citalopram

[lifesucks]

i have been prescribed citalopram.has anyone any experience of taking these?did they help?

hiya there are and have been lots of threads on citalopram, I'm sure one or two still current, have a search

Yes and Yes!!
Have used them for two separate bouts of depression and found them extremely helpful.
they will take a while to start working (about a week I think) but then enabled me to function in everyday life and address the issues i had at the same time.
Sending you love and hope you are feeling OK soon.
Lou xx

thank you for your replies i will try looking for other threads.

Yes I've been taking them. They have really helped. I need to go to the gp to get my dosage taken down though as I feel so much better .

thanks wanderingsheep.im glad you are feeling better.

Thank you, hope they work for you too .

Yes! took Citalopram for just over a year for PND. Stuck to 20mg dose and they were wonderful, just evened out the moods a lot. I did feel totally exhausted most of the time though, and slept very badly on them. Doc gave me temazepam to take one or two nights a week to get a good nights sleep.

Good luck

thanks pinky.i started them last night.i felt really sick afterwards and for most of today.hopefully that wont last too long.

I take them too, felt a bit odd for a week or so to start with, then suddenly the anxiety lifted which was wonderful, and then the depression started to ease a week or so after that. I felt great for a year or so, tho have had to increase my dosage lately - seemed to suddenly be less effective. The effect of a long cold winter perhaps.

Good luck, they should help you.

thanks iblamethepmt.