Anyone taking Citalopram?

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Doctor has just started me on them.
Just interested to know if you have taken them and if you found they helped. Some of the side effects sound a bit worrying but I have taken them as I am fed up with feeling so low (have been now on and off for 3 years).

hi,im new to this,i hav been on 10mg citilapram for 5 days,my panic attacks got so bad gp advised me to cut down to 5mg wich iv been having for nearly two weeks, i still feel panicky although not as much,but its still debilitating,cant go back to work yet,ihad these ads about two yrs ago and they were fine,just not so fine this time, im worried sick if i increase again to 10 il feel awful again can anyone help!thx lollipops.x

Hi

I've been on citalopram on and off for the last 10 years due to divorce, and other family issues. At last I feel I have the confidence to manager without them and need advice on how to handle it. I take 20mg per day and the doctor has advised to take up to 6 months to come completely off, starting with 20mg for a couple of days then 10mg and doing it slowly like this. The problem is some days I feel great and think that I only need 10mg a day but then a couple of days later I regret this, can anyone help. My husband is either at work at the moment, which includes nights and up to his eyes in doing a degree and our lack of time together stresses me out. I really think I can handle my anxiety another way, exercise, healthy eating and staying positive, but I get scared I'll hit rock bottom again. I had some counselling which was excellent. Has anyone got any advice.

Just gone back on them after 10m off. Prior to that was on them for 3 years. When I first took them back in 2008 they made me feel 100% better almost immediately. THis time I haven't noticed any real difference as yet - nearly a month.

Side-effects - lethargy, weight-gain, constant running nose, no libido. If they don't start to make me feel a lot better soon I will be trying something else.