I am on 20mg citalopram
I have been on citalopram for about 3 years. Firstly on 40mg, must have been on 20mg for nearly a year now. I want to stop taking it.
When i mentioned it to my doc a while back she said ok fine, you could take 20mg one every other day, i was a bit , then something happened so i decided to stay on them for a bit longer. Anyway, i really dont want to be taking them now - its getting to the point where i am putting off taking them for as long as i can - but then i end up going for a couple of days at every other day, then DP notices and says im snappy (or words to that effect ) and i do feel fraught.
Is that withdrawal? Or am i not ready to come off them yet? I have had lots of counselling and was signed off before xmas - dont know if it was because my counseller thought i was doign ok or if we were going round in circles.
So anyway, i think it was 2.5 days this time, not on purpose, i deliberately didnt take yesterday but forgot to take this morning, been out all day - then preparing dinner tonight and i felt really weird - buzzy feeling in my head and felt detached from myself. it was unpleasant but not a full on panic attack. Had a heart flutter last night (i am prone to palpitations).
So - why i am asking re the cold turkey is - if i am to continue dropping my dose and gong every other day, i think im going to feel like shit and it will drag on. If i do every other day for more than a few times in a go, i feel like shit - quite angry and prone to well, tantrums i suppose (i have a very firey temper, always have done).
Doc didnt think going to 10mg a good idea, dont know why
If i just stop taking them, what side effects would i expect? might i just have a rough few days or am i mad to even consider it?
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Citalopram: Thinking of going cold turkey - not a good idea?
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LucyEllensmadmummy · 23/01/2010 20:19
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