Good evening. Has anyone out there stopped taking Citalopram? I ran out last Thursday so it's been nearly a week now. I have felt ok untill now and didn't think it would be a problem..I woke up this morning feeling very sick and it has stayed all day, I haven't eaten so am trying to eat now but it's making me feel worse. I have had a huge argument with my husband and have left him to stay at my friends with the plan of going to Cornwall tomorrow to look for somewhere to live..I don't know if I'm coming or going and just feel so sick. Does this sound familiar or did anyone have any symptoms when giving up this drug. I know you are meant to cut down not stop it all together but I was away and unable to get anymore but didn't like Citalopram and was thinking of stopping them. X
hi
yes i was on citalopram and came off it. but i came off with doctor's advice - reducing gradually, taking tablets on alternate days for a week or so, before starting on the new medication.
can you get in contact with a GP to discuss your situation? maybe they could advise what you should do. even if they only prescribe you with enough for a couple of weeks to wean you off gradually.
the symptoms you are experiencing don't sound good..
good luck
hi, I have been taking citralopram for a few years, i was on vacation a few months ago and forgot to take my tablets, i felt fine for a few weeks and decided i would not start taking them again, however, about 3 weeks after i had stopped cold turkey i began to feel unwell,i starting to get a shaking sensation,then felling sick, moved onto pins and needles all over my body,ecspecially my legs and arms, i was so scared, i was convinced i had the start of MS, i plucked up the courage to go to the doctors and told her i had all these thing s and that i had stopped my tablets.also by this time i was very very anxious and down,i had started to just want to be at home constantly as i was scared i was going to collapse somewhere as i has so many strange sensations in my body. i broke down in the doctors and told her how bad i was, she said it sounded all down to withdrawel from the tablets and said i still need to take them. I started back on them straight way and it has taken a few weeks for the sensations to go.I would Not recommend stopping them suddenly as my experience was so awful. i still suffer with anxiety every day,but they do help slow my bad thoughts down. i suffer with health anxiety,my doctor has now referred me for CBT,but i have to wait for my appointment.i am hoping it will help me as this way of exsisting is no fun. at the moment i have started getting stomach cramps and indigestion,this has gone on for days now and is my latest fear, i convince myself it is something terrible. good luck with what you decide to do, hope it goes well for you. x
That sounds awful Belinda. I have been having stomach cramps for the past 2 days but didn't link it to the tablets..I have felt sick all day but only actually been sick about 10 minutes ago, I am hoping that will be the end of it now. I tried to eat as I haven't had anything all day but it must've been too soon. :-/ I really don't want to go back on the tablets but will get advice to come off them properly. Thought I'd be ok..X