Hiyaa, i've been prescribed citalopram and i was just wanting to hear other people's experiences with it(did it work for you, did it not?, get any side effects?, etc)
I've not been on them very long but i think have experienced some side effects, i dunno if it's kinda like a shock to the system or something. I'm getting nausea,diarrhea and headaches, which is reallyy not very nice :(
Would be good to hear from yous :) x
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I've been on citalopram for about 5 years. I don't remember having any side effects but I do get withdrawal if I forget to take it more than a few days. I'm on 60mg though.
I hope it works for you and that the side effects stop soon,
I have had good experiences with citalopram. I am currently using it to stabilise moods not so much to reduce depression. My dr and I tend to go from the objective - is it doing any harm vs is it doing any good. But that is likely due to the nature of my emotional difficulties more than the limitations of the AD itself.
Side effects - nausea and a dry mouth. It didn't last long though.
It never really worked for me but the side effects I got were weird dreams, metallic taste in my mouth, and brain zap headaches when I withdrew from it.
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I was on 20mg escitalopram, very similar to citalopram, but not completely identical so this may not be of much use
It set off my panic attacks more often and made me more weepy. It just generally didn't work for me. It was a little while ago so I don't remember a lot else just that I felt nauseous for the first little while.
SNRI's seem to work better for me but fluoxetine also works a bit.
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I was on citalopram for about two weeks. Didn't get on with it though don't know why. Then was put on escitalopram, which I then had other issues with.
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I started 20mg in 2008 and it just made me a bit more tired, I think.
One thing I do remember is feeling 10 times better and being manically happy after a week or so then feeling worse than I did before and couldn't stop crying or thinking about suicide. It eventually levelled out though.
I've been on 40mg for about 6 weeks and it's been really helpful lifting my mood/stablising things. Don't get any side effects apart from really vivid dreams.
I tried Citalopram for a month and gave up when I realised I was either the same as before or even worse, I was dizzy, couldn't sleep, contantly tired (one day a sual hour journey to college took 4 because I had to stop 3 times to rest/sleep for a while), i had constant nausea, couldn't function - more like a zombe, increased SH and strong SS thoughts...my mum still recons I should have stuck with it as 'it takes up to 8 weeks to work' bah...really couldn't stand it, I didn't pass college last year cos of everything in the end :(
I didnt have any physical side effects but mentally it really wore me out but I have had real issues with anti depressants as we dont tend to mix well. I'm on 10 mg and have since found it to be helpful so yes!
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I started on 20mg a day and had some side effects, mainly sweating and a terrible sleep pattern. The doc raised me to 40mg then 60mg and that seems to have leveld me out now. I went through a few weeks of raised SH thoughts but nothing to serious.
Been on citalopram 20mg since november i think. Haven't been taking it properly though, haven't noticed any side effects and feel the sertraline was better but tbh i don't think depression is the main problem for me. It definitely hasn't helped with my anxiety.
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It was the first I got put on and I couldn't stand them.
Usually I'm extremely sharp as in understanding something or figuring something out but on them it was like a fog descended on my mind and sometimes I couldn't even make a full sentence without losing what I was thinking.
I stopped them cold turkey, (against doctor's advice), and the worst thing were brain zaps; horrible little buggers...
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Thanks for all the responses, really good to hear from other people what it's like. My mum's on it aswell and she only has good things to say about it. For me it seems to be working, which i'm sooo happy about. The only thing is i've got way too many side effects for my liking. The nausea has went away but the headaches are ridiculous. Probably worst of all is anorgasmia haha. Some fatigue aswell. Oh well, least i'm a bit happy :)
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Hey, glad they are working for you, I have been on 40mg for about a year, and found them ok, though im kind of at the point that I dont know if they are working, its hard to tell if id be better without them? As for side affects, the only ones I have had are tierdness, essp when my dose was raised from 20 to 40mg (i have never been sure that the raised dose has helped to be honest, but my GP wants to me to stay at 40mg, in some ways I think i felt better on 20..) and increased nightmares.
I'm glad it's working for you. I've been on 20 mg for about a month. I've started yawning a LOT. I mean, I've yawned 40 times in series. It's kind of annoying. I felt really good for a week, but now I feel like garbage again. I suppose I'll give it a little longer to see if I level out, because now I feel like harming. :/
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Also, does anyone know why you're not supposed to drink with this? I've never been a big drinker, but what would happen if I were to have a few drinks socially? What would happen if I decided to get smashed? I don't plan on it, but all of my friends are coming of age soon, so I want to know.
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Having a couple of drinks never affected me when I took Citalopram, neither did getting completely blootered.
I'm not condoning getting completely ****ed up, but if you were to over-indulge, as everyone does from time to time, I'd suggest taking your pill in the morning.
If it's working for you, that's the main thing.
Citalopram never really worked for me. I had nightmares, dry mouth, sickness, shakes, trouble sleeping and twitches.
I'm now on Sertraline, another SSRI, and it works 10x better :)
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