I have been on 10mg now for 2 weeks. Last week felt great - almost happy. But now all of a sudden i feel down and just want to cry. Why has this happened? How long before the tablets kick in fully? Will i still have down days ??
Hi Dolphin
I am taking 20mg of citalopram a day. I am into the fourth week and there seems to be some improvement. Last week I had a real down day,but since then i have seem to be getting better. perhaps the dose you are taking is not strong enough, maybe you need to go back to your G.P and move up to a higher dose. Stick with it though because it does take a while to get into your system.
Hope this helps.
All the best and keep going.
madmouse
Hi thanks for that.
Having looked on here it seems to take between 6-8 weeks for them to have a full effect. Think a lot of my despair is that i had 4 really good days - suppose i thought that all was ok - but obviously not yet !!!
ive just been prescribed citalopram by my gp after a bout of deppression.
im reluctant to take anti dep pills afer a bad experience with seroxat a few years ago,he wanted me to take 20 mg but i preffer to start low and asked for 10mg.
i sufferd horible side effects whilst on seroxat which i think are a similar ssri.
ill try to pluck up courage tomorrow. :?