Does coming off Citalopram quickly cause dizziness?

[Quootiepie]

The past few days I have been really dizzy and spaced out, and all I can think of is I stopped taking 40mg of Citalopram about a week ago - would that cause it?

Yep - I think you're supposed to decrease the dose gradually (take half a tablet).

Yes, it will do exactly that. Reduce dose gradually

I didn't mean to come off it, just keep forgetting to get more. I keep tripping and falling over I look drunk!

You are on a very high dose to come off so suddenly.
I was very careful because i got so dizzy if i forgot 1 !
I reduced over 3 months gradually.I think you should discuss it with your gp or at least stay on 20mgs for a while and then 10.I then took 1 10mg tab every other day for a while.

I've done the forgetting-to-get-more thing loads of times! If you are actually tripping over, migjht be worth going to doc? -- if only to get more pills.

Do you have very vivid dreams when you forget to take your pills? I do.

Have vivid dreams anyway! DH just got me a repeat prescription form.

I've just come off my 10mg dose and I did that gradually. Took one every other day for a bit than one every three days.. now I'm off. Although everything's so effing stressful that God know's if I'll stay off them.

DH is on 20mg. He tried to come off and felt so awful around the 1st anniversary of his mum's (sudden) death, that he's back on them again.

There are a lot of us on this drug aren't there!

It's pretty much the most common I think