citalopram

[blsckie]

i was on citalopram for few yrs because my anxiety came back dr decided to try me on different one which made me ill so now after a month i back on citalopram suffering side effects anyone else had this problem and did it work 2nd time thanks

Hi, following as I also have same situation. Worked brilliantly for my PND and now in my second week of being back on it for a second time but this time round I am exhausted. I still feel optimistic that give it a couple more weeks it'll kick in and side effects will settle. Hope you have the same too!

Thanks I hoping it dose just been on 8days but side effects are really bad feel more
Anxious this
Time

I find paroxetine worked better for me but I know lots of people that get on well with cit

Anyone had positive results trying Citalapram second time

Feeling totally worn out exhausted waiting for Citalapram to kick in 9days now

Citalopram literally saved my life! I had it after postnatal depression and came off it after 5 years. I then had another depressive episode and went back on after a few years. The side effects did seem to be worse but after 10 days or so I felt normal again. It's been 2 years now and I can't see me ever coming off them.

thank you can’t wait for side effects to go we’re you anxious with side effects

The side effects for me was nausea, tummy ache and extreme anxiety! Hang in there!

Mine the same thanks on 2mg diazepam to help as we’ll thanks l

Think I beginning to think citalopram not going to work I’m on 12 day can’t feel any improvement can’t anyone give me some hope. Thanks

What dose are you on? If it's 10mg as the starter dose you might need to go to 20mg.

I’m on 40

i was on 40mg when dr wanted me to try new drug which didnt suit me so he just gave me 40mg again so had to get the other drug out of my system i would think befor citalopram starts to work wondering if it the reason why i feel not working thanks

Just wondering how you getting on now with side effect thanks

40 is a big dose to go straight on to - no wonder you have side effects!!! I have no side effects now and feel great. I'd give it another 2 weeks and see how you feel.

I’m on citalopram. Definately worked for me but 40mg is quite a big dose as a previous poster said so I would give it a bit longer to settle down.

Thank your

Hi @blsckie. I'm only on 20mg but symptoms (both of anxiety/depression and side effects) seem to be lessening. It's been two weeks today for me and this weekend I've felt an improvement. Still yawning and feeling tired, falling asleep in front of the tv but didn't take any naps at the weekend unlike the one before where I was exhausted. How are you feeling?

i am still feeling awful into my third week no signs of it easing . im exhausted with having no sleep anyone got any advice on sleeping thankyou

I’m on it now, I was exhausted for a while and i has nausea but it did go sway. It also agrevaited my OCD but then I cut down from 20mg to 10g and now don’t have any of those issues. Maybe change the dosage?

My side effects lasted about 6-8 weeks then I reduced after about 12-16 weeks