Hi I have been on citalopram 4 weeks after cross tapering from mitazapine. I have anxiety and insomnia and slight ocd mitazapine had stopped working for me. I have felt awful on citalopram worsened insomnia doc gave me zopriclone but it only help 4 hours sleep at the most. I had nausea shaking which has now stopped. I have diohorrea nervous neck twitches feels like a tic or something started getting bad panic attacks anxiety and like im high butterfly feeling that I can't stand it causes me more anxiety.Doctor wants to swap me over to something else as said they should be working by now 4 weeks in anyone else felt like this?
Listen to your Dr. And switch to something else. Citalopram twitches can turn into a permanent tic. Should make you sleepy, so going long period without can cause problems. Thankfully Dr. Recognize this may not be good drug for you and doesn't want to raise your doseage.
It gets worse before it gets better. These meds will not work after 4 weeks - that's way too early. They take months to begin showing any sign of recovery. Took me 6 months. Some people are quicker, some even later. We're all different. But certainly not weeks.
Too many doctors give false hope as they sadly are not knowledgeable with these type of meds.
I can't take any of these anti depressant meds. They all give me horrible side effects. More anxiety than before. Tired achy dizzy nauseous insomnia headache. Just awful stuff. Not worth it. Good luck to you. I'd rather try to cope with life with meditation and yoga and church prayers, whatever just not these chemicals.