Success on Citalopram😁

I've been on 10mg for 3 wks now and wonder when I'll start to feel myself again.

Looks like we're at similar stages. Hope we both start to feel better soon. It feels like an age doesn't it xx

You will get there. Exactly what I felt ..where had I gone?

I am back now!

look back in the posts both you and Louise....I think it was an Anna that posted why you feel worse before better. It's to do with the rewiring of the brain.  It was excellent post

you need to be very careful on reduction. I took a year to reduce my 20mg to 1.25 .  Back in 2013

You have to be very very slow or you will crash

I can always eat 😉But I worry about the weight gain which for some people is horrific! I haven't a major problem there but I am at a gym class every day but I do notice that I sneak off for a little snack of cheese and crackers late at night.  It's a porky well being feeling as well though! 

When u go back up on the dose you will feel worse as the cycle starts all over again

i am on 20 mg too 

Yes I saw that. It's just dissapointing as I began to feel ok last week but feel rubbish again, was crying last night. But I did have a stressful day on Monday. I just hope I don't need to up the dose as I worry about the hunger coming back. 

Hi Nicola I'm in 10mg andinto my 3rd week and Dix gave me 20 but I'm scared to take them in case if worse side effects.what dose are u on and hoes ur side rffects

Hi, I'm on 20mg, was on 10mg for 10 days. Side effects were a bit of diarrhea and dry mouth. Increased anxiety and depression. Physical side effects have gone now but I'm ot feeling great this week.

Did your side effects get worse when u went up to 20mg

I don't think so, pretty much the same.

Thank you I'm going to start on 20 tomoro

How are you feeling? 

I'm quite up and down at the moment. Sometimes I can feel completely normal again and then I can feel quite low and weepy or just not myself. Hoping this is normal and will eventually iron out.

Hey Nicola,

I just registered to let you know that I'm also in the same boat as you, I'm on day 13 of 10mg so far, originally prescribed 20mg but side effects were brutal so I reduced my dose then told my GP - the way you describe how you are feeling right now is exactly the same as me, It's completely normal - I'm reassuring myself by telling me its just a calibration period for my brain and its definetly a sign that things are improving! just think of where you've come from recently! Last week I was a complete mess and couldn't function, I wasn't sleeping and now this week I'm ocassionally feeling ok and then occassionally feeling crap. That's huge progress but when our minds are in this state we just can't realise it. Have faith that these things will iron out, this is my second time on Citalopram and they definitly ironed out the first time so why wouldn't they this time? staying optimistic is tough but lean on those around you for reassurance when times are tough, keep going and keep busy!

Hi Elliot

Thanks so much for your encouraging words. It is so hard to remember when you are feeling bad. At each stage of improvement I feel like 'this is going to be it forever' and I never learn but I need to acknowledge that it is improvement. I have been writing a journal to help me look back and see how bad I was.

I feel fine now, I usually feel fine from lunchtime but 'off' in the mornings.

I know exactly what you mean - I find it so hard to figure out I've improved even though from an outside perspective the improvement is huge. When do you take your citalopram? I find that the initial 8 hours after I take it I feel wierd, and then my mood lifts after (not sure if its psychological though!)

I take it at night, which is what I did the last time I was on it. It was making me very sleepy when I first started and I don't have any problems sleeping on it.

I know exactly where your coming from. You have been there once and it worked. It will help again. Needs time.  I had forgotten the side effects and they were much worse and I felt worse, than last time. 20 mg is therapeautic   starting dose and you should have stayed with it. Sorry! 

When you up or down a dose your body will need to adjust again. Stay on the 20 mg. be kind to yourself and go with it . 

I used to take it at night but was giving me awful insomnia, swapped to the morning and much better but I feel a bit wierd throughout the day!

Hiya Nicola im exactly the same can feel normal then. It just hits me and but hopefully will start to feel the benefits soon.hipe ur doing ok

Hi Gillian I was out on 10mg for 2 wks but I was giving 20on Monday but scared to take it.i spoke to doctor today and she says go up to 20 tomoro because it's more therapeutic.

Can i ask what your physical side effects was? Im increasing to 20 mg an been . 10 for week an 5 for 3 weeks. Did slow increase. The anxiety an spaciness is bad. Not sure if some physical stuff is cirt or what. Thanks