Hi I've been taking 20mg of citalopram for 18 days and the side effects are awful. I'm suffering with really bad nausea, some days it subsides in the evening and some days its with me all day. I was suffering severe anxiety, it felt like adrenaline was constantly pumping round my boday with no let up. That seems to have calmed now, apart from on waking first thing in the morning. It's the nausea I cant deal with, I am so hoping that this will subside soon, I cant eat and only manage a protein shake each day.
Anyone else have side effects like this, or anything else?
xx
Yeah i can never eat either for ages after starting or increasing that eventually subsides but i had to push myself to really try and eat but its not easy i know
Hey,
YOU NEED TO EAT.
The nasuea is fairly normal and it will pass by week 4-6, not having food will only make it worse.
Toast, plenty of water.
Walks, deep breaths, power naps if needed to reset the mind.
Hi jo I try to eat when I can but its so difficult. The protein shakes are keeping me going and fortunately I'm ok drinking.
Today not a great day anxiety constant and feeling really sick. Hope it passes soon
X
I'm on week 7, 4 weeks of 10mg and 3 weeks of 20mg and my appetite has just come back. I couldn't eat, and found actually swallowing food a chore but I made myself. I felt so sick too, morning especially. I take my cit at night.
Your appetite will return like magic, it just takes time. I feel very tired today but eating is no longer an issue I can tell you!
Stick with it xx
Thanks Donna, I've had a bad couple of days I feel so sick when I wake up and my anxiety had been peaking again. I was so hoping things would be starting to settle out but I feel like I'm getting worse. Even had to take a diazepam today just to calm me. Not sure how much longer I can go on like this
Hi Victoria,
18 days is still early days. I read back on my early posts and I was awful. I hit rock bottom, real low. It does take 4/6 weeks and I know that sounds like forever at the start.
My anxiety was hellish and I used a few diazepam too, at night to block it out. Your brain is getting used to the meds is all I can say. People on here helped me through. I could just come here and spill my feelings, it helped.
Im so glad I have kept going, I'm feeling stronger and calmer, not fully there yet though, but definitely getting there.
If you had the flu you would take time to heal, this is the same. You need time to heal. I sprained my ankle and it took 10 weeks. I accepted that, as I could see it. It was still hard yet I was so impatient with my anxiety healing, I expected a change for the better soon after taking cit. Your half way there, stick with it. Let your doctor know how you feel xx
your
Hi victoria 88777,
I know how you are feeling. I also went through this. Really had to force myself to eat for weeks. I think all I ate was soup and sloppy weetabix. Made it even worse because I am on insulin. All consumng tiredness was the bad one for me, totally wiped out, yawning constantly. It does pass, just got to put up with it. There'll be lots of good days ahead though!
Hi thanks for the reply sorry I didn't reply back I didn't see a notification! I'm still feeling crappy especially in the mornings when I get bad anxiety and the nausea is still with me most of the day. Nearly 4 weeks in now I just hope I start to feel some effects soon xx
Hi Donna sorry for not replying I hadn't seen the post. Still feel terrible, anxiety as soon as I wake and nausea most of the day. 4 weeks in now, surely I should start to feel some benifits soon?
Hi everyone just a quick check in to let you know how things are going.
Woke up this morning with usual panic at 7am ish. Took a beta blocker and dosed on and off in bed until late morning. Decided to get out of bed after 11:30, had just decided to hide under the duvet!!!! Didn't take my citalopram till then so a couple of hours later than usual. I have to admit I felt fine! No wretching, no anxiety, though my head was trying hard to find it.
Decided to just crack on, went out in the car to the shop and to see a friend. Now I do feel shaky but not panicky but then I haven't eaten.
Feel like I'm eventually getting somewhere...... I know tomorrow could be a return to the usual, but it's so nice to feel a little bit like myself, albeit shaking at the knees!
Maybe there is hope? Maybe, just maybe the meds are starting to work?
Xxxxx
Having such a bad time. After feeling some hope on Sunday I feel worse than ever now. Constant nausea and just can't settle. I'm so worried these tablets aren't working. Will I ever feel better?
I start these this wk so i hope i can give u some hope i feel utterly awful with anxiety just now so hopefully u have seen some improvment? I have costant nausea an shaking an bad sleeping thats just with anxiety so hopefully ur meds will kick in soon an u'll feel better
Oh should probably of added my doc told me yest that some head pysche boy has advised them not to prescribe cit to anxiety suffers it generally makes anxiety worse i kept telling them that when i upped my dose. Im swapping to sertraline
I've been taking them for 4 weeks now and just want to feel some improvement, the last 2 days have been awful I just don't know what to do with myself. I was at dr yesterday and they say it's still early but I'm just so worried they aren't working
Im talking rubbish im stopping these this wk as i said apparently they arent the best for anxiety
Im tslking rubbish im stopping these after 3-4 yrs ive never felt they really helped my anxiety much then after a meltdown this wk doc said there not prescribed for anxiety anymore apparently sertralines better so im starting that this wk
I've just realized that the 2nd pack of tablets is a different brand than my first one. I know I was still feeling terrible but the last 2 days have been worse which is when I started the new pack. Do u think the change in brand could make a difference?