Hi there. Recently I had my dose of citalopram upped from 20mg to 40mg. I was OK on the 20 as in no bad side effects but my depression and anxiety began to rear its ugly head again so I had to have it increased to 40. Since then I am so tired I cannot function properly. I mean I feel like I am on illegal drugs or something and I probably look like that too it's awful. So so tired and no motivation to do anything. I just want to stay on the sofa all day or sleep which is impossible as i am a single mum. I really hope this passes soon I just want to feel normal again. Anyone else had this problem? It was a struggle to even type this x
Hi Rachael.
I hope you are feeling better. The side effects are horrible.
I've stopped mine and now taking tyrosine. And gaba food. I don't know the reason you are taking it. But explore other options as well. It's just a terrible pill one That made me so I'll I had to stop it after two days. And the.vertigo once I stopped I just hope you don't get.the side effects I did.
Hi Roxy thanks for your reply. I am just back from the doctor and they have changed me to fluoxetine so will see how i get on with that. Have just been feeling awful, so tired but cant sleep, fuzzy headed, just really not myself. Depression much worse and anxiety sweating uncontrollable, sore head. The list goes on! So fingers crossed I have more success with this new one. Hope you are well.
that sounds like a good idea to switch rachael, and i hear many people say that fluoxetine doesn't make them as tired as some of the other meds so hopefully it will work out for you. i had the same issue as you with citalopram making me feel too sleepy. i stuck with it for a couple of months but then decided it had long enough for that side effect to pass and i wasn't wasting any more time with it. i switched to trazodone 150mg at night time and escitalopram 5mg in the morning, and my tiredness has gone now and i dont need to sleep in the daytime (in fact i couldnt sleep in the daytime if i tried now haha