Started citalopram at 10 mgs for four days then up to 20 mgs. Been on for 17 days started it for anxiety but now I’m feeling depressed. Anybody having negative thoughts or thoughts of death while on this med??
it may just be start up effects or the med may not suit you! im coming off it and ive had racing negative thoughts
Hi Que-since it takes 8/10 weeks for the medication to work,that is why you are getting side effects.
You moved from 10mg to 20 too quickly. 10 mg should work for anxiety. Should have stayed on 10mg for at least 8-12 weeks. Did your doc increase dosage that quick? These meds are not like benzos. They work very slowly and take lots of time. Any time you change dosages, youll experience side effects. But honestly you changed from 10 to 20 waaaay too fast
i had.. still have fear of dying or yes thoughts about close people dying. I did have similar thoughts before citalopram. As citalopram has an absurd effect to begin with meaning increases our anxiety i suppose it might increases our fears. if you get extreme thoughts such as self arming though talk to your doctor about it.
Stay at the 20mg dosage now and let it level off. Yes the thoughts of death were notmal for me also but I have made it past most of yhe side effects, hopefully. Surround yourself with friends and family and tey to take it easy. Hope this helps. This forum is a lifesaver. Lots of hood people willing to help you.
yes definitely i had thoughts of death, fear, and people who have died too, the depression side effect was the last big one for me, it lasted about 5 days, iv never known what depression was until i had this, feeling extremely low, staring into space, racing thoughts about crazy things, worrying am i going to be normal ever again and all ways wanting it to go but it wasn't going, thank god that was two years ago, now i feel amazing, back to my old self again, hang in there and you will too.
yes definitely i had thoughts of death, fear, and people who have died too, the depression side effect was the last big one for me, it lasted about 5 days, iv never known what depression was until i had this, feeling extremely low, staring into space, racing thoughts about crazy things, worrying am i going to be normal ever again and all ways wanting it to go but it wasn't going, thank god that was two years ago, now i feel amazing, back to my old self again, hang in there and you will too.
ive suffered from depression but never anxiety until going through withdrawal, the racing thoughts are anxiety start up or withdrawal thoughts! im 8 months trying to get stable on a lower dose and still have terrible racing thoughts
hi toria, i wish you the very best of a speedy recovery coming off cit, and hope you soon find the right med that works for you, depression is a horrendous thing to have and so many people suffering in silence, i had two very close friends who suffered with it and took their own lives, i had no idea they had depression and were too embarrassed to talk to anybody because they came across as so confident to people, but were hiding the illness inside them. i look back and if only i knew, i might have helped them.
Yes that's the way the doctor told me to do it. I was having the thoughts before when I was taking lexapro and gabapentin.
How long have you been on it? Do the thoughts go away?
How long did it take for the medicine to start helping?
How long have you been on it? Do the thoughts seem to be going away?
I took citalopram before and did not feel this way. A switch was made to escitalopram and gabapentin. This is when I started feeling so bad. I decided to go back to citalopram because I tolerated it before. But I'm still having these thoughts even though I've been back on citalopram for almost 3 weeks and off the others.
I'm so sorry about your two friends. 😢
So you think the thoughts are more anxiety related or depression related?
one feeds the other and vise versa.
more than likely you are experiencing start up from celexa and withdraws from the other two meds.
hi que, its different for everyone, in my case 10mg is a starting dose for 4-5 weeks with every side effects even rare ones, it was horrible for the first 3-4 weeks then slowly eased, started 20mg same side effects but alot milder, bouts of hyper feelings, stayed on 20mg for 8weeks still werent right so i upped to 30mg same side effects but milder only for about 5 days on and off, stayed on 30 for 8 weeks but i had strange eyes sensations very strong, i thought it would go but it didn't so i went back to 20mg and staight away i finally felt really good, i had found my level, this was about 2 years ago, it was worth it, some people it works quicker, im my case a while, i never want to come off them, they saved my life, i know its hard in the beginning, really hard but stay with it, find your level, and youl be fine in time, all the best