Has citalopram destroyed me in one week?

I feel like my life has been destroyed by roughly a week of poor judgement. I'll try to keep this succinct as I'm at work. Back in April, I had been already fighting a severe anxiety/depression episode since early February which started with a mental breakdown. Due to extreme stress and anxiety, my free testosterone lowered to critically low levels, 161. Unfortunately, on April 7, after discussing with my doctor, she suggested Celexa (citalopram hbr) @ 20mg to "help" with the depression/anxiety I was facing. I was hesitant to take it after reading the Wikipedia and seeing the side effects, etc. Somehow, though, I was in enough stress and my family was begging me to try it. I was on it for roughly a week total. I still remember taking the first pill and feeling like I was going to die. Burning in my chest, not being able to sleep, waking up feeling terrified, etc. I ended up on it for about ~5 days and then stopped. I should have never touched it or at least stopped after the first pill. I stopped for two weeks and felt pretty horrible. I could tell I wasn't socially the same, and there were some minor effects on my sexual performance (minor numbness). Somehow, for some reason, I decided to take it for two more days thinking I should "give it a chance", and still, my family was begging me to try it since my Mom had a good success with it. I took a pill each day (I believe I tried 10mg for these doses) and I still felt horrible. At that stage, I threw the bottle away and wanted to forget about the garbage, and work on myself naturally.

hi jonny, i think you urgently need to speak to someone, you’ve come off a powerful drug alone and without going slowly. ring 111. now. you need to know what to do.

Sounds like your anger is justified. Very irritating when we’re given a medication that does all kinds of horrible things to us.

And your instinct to work on yourself free of medication is quite possibly the right choice for you.

Good luck with it.

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I was on it for roughly a week total. I still remember taking the first pill and feeling like I was going to die. Burning in my chest, not being able to sleep, waking up feeling terrified, etc. I ended up on it for about ~5 days and then stopped. I should have never touched it or at least stopped after the first pill. I stopped for two weeks and felt pretty horrible. I could tell I was whatsapp web n’t socially the same, and there were some minor effects on my sexual performance (minor numbness). https://19216801.onl/
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