CITALOPRAM
 

Has anyone here ever had withdrawel side effects from Citalopram, and how did you deal with them?

I am having terrible symptoms, and they have only started since coming off citalopram...

Im getting palpitations, electric shock sensations, fuzzy head, headaches, sweating, dizziness...its horrible its really effecting me, i dunno what to do.

I was on a high dose and the psych just stopped them when I was on section

Sweetie I think you have 2 choices:
1) put up with them until they go (probably a couple of weeks)
2) Talk to your GP or someone in your care team and explain and maybe they will give you a low dose for a few weeks to take them away.

I stopped cold turkey last year, and I had the same horrible effects as you. They do go away after a few weeks, it felt like forever though x x

The withdrawal symptoms can cause what you explained but they will not harm you and within a week to two week you wil feel fine again.

I dropped from 60mg to zero when I was being stupid a while back, and it was awful; I kept throwing up and getting dizzy and chest pain, and in the end I had no choice but to go back to my GP and agree to take a low dose to control the withdrawal.

Is there are particular reason they took you off it suddenly?

YES! my withdrawls from citalopram can be bad.. i used to get so damn dizzy that i could hardly drive and the first time i went to the dr thinking i had an inner ear infection.. it was so bad i busted out crying in the dr office waiting room... that is when i found out it was a withdrawl symptom.. i have found that if i run out of that med.. and i still have some xanax they help my withdrawl symptoms stay away.
hope your withdrawls arent that bad tho i think everyojne is different on that.

I had really bad withdrawal symptoms the first time I came off it (then I relapsed and got put back on it), the second time though I was weaned off it and that helped ease some of the symptoms. Try go and talk to your doctor about the symptoms youre experiencing! I hope they ease soon...I know how much they suck!

I was on the highest possibly dose of citalopram, I just got brought off it, cold turkey and put on Sertraline. I get tired, have really bad headaches and palputations.