my friend had been given 20mg ADs and took her first one before she went to bed last nite

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and now she feels off her head as room is spinning around and cannot get out of bed"!

howlong will it take to settle down?

I thought most ppl start off on 10mg not 20mg, no wonder her head is spinning. what AD's was she prescribed?

i started on 20 mg ( up to 175 by the end!!! )- dizziness is normal. some people affected more than others. side effects settle in 2 weeks or so..will certainly diminish before then.....was she advised to take them at night?

Yes it is normal, but will settle down in a few weeks. Dh found that he was like a zombie in the morning to start with, so he started taking his ADs at about 5pm instead of just before bed, which helped.

well she just texted me and said that the docs is sending an ambulance!! is she going over the top??

the one begins with C (ciltorplam??????)

I started on Citalopram 20mg, it spaced me out for a little while. I was sick and dizzy for a couple of weeks, but the first three or four days were the worst. I could definitely get out of bed though, so it sounds as if she's having a pretty bad reaction.

Any severe reaction to an AD needs checking out. In a few people Citalopram can cause low blood sodium levels, which can cause extreme dizziness and drowsiness, confusion and fits - so no, she's not going over the top; the GP presumably wants her to go to A&E to make sure that this isn't what's happening to her. Better safe than sorry.

I hope they manage to sort her out.

thought u were going to say it was Citalopram. bloody awful AD.