hi there heres my story i was on citalopram 20mg for 2 yrs and felt *normal* my doc recommended trying to come off them so i had been tappering down over a good few months and then bam the anxiety struck me so was advised to restart the meds i was on 10mg just under 3wks and now bk on 20mg 4 weeks, i had hurrendous anxiety and sideeffects in the first few weeks i basically just wanted to die i couldnt cope with life, i can definatly say im alot better now but still have strange head sensation and anxiety throughout thje day my chest also feels rather fluttery and just over all on edge, my doc said its upto me if id like to increase to 30mg or switch meds altogther, to be honest im so scared to do this and is it not to early to be considering this? ive got it in my head that i was on 20mg cit before and worked well so y wont it now?
The thought of more side effects terrifies me and to have to switch meds scares me even more coz what if that dont work and i didnt give cit long enough i feel im just messing my mental health up and im going to loose my mind completely n end up locked up in a mental unit. i just really duno what to do, all i want it to feel completely normal again like i did, at the moment i hate being alone and i just want the days over with
Hi sorry to hear your nightmare, lt seems most people who have stopped and restarted are having the same problem but citalprom takes 4 to 6 weeks to kick inand also u might need a heavier dose than before bcoz your body tends to resist if u stop and then start again gooduck.
Oh Dizzy, poor you. So awful to be back and forward up and down like this. I really sympathise. It's so unfair of your doctor to tell you that its up to you whether you stick with the cit or change to another med. Chopping and changing is very unsettlling and will stress you out. It's still early days back on the higher dose, my own personal view is that you should hang it out and wait for this to settle before thinking about changing yet again. Your seratonin levels really need time to balance out properly to give it a chance for your anxiety to lessen to a manageable level. You are right when you say you were on it before and it worked well, not really sure therefore why your idiot doctor decided to take you off it. If it aint broke dont fix it. Long term use of cit is perfectly acceptable if it resolves the problems, there is no stigma attached to taking medication long term if its essential for your health, mental OR physical (think insulin dependency etc., no one criticises diabetics for taking it for the rest of their life!) Hang on in there girl, you know it works eventually. xx good luck hon
Hmm I wish I never came off it, she now says I've to b on it for life which Is fine by me ha I'm just scared it's not going to work again, n I'm very anxious about medication so switch wud freak me out n I'm not good at making decisions I'd b scared I'd made the wrong one n could b worse off then itbwud b months of hell trying to find one that works
Hi dizzy doll, just to add to the other posters.......it worked for you before, it'll work for you again. So sorry you're going though this episode but it will pass and take faith from the positive previous experience you've had with citalopram. It does just sound as though you've battling the initial adjustment symptoms. Awful, but temporary. Big hugs x
It'll definitely work for you again. After taking it for 15 years I came off it to find I was fine. After a year of no meds I restarted because of family illness was making me ill and I needed to be strong and well. I forgot how bad the side effects were and I also thought would they work again .... but now 2 months on I'm back to feeling great again.
That's a shame maybe it will kick in and work again like before don't know Im thinking of asking doc for that but I don't even know wat wrong lol u not alone you get advice on here I'm sure I'm not helpful just wanted u to know someone read it who is suffering bad too and wanted to say hold in there it worked before should again then stick to it
