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Coming off citalopram

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MiaNi · 18/11/2021 10:50

Hello I am new here ,I don’t know where else to turn. Hoping for reassurance ,advice ,or just glimps of hope :( I have been struggling with depression and anxiety for 6 years now ,been on and off citalopram .. had cbt therapy. I have got 2 kids 7 and 3 which I love the most in the whole world .. things got bad 4 months ago , decided to go on citalopram and propranolol to help me again and since I knew they worked me ,I thought great. I started on 10 then 20 , I was feeling ok-ish but then it started hot flushes daily , spinning ,dizzy ,sweating to the point I was gonna pass out , ringing in ears . Grinding teeth at night a lot which resulted now in me needing surgery on my jaw as it’s collapsing and broke all my back teeth (guard didn’t help) doctor suggested come off citalopram ,so I am back on 10 for 6 days and the withdrawals are horrible ,constant cramping ,spinning ,ringing in ears ,sweating when moving too much. Mornings are the worst but the busiest for me cause of school run but I feel like I can’t manage it anymore it’s that bad. :( I feel terror ,panic and dunno what to do . Dunno why citalopram and propranolol not working for me anymore and causing me this horrible things. My kids sees me all the time dizzy and sweating and needing to sit down , I feel so heartbrokeN for them

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MiaNi · 23/11/2021 15:01

5 days later and still feel dizzy and tired . I read some here these withdrawals symptoms can last from weeks to months even if you went from 20mg to 10mg. I don’t remember last time suffering this much when I came off them . Now my eyes are closing cause I am so tired, and when I can get to bed ,that’s where I am laying there and not able to sleep 😴 anybody else been through this ?

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