Citalopram....

[amyjayne77]

Seeking help from those taking/ were taking citalopram....

About 3 years ago I started taking citalopram, only 10mg which is a really low dose. I started it after Nell was born as I really wasn't coping with having 2 babies and 2 new step children which of coure came with issues of their own.

several times ive tried to stop it gradually, like taking it every other day, then every other other day etc but it gives me really ad headaches and dizzy spells and sickness.

How did anybody else stop tking it?

Did you get these symptoms too?

How long did they take to subside?

Thanks in advance xx

 

[ShadowWolf]

I was on 30mg of it when we started TTC as I was severely depressed and I decided that I wanted to be clean when I got my BFP. I didn't go to the doctors, came off it myself, taking myself down gradulay over a month, 2 weeks on 20mg, 2 weeks on 10mg then clean. Every time I went down a dose I suffered a couple of days of extreme tiredness, nausea, moodswings and just generally feeling crappy. When I eventually came off it completely, I had a really rough couple of weeks and I had to be off work for a while but eventually I got through it. I had several scares where I thought I was crumbling back into depression but it was just moodswings and I got over it eventually.

Good luck babe
xxxxx

 

[amyjayne77]

Oh well done. Everytime I get the dizzy lightheadedness I start taking it again. No wonder I'm still on it. I just need more staying power I think xx