Looking some words of encouragement. I was prescribed this for anxiety at 10mg. I took my first dose last night. Slept for 4 hours and woke at 1am completely wired and shakey throughout my body. I couldn't get back to sleep at all. The whole day I feel like I'm in hang over hell and I haven't drank in years. I have a pounding headache all day, I'm fatigued, and nauseous. Trying to stomach any food has been a challenge. Is this normal and will it end soon if I continue? It is completely putting me off taking my next dose.

Originally started citalopram 20mg when I was 18 and experiencing panic attacks constantly that were triggered by OCD (intrusive thoughts). Felt better pretty quickly, and was good a year in. Never stopped taking it as I never experienced any side effects. I’ve been feeling great for the better part of the past decade and have been thinking about stopping for the past year or so.

Decided that day would be now and consulted my psych who prescribed me 10mg right away. I expressed my concerns about coming off so quickly especially since I’ve been on it so long but he assured me that it’s going to be okay. I’ve met with this guy 2x a year for the past 3 and have always appreciated his attentiveness and bedside manner so I’m trusting in his advice (for now).

Anyway, I’ll let you guys know how I feel in 2 weeks.

Does anyone else get a random wave of anxiety/doom/negative mood around the same time everyday?! Every day around 4-6 I get this feeling and I want to eat sugar and junk to bring myself back up and feel like my old self

Why is the withdrawal worse than starting the medication? I’ve been withdrawing 20mg of citalopram for 3 weeks at 20-15-10-5. I have not felt alive in 3 weeks. Insane exhaustion to the point I feel I could fall asleep standing up, which makes my eyes so tired, dizzy, and then makes me nauseous. There has been zero break through and it didn’t matter how slowly I tapered so I just said to hell with it and we stopped 5mg yesterday. My sleep hasn’t even been that bad but holy damn this exhaustion is just unrelentless. How long did it take you to get past withdrawal? I was only on the darn pills for 2.5 months but my nervous system is very sensitive . I took the same med for 2 years 5 years ago and had no problem coming off it which is so silly to me. It has me wondering if I’m having a silent vestibular non ending migraine or just withdrawal symptoms

I’ve been on 20 citaloprsm for about almost 6 weeks around five weeks. I started having really bad insomnia. I can’t sleep and stay awake all night. I haven’t slept in four days. tonight was the first night that I slept a few hours and really bad dry mouth no appetite I went to the doctor and she upped me to 40. I didn’t take it yet because I’m confused what if 20 is too high for me? What should I do a few years ago ,I was on 40mg and I did good so I don’t know what is happening to me what’s your advice? Do I need to higher my dose or do I need to lower my dose? What do you think? Im living with very bad anxiety and dread and just want relief .

also weaning off mirtazapine 15 to 7.5 when will this get better? I feel horrible jittery I have

I don’t know why I keep obsessing over it. I’m in my 50s. I just started taking fivel mg of celexa need to move up to 20. I’m in my 50s. My QT is 370. My cardiologist said it was OK but why am I obsessing over this? like I wanna quit

I’m at week 6 on 20mg still struggling, anyone still felt horrible and waited it out then felt better and found relief?

I’ve been on celexa for 2.5 years, and I recently moved my dose later in the day to 7 PM instead of 12-2 ish. I’m not liking how it makes me feel during the day so I want to go back to my old time. The pharmacist I called said I could take it now (3 PM) but that just seems too early and I worry about serotonin syndrome. Does taking it 4 hours early raise concern for that?

I was trying a different SSRI and the side effects were awful. Citalopram seems to work very effective if paired with a stimulant

Can I cut a 10 mg pill in half? Or fourth?

I have a problem that has been bothering me for about two months. For some reason, I went to a psychiatric clinic, and I was prescribed 20 mg of citalopram. About 16 days after starting the medication, I began experiencing sudden inhalations while I was between sleep and wakefulness. Sometimes it is just a single deep breath, and sometimes, right when I am dreaming, a single hiccup-like movement suddenly wakes me up. This situation makes it very difficult for me to sleep.

I immediately stopped taking the medication and have never taken it again. However, even though it has been about 1.5–2 months since I stopped taking it, these jerks/sudden inhalations have not gone away.

I went to a neurologist and underwent all the necessary tests, but everything came back normal.

My question is: Has anyone else experienced this or something similar? If so, is this condition usually permanent or temporary? Please share your experiences and help me if you can

Hi everyone, I’m trying to decide between citalopram and Prozac (fluoxetine) and would really appreciate hearing about your experiences.

Which one worked better for your depression/anxiety? And how did they affect your weight, appetite, energy, and sleep?

I’d especially like to hear from anyone who has tried both. Which one would you choose and why?

I really wanna try Celexa or Paxil but they say as you get older, you shouldn’t be on Celexa, but my cardiologist said it was fine anyone in their 50s take celexa

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Yes I know that technically shouldn't be drinking alcohol with celexa but the information online just says it can increase drowsiness. Is there any other reason why I can't have a daily drink?

Hello! I’ve been on citalopram for eight years (mostly 20mg) and went up to 30mg about five years ago. My doctor told me about a month ago that I should reduce my dosage to 20mg but was kind of lax on advice about this — when I asked if I should taper it gradually she said if I wanted I could take 30mgs one day, 20mgs the next, so it would even out to 25mgs, for about a week before going down to 20mgs. I’ve been trying to do this for a couple of weeks but finding it pretty hard — I’ve had dreadful headaches and am thinking of going back up to 30mgs just to avoid them but also would like to be on 20mgs eventually if possible. Does anyone have any advice? Is this normal?

Background: I’m currently 29 and I’ve been taking Citalopram for the vast majority of my adult life. I was initially prescribed it during university as I was so depressed I couldn’t get out of bed and I was scraping through my degree.

Fast forward to now, every year of my life has been hell because of a combination of chronic depression and extremely bad luck. I also suffer from depersonalisation, so I’ve been too terrified of either upping my dose or changing to another medication in case it makes me dissociate.

Basically, I think I’ve reached the end of my rope. Life continues to be really horrific for me, and I’m now at the point where I can’t stop thinking about running away, hurting myself or worse.

I’m going to call my Dr tomorrow for an appointment, and I’m thinking the first step should be upping my dose to 40mg.

Honestly though I don’t even know if Citalopram has ever done anything for me, besides making me put on weight, lose my sex drive and be repulsed by alcohol (something which I think is a good thing as there’s a lot of alcoholism in my family). So I’m wondering if all it’s going to do is exacerbate these side effects.

I was wondering if anyone here has had experience of being on 30mg or less for a long time, and then upping it to 40mg? I’d love to hear how it went for you. Thank you in advance.

is anyone on Celexa in their 50s? I hear horror stories about QT prolongation and all that I really wanna try it at least at 10 or 20 mg my QT is