Hey all
So I've decided to bite the bullet and move up to 20mg after being on 10mg for 4mths.
The side effects aren't as bad there manageable which is a plus.
I do have pain/numbness/tingling in the back right hand side of my head (I think it's where the mind is located) I was wondering if this will go away as it's driving me crazy day in day out
Any help much appericated
hi cheryl i to have been suffering from tingling in the head but mine it at the back of my head feels like a cold feeling and i also have been getting headaches to i have been told they will subcide but i have been taking them for 4 weeks and they headaches has only just started and the tingling started about 2 weeks into the treatment
Hi guys. I'm on day 25 of Citalopram (20mgs) and have had the same experiences as yourselves. I have to say it was absoutely awful for the first 5 days, I was a mess. But then it calmed a little and has stayed pretty much the same since. Worst for me is the sudden sharp pains in the head, which are instantly followed by hot, tingling sensation in my neck/chest and nausea. It takes some getting used to. Plus, I am reluctant to try to go asleep, as I always wake with a jump and same panicky hot flushes, chest pains etc. I'm just hoping that thes ARE all just side-effects and not something else??? My Doctor doesn't seem too concerned, just says its normal. It doesn't feel normal though does it!!!
Hi Andy I get those shooting pains in my head 2 normally on the left hand side at the front of my head and I also get tingling at the back of my head to its a horrible feeling and I used to get them jumpy feelings when trying to sleep that has gone but I get a falling feeling sometimes and the hot flash feeling I also feel really numb when trying to relax with citalopram but thinks that's just it working and trying to relax us
Thanks Shelby, it is great to know that I'm not actually going stir-crazy! How long have you been taking them yourself? Any other side-effects you have noticed? Here's a little list of mine (sorry to bore you)
night-sweats
stumbling a bit over my words
more 'floaters' than usual in my vision
aswell as headaches, feelings of pressure, like weight, in my head, very unnerving,
numbness in fingers, sometimes face etc
plus i've over 1stone in 3 weeks, without trying!
Starting to wonder if I'd been better off trying to get through things without meds.
I've noticed that my words are slurred w bit recently I'm on 10 mg citalopram at week 4 the first few days of taking it I had nausea and no appetite I lost alot of weight before my treatment also was very pale all my symptoms are heavy feeling in head tingling in head numbness in my face and lips shooting pains in left side of my head also tension like headaches also have ringing in my ears a popping in my left ear I've had floaters in my eyes for years and I've noticed I have got a few more recently to the most annoying things is the cold feeling in my head and just feel like I'm in a bubble just really detached but I've had the bubble feeling before my treatment my panic attacks have gone though
its so frustrating isnt it? I had one good day, out of the blue, last Friday, then woke up 2am back to square one. And if anything, been slightly worse since. Worst thing is I requested these particular meds, as I know 2 people on them who never had any side effects at all. I was actually prescribed Fluoxetine a month earlier, but didn't take them. Gutted now though, wlthough I'm sure they have their own problems.
I was on fluxotine a few years back and had no side effect but the citalopram has caused me si're effect but I think it's just a sign that there working
how come the Doc didn't just put you back on Fluoxetine? I actually asked for Seroxat first (i'd had these in the past and they were great) but apparently they don't do them anymore, problem with dependancy apparently?
Because I kept suffering from panic attacks and she said citalopram is a better one for that rather than fluxotine I think fluxotine is more of just an antidepressant rather than panic attacks and citalopram treats panic disorder and depression anxiety and depression do usually come together because we get so fed up with the anxiety
ahh I see, they probably wouldn't have been any good to me then as it was the return of panic attacks that started me off too. I suffered like you at your age, but around 21/22 it all started to clear, maybe your metabolism is still changing or something, and had no more attacks for over 20 years. Lets hope it's the same story for you eh?
Now I hope its my 'mid-life crisis' time! 
Yeah I hope so I just want my life back but there's not quick cure for anxiety it's a slow process I've suffered from it all my life when I was young I wouldn't walk down the road on my own and stuff and then I started getting these panic attack which are horrible
Yep, they are horrible, never really get used to them. But remember the first time you had one and had no idea what the hell was happening, now we know what they are and can at least try to cope with them. I was in work when I had mine, I just went back to my desk, got my coat and went home, then resigned over the phone! The day before everything was fine! Keep your chin up, things will get better
Yeah ny attacks started by feeling really weird in my situation like I needed to get out then I wouldn't be able to breath then my eyes would go blurry then I would go pale and sweat like hell and shake and hot and cold flashes racing heart pressure in head then it would make me sick then it would all disappear
Aye, exactly the same as me. I remember stumbling about, people talking to me and I was just ignoring them and trying to get 'out'.
Yeah it's horrible my ears went all deaf to
Hey Shelby Andy
In the past 2 days the pain has seem to vanish so fingers crossed it doesn't come back
I do have good days an bad but I'm getting more good days. I do be a little shaky in the mornings but it's manageable 
in regards to sleep Andy you will eventually be able to sleep... I went thru an awful time I was awake for most of the night an completely exhausted which didn't help me at all but now I'm feeling good and I'm sleeping at night .. I hate to say this but ride it out. oh I didn't take any sleeping tablets as I'm anti medication an one is enough for me...
The pains I felt sounds exactly what I went thru it's horrible and very scary.. I was sent for a mri an all came back fine so that made me feel a little better
All the symptoms yous have listed I had an believe me it does get better an they will soon disappear just stay strong I no easier said then done but it'll be OK in the end... its just the medication working 9 gives you loads of horrible side effects but it's a sign it's working
Get well soon guy x
It's great to hear about your experience Cheryl, and thanks for the kind words.
I'm actually sleeping a little bit more of a night now, and dealing with most of the side-effects better. However, last maybe 3 days the problem has been headaches, and as you know for people with anxiety issues, headaches are always a bad one!
Still getting the stabbing pains, then the hot-flushes in neck/chest straight away, also in the temples, but now the worst is the dull throbbing in the back of neck/base of skull. Only goes away for a short while, and even then I can feel the pressure of it about to return!
I'm now back to worrying there might be something else wrong, however Doc has already done the standard eye-check and BP etc, and seems unconcerned.
What do you think Cheryl? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks, Andy
Hey Andy
I was the same as you I thought there was something else wrong with me an I was very upset an nerves etc... I had like brain zaps and I was convinced there was something in my head... but had a mri and all came back fine... i had very bad pain behind my eyes which was driving me insance. It's the side effects from the cit that causes your body all the stress and these feelings... they will dissappear but if you feel there really is something wrong tell your gp
When my anxiety started in October 2014 it was very hard for me as I emigrated to Canada in 2013 I'm originally from Dublin and my family are back there so it was very tough for me as my bf doesn't understand an I felt very alone and even suicidal but I'm much better now
I no its so hard dealing with these feelings day in day out but I promise it will get better like I said slowly they'll go one by one and in 3mths or sooner you'll look back an think how did I get thru it
Head up keep strong don't let anxity win