Success stories of Citalopram please.

I also have just started citalopram.  I have been depressed for years in a bad marraige and recently found out he was cheating on me.  I had a meltdown and drank for two weeks.  (I have not drank in two weeks since).

The doctor prescribed me this medication at 10 mg daily.  I have extreme anxiety until the evenings and very nauseous.  Is this normal?  Does anyone know how long this feeling will last.  I want my life back.  I have to go back to work at the end of the month, so I hope i will be fine by then.   Any encouraging words would be greatly appreciated.

How has your experience been now. Did you end up taking a higher dosage?

Hello..i recently suffered a severe panic attack where i couldnt walk or talk and body was violently shaking..made drip to ER. though i was having a heart attack or seizure. Ruled all that out and determined i have anxiety/panic disorder. they gave a shot of ativan and 10 minutes later i was fine.  i have suffered this about 8 years ago. got on meds for a few months and wenned off...was doing great, with an occassional anxiety over the last 8 years up until recently.  monday i started celexa 10 mg and .25 xanax 1 or 2 tablets as needed once  a day.

i feel worse than i felt before i started meds. i know its only been 4 days and i am trying to stick it out. im so tired...so tired of living with this. i hope it starts working soon. i zone out, want to sleep, cant wake up in mornings,feel like i can pass out, have these 'zaps' in my head, body jolts, chest pressure,  and i feel i am going to kill over with a heart attack at any moment. these are not occasional feelings..i have them constantly  all day long until i fall asleep...then i wake up with the same feelings. 

I'm going through the exact same experiences as you. All the same symptoms. I was at 10 mg for 8 days and now I'm on day 2 of 20 mg. Doctors and forums all say to not give up. I'll will get better.

I feel like if everybody is saying it, it must be true. I'm gonna stick it out a while longer and hopefully the side effects (dry mouth, dizzyness, yawning, loss of appetite, lack of energy etc.) will gradually diminish and the medication will do its thing.

Good luck.

Hi I'm new here, I'm 19 years old and have been through quite a lot, childhood wasn't the best as I have an alcoholic father that is very violent my mom was only 17 when she had me and she suffered with depression and couldn't cope most of the time.. I saw and heard some terrible things growing up but my mom did try and never stopped, at the age of 15 something bad happened to me which I'm not going to put online as no one else knows about it. At 17 I had to have a biopsy on my neck which scared me so much as I had never been put to sleep before and I just thought I was going to die, 2 days before Christmas i was then diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma which Is cancer, i honestly thought i was going to be my last ever christmas with my family and spent the day in bed as I felt like I was going to be sick and just went down hill. I under went chemotherapy and everyone couldn't understand why I was so brave and never cried or anything I just got on with it, if fact when the specialist told me I had cancer I laughed at him and said OK and walked out with a smile on my face... I'm not sure why. I've always thought I wasn't meant to survive for as long as I have and everyday I'm so scared that something is going to happen to me... when I was having my chemo I wasn't as strong as everyone thought every night I cried my self to sleep and thought I was going to die. It's like I can't show people my feelings like I'm to scared to I get embarrassed saying I love you to my mom or sister and I wish I didn't but I can't help it. I've always been put down about something my whole life my weight, not having a heart, being like my dad to much, I wet the bed until the age of about 12. I have also recently been in a bad car accident and that also scared me a lot. My anxiety is getting worse I'm having more heart palpations since Friday I've felt like I've been hit by a bus my head constantly hurts my neck too I'm constantly dizzy and feel sick all the time my heart won't stop racing and my temperature keeps rising.. I'm boling hot but I keep shivering and I can't eat ... dry mouth, can't sleep and also diarrhoea... so doctor gave me citalopram but I've read the leaflet and I'm really scared now but everyone said I need to take them someone please help me I don't wanna get worst or even die as stupid as that sounds x

I started on citalopram just over 2 weeks ago. I have improved but worried I'm not going to get any better, I just can't see any end. Mornings are the worst but I seem to be okay in the evenings. I had quite bad side effects when started on 20mg which was dropped to 10mg after the 4th day. Reading some encouraging posts about sticking it out on here so hoping it will get better soon. I find it hard to distract myself as I have very little interest in anything at the moment.