Shamelessly using AIBU for traffic!
Withdrawing off Citalopram for various reasons - been on them 9 years with a couple of previous attempts to wean off which I stopped because SSRI withdrawal is hideous.
Did it the proper way this time, down from 40mg to 2.5mg over several months (still faster than some recommend online, but the nurse prescriber at my GP surgery said a dosage drop every fortnight would be okay so that's what I went with roughly - a few longer periods in between of the same dose if I wasn't tolerating the new lower dosage well).
At 2.5mg they said it was either stop taking altogether, or start a different SSRI on 5mg and then titrate down with liquid medication which is easier to get a very small dose - they said liquid citalopram wasn't an option. I can't tolerate any other SSRIs so I stopped taking the 2.5mg and I'm fine mentally - a bit quicker to cry than my average, but I am notoriously a crier anyway so I'm not especially worried about that.
Buuuut it's been a week since my last tablet and I am still getting the horrendous brain zappy/dizzy feeling whenever I moved my head or eyes too quickly.
Does anyone know how long this takes to go away? Google isn't helping and for various reasons I really need this stopping of meds to stick (unless I completely lose my shit again, in which case then obviously I will go back on them).
Any advice, experience or psych doctors/nurses knocking around with wisdom gratefully welcomed!