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when to take citalopram

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terry03243
terry03243

i am due to start citalopram tomorrow is it best to take in the evening or first thing in the morning as it does not say on the box , i am due to starrt on 10mg , want to know other peoples views on when to take it 

 

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  • terry39293
    terry39293 terry03243

    Posted

    I to started on 10. I take mine at bedtime. I'm up to 20 and it's kicking in now.
    • terry03243
      terry03243 terry39293

      Posted

      how long have you been taking it and how long before you started to feel any benifits , very anxious about taking it at the moment as im worried about side effects
  • sarah80079
    sarah80079 terry03243

    Posted

    I take it in the evening too, when I started on it 7 weeks ago I took it in the morning and it made me feel shaky. But no problems with the evening so far!!
    • terry03243
      terry03243 sarah80079

      Posted

      thanks for your reply , do you feel any benifit from it after 7 weeks
    • sarah80079
      sarah80079 terry03243

      Posted

      Yes,started to feel better after about five weeks but dose was increased from 20 to 30mg. Been back to work two weeks and much better, still have anxious moments but very few side effects. I hope not to be on them for too long though.
  • elizabeth20203
    elizabeth20203 terry03243

    Posted

    I take 10mg in the morning, GP said morning was better, i did take evening at first but couldn't sleep. Everybody is different so it's trial and error.
  • stephanie25872
    stephanie25872 terry03243

    Posted

    I took mine in morning I started on 10,then,20,30.been off them now for just over week & having some side effects dizzy/foggy head tearful & snappy at times.trying to ride though it.Took a few weeks till I found they worked
  • David_21660
    David_21660 terry03243

    Posted

    Hi Terry,

    The general advice appears to be take it in the morning although, you will also hear that it does not matter when you actually do! I started at lunch time then moved due to feeling (myself) it may be better around evening meal time. However, as I went along this road I found that I was suffering from multiple dreams, and I mean multiple!, if I got up in the night (no matter how many times) I would then return to the same or a different dream! WOW! drove me to - a little despair, to say the very least! A wonderful forumer, here, suggested trying to take it just before bed time and I have to be honest I still dream, but only the odd one and they are not so scary! I get a good nights sleep while Cita does her work.

    Remember, we are all different and it may not work for everyone, but it did for me.

    Go with the flow, get yer advice here and from yer GP (with they appear to know about Cita) and try it!

    Good luck!

    Regards,

    David

    • terry03243
      terry03243 David_21660

      Posted

      thanks david , unfortunatly i have got to stop my venalaxafine before i can take the tablet , im now down to 37.5 mg and have been on that for 3 days feeling terrible thats without stopping all together , then got to go on the cit , but trying to pluck up the courage to stop the venlaxafine have been on this for over 10 years plus , but the last few years stopped working and making me feel rubbish everyday

       

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