I had been on 20 mg Citalopram about six years ago and never had any issues taking it. I was on it for two years then felt better and went off it. Recently I have had a death in the family and my mother is very ill. I started on 10mg Citalopram and was fine then after a couple weeks went up to 20 mgs and suffered extreme anxiety, mood swings and insomnia. I had such a feeling of dread and also thought I was having a heart attack and went to the ER on a few occasions. I have since has many test which have come out negative so my doctor thinks it is extreme anxiety/ depression causing my issues. My question is has anyone been on this medication before with no issues then quit then started up again only to experienced severe side affects. My doctors can’t understand why I didn’t have issues before and now I do. I’m a sixty one year old female, I was wondering if being older might have something to do with the side affects being worse?
I’m 61, was on celexa for 11 yrs. went off, am having a very hard time getting back on it. 3 mos in now, went down to 5 mg, finally have some good days, but still struggling. I’ve read on here, the 2nd and 3rd time around can be hell. I’m very sensitive now also, so I think that makes it worse. but my doc says I will eventually adjust. just hang in there
I had been in 10mg and am now in 20mg for 2 weeks now and having worse anxiety and depression, tiredness, headache and just feel weird. As everyone has been telling me it’s normal to have worse side effects until the medicine readjusts again. I’m 50 and was wondering if my hormones are working correctly or if my cortisol levels are imbalanced. The health of the hypothalmus is really important too. Anyway, I have lorazapam to help get me thru this which really helps. 2 hours ago I was so distraught till I came in this forum. Now I can actually answer a post and provide encouragement. I would give it several weeks as I am doing. Hopefully we"ll both feel better soon.
I was the same and I am the same age. cit worked well for me in the past and thought it would again but this time after struggling for 6 months and getting worse instead of better it was obvious it wasn’t going to this time. do not know if it is a age thing or a hormone thing but my GP said we will never really know so she switched me to sertraline must admit that I was really anxious about starting a new drug, have only ever used citalopram but 17 days in with very mild side effects I have my life back. I wish you well and hope you find a way through x
HI what dose are you on please
I am only on 25mgs with an option of going up to 50 if I need it but at the moment as they say if it isn’t broken don’t fix it. on citalopram, over the 6 months I went 10, 15,20 then back down to 15
hello
i have been on ad since i was 23 . and i came off them and went back on them several times over the years and never experienced any side effects , but i then went back on citalopram im now 36 and have experienced the worst month of my life . every side effect possible and it ruined everything in my life i couldnt even think straight i spent a week amd a half in bed unable tontalk to anyone ley alone work or be a mother or wife .
im on week 3 now and have a bit of life back but im taking it slow. very slow . xx
Thank you to everyone for your input. I’m shocked at how many have had the same issues as myself. I will inform my doctor as he seems to think that I’m the only one is the world to experience this. I’m on day four at 5mgs and between the lack of sleep and anxiety that hits me out of the blue I’m totally exhausted. Today I’m spending most of my day in bed as I don’t have the energy or will to do anything else. Going to give it one more shot very slowly but I’m not sure this is my best choice anymore. Best of luck to everyone on here, praying we all find our way through this!
your doctor must be a Cumquat thinking your the only person going thru this for crying out loud.
Does the lorazapam make you drowsy and tired? I’m on lorazapam too, some days it does and other days it doesn’t. it seems to adjust as the celexa adjusts. how much are you on? I’m on 4 mgs. still getting anxiety so I’m reluctant to cut down on lorazapam yet. My doc wants me to give it another month to see if everything adjusts. for a few wks, the lorazapam seemed adjusted. now it’s going up and down. I dropped to 5 mg 3 wks ago, so it might take a while to readjust.
Totally normal to find it hard going back on. The people who have no issues are the exception, not the rule, honestly.
You’ll stabilise again, but you need to give it time.