effects but then the withdrawals kick in.so its a no win situation at times.remember every ones reacts different.but from the looks of it you may well be one of the unlucky ones that experiences all kinds of yuck.

everyone reacts differently i suppose but but but

every change however tiny in this drug wether it be up or down causes significant changes

when i came off it was by 2.5mg a time every two weeks

i posted a suggestion further back

i think you just have to stick with this

get down to 20mg and stay there

You may even want to do 22.5mg for two weeks

then 20mg

trust us

weve been there

you will be ok at the end if the day but i feel your mistake was being told to increase initially

now your having to suffer the downside

much empathy to you

i nearly increased myself the second time i felt so bad but it was just the 20mg settling down

that took 12 weeks ....

i knew deep down i wud be ok if i stuck it out

I upped my dose to 20mg back on august 6. Before that I had been taking 10mg but not regularly maybe twice a week. I started having anxiety return and it got pretty bad again. So I went back to the doc and she told me to up the dose and take it everyday. I had bad side effects and those have mainly subsided and I had a week or two where I felt great but now im feeling a little anxious again and just a little down. Do you think its just the change and 20mg still settling?

i do yes

just hang on in there

it willpass

you will feel better

i am never coming off and putting myself through this again!

am going to to post some useful articles here for you all

katecogs sent one ages ago

very helpful

Thanks! I guess knowing how long it takes your anxiety to build up it will probably take just as long to settle. The hardest part for me is worrying about silly things that shouldnt matter and then when you go a while without thinking about them and then all of a sudden your brain reminds you"hey you havent thought about this" and then bam youre thinking about it again and then get anxious. Hopefully those silly thoughts will slow down and then eventually stop over time.

tell me about it..

ditto Gillian.i thought i would never feel normal and here iam feeling normal talking about it.

Hi gillian176

I'm back and feeling much better just finished 5 week today on 25 MG

been out and about not over doing it but so happy to get out of the house after 6 month fighting with the meds and does

will be stay in in on 265 MG for some time , just wanted to give u a praise report on things looking up

still get side effects like nosia and headache in the mornings but they go away as the day goes on

My evenings are good , still get short anxiety attacks in morning or late morning they 2 pass in do time in the day

so will stay on 25 MG for some time , like month then taper down slowly to 20 MG

thank u Gillian for all ur reply and help and time

babsyboo

Fantastic!!

knew you would get there

WELL DONE !

How does it get completely different when I come off the Celexa ????

crying spells are all part of anxiety .the crying has nothing to do with the celexa.for all you know your crying spells might get worst.if you where recover you would not be having crying spells.seems to me that your crying is your big issue here.

HI Lois,

DO YOU recall having blips/ setbacks feeling anxious into your 4th to 5th month on your med?

absolutely.j had short term and long term blips up until the 8 month.

i think i did too

and maybe lifes ups and downs can still antagonize

i have to stick with yoga or other exercise every day

get out

stay mindful

meditate

be kind and generous

eat regularly good healthy food