Success stories of Citalopram please.

iam now on day 6 .First couple of days were horrible .Kept spacing out , headaches , felt sick and was dizzy .I take mine 9pm everynight and now on day 6 im feeling good.First anxiety was really high , now its really improved .Only side effect left is sticky red eyes.I finf this is because i spend allot of time staring haha .But im feeling really hopeful.Yesterday i went for a 6 mile walk too and felt it really helped :D

Hi, ive been taking cit 10 mg for almost 9 weeks now and i can say it really managed my anxiety, its like going to my normal self again gradually.... It took 4-8 weeks to kick in so be patient guys, just keep yourself busy (i know its hard) but eventually everything will be ok.... Keep praying everything will be ok.... godbless everyone stay healthy and strong

Hi cmc, how are you doing right now..... Hope your doing fine.....

What a dreadful week it's my 10th day on 20mg excessive sweating at night I mean I'm drenched in sweat, feeling confused all the time and can't stop yawning really hope I can overcome all this and stick to the medication as iv seen some good revised if you hang in.

Hi has anyone experience weight lost on

Citorpralm I'm on 20 mg I was 110 kgs

Before I started takeing them and now down to 103.7 thanks

I have been taking citalopram for the past 6 years starting with 20 then 40 then 20 and 10 again for the last year. I stopped taking it abruptly(after 6 yrs). For the first month felt nothing except dizziness, but after a month started feeling anxious , having panick attacks and eventually depression. I was sooooo fed up with life and had no motivation. Every sigle hour of living was an struggle. I woukd ask myself what is the point of living along many other odd feelings. After 2 weeks feeling this way i couldnt tolerate and saw my GP to get back on citalopram again. He started me on 20m but the first day was such a horrible feeling and vad anxiety that i decided to halve the dose for a few days. After about a week i went back on 20m. Now it has been under 4 weeks since the start. I feel improved but not fully. The anxiety and panick attacks have considerably reduced but the depression is still there. I am still very hopeless and not joyful. I will see my gp in a week to up the dose maybe, as i had citalopram before and it worked perfectly for 6 years.

Hi all I'm New to all this, I've been prescribed citalopram 10mg, I'm at present , have anxiety attacks which are petty severe at times, I'm also suffering insomnia, yet still scared of taking my first tablet, please can someone reinsurer me as until I feel confident I'll be unable to take my first dose, as had bad experience with amitriptyline which put me in hospital

I'm glad I see others are having the people are having the same problems. I've been sick every night I've been on them didn't know weather to go my doctor back.

When I started Citalopram just over a year ago I read a blog just like this and it was a huge comfort to me knowing others are going through the same thing.  My story was that I was happy and relaxed one day and the next day had my first ever anxiety attack in the shower. It came out of the blue. I could hardly breathe and had to turn the shower on cold to shock my body out of it. This happened for a few more days until I went to the docs in a dreadful state and she prescribed me Citalopram 20mg.  The first week I had to just lie on the couch and read (Clive Cussler books were my distraction).  I was light headed, headachy, sweaty, not sleeping, had palpitations, couldn't eat and had occasional dark thoughts. I would advise anyone who starts this drug to have at least a few days off while your body adjusts. It is not pleasant but if you work your way through it it is fantastic.  After almost two weeks I felt my normal self again.  I used to take the drug in the morning but had palpitations at night, so now I take it at night and it is perfect.

I have not felt anxious for a year now. Funny enough I did feel very slightly anxious whenever I took a shower as that was where it all started but felt fine after about six months - I just got out quick! I used to be nervous driving on long road trips and now I feel great about it and enjoy it.  Funny enough I had a phobia of spiders and now am not so scared of them!  I feel happy and relaxed and can't say enough positive things.  Bear with the side effects for a week... work your way though it and hopefully it will work for you too.

Hey guys... I have been suffering with an anxiety and depression (stemming from health anxiety). Tried many antidepressants with only paxil really working and effexor partially working. Unfortunately third time around on paxil things didn't work out the same.

I'm exactly 4 weeks into citalopram (first week 10mg and 20mg since then)

Motivation is hard to come by, I'm constantly fatigued and have an all day heightened anxiety since beginning the treatment.

I understand that These things take time and Hopefully I turn a corner soon. The waiting game is the Hardest because you just want to feel as close to your old self as possible..

Anyone at a similar time stage as me? How are previous posters feeling now? It's always good to have support and hear successes!