Citalopram - am I on the right AD?

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I'm now on week 3 of this AD and I'm not sure I'm on the right medication. I've noticed on other threads that citalopram can be used to treat anxiety, I have low mood/depression and I'm not sure if this is the right one for me?

Having a bad day today, just back from hols, feel really terrible and still suffering from sweaty face syndrome which I was dreading when I started taking these!

Any words of wisdom or encouragement would really be appreciated right now. Feel very alone and crap.

anyone? I'm off to see my GP but was wondering if anyone has experience of other ADs that focus on depression and low mood that I could discuss with them.

thanks x

I still have a sweaty face 12 months on! What dosage are you currently on? It may be worth considering increasing it before changing. If it helps at all I was prescribed it for depression and it has worked wonders (so much so that I forgive the side effects!) Are you not feeling better at all? IIRC it took about 2 weeks to start to see any improvement and then it was increased from 20mg to 30 to 40 over the next 6 weeks or so. You just need to focus on the fact that whether this is the right medication for you or not, you are now officially on the road to feeling better. Are you trying to do any of the other generally recommended things for depression (gentle exercise etc)

Thanks anchovies I'm on 20mg at the moment and I'm not sure it has made any difference, I just still feel low and crap.

I HATE the sweaty face feeling, which in turn makes me me feel low and funnily enough, paranoid and anxious (feel like everyone is staring at me), hence asking on here whether this is the right AD for me as the side effects have given more issues.

Sorry for moaning, I feel guilty as there are people with far worse issues than me but cannot seem to shake off this awful negativity. DH has looked after kids today whilst I've stayed in bed. Not felt like doing anything and going out.

I do know what you mean, the side effects on top of feeling rubbish is not a good combination. There has to be a pay off and at the moment you're not seeing it. I have definitely found that with time the side effects are much less noticeable - except for at the moment while it is quite warm!

The one thing I would say is that if you decide to stick with it and increase the dosage the improvement happened very quickly for me. Is your GP any good? Hopefully they will have some good suggestions for you?

Thanks anchovies, my GP always seems to change, it was the locum who put me on ADs, she was helpful but has gone now and with the last GP I saw there is no guarantee I'll see her regularly.

I'll see in the morning when I make the appointment. At the moment, I think I'm expecting a magic pill to remove my emotional issues! I seem to added anxiety into the equation now with my depression, getting paranoid about the side effects.

Thanks for your advice and support anchovies.