Citalopram normal dose
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Yes. Also, weird pressure in the head. Are you tapering up slowly onto the drug or did you start at the full therapeutic dose?
I hate taking medicines which only seems to make my anxiety worse. I am already on 10 mg of citalopram a day for my depression and take it every night. So when I had an attack earlier today took half of the lorazepam (.25) instead of the full dose being the weirdo that I am. That was four and a half hours ago. Knowing my doctor knows I am on both of these medications I forced myself to take my citalopram now before bed.
i took my first 10 mg dose last night and i feel awful, more anxious than i was before.i want to stop taking this medicine. do you think i will suffer withdrawals after one dose? has anyone had any success with this drug?
hi, I've been on citalopram for 5 weeks now for my anxiety. I upped the dosage from 20mg to 40mg a week ago but have just been feeling mind numb since. is it possible for the meds to take longer to start working?
You might want to talk to your Dr about trying you on something else. What dose are you on? Some Drs will start you on a small dose and work up to a higher one while others will start you on a high dose. We're all so different and react to the same meds differently. If this keeps up for another couple of days call your Dr and ask to be taken off this med and tried on something else. You can't keep vomiting and getting dehydrated.
it may take the edge off the panic attacks, what dose were you on before? i was on Citalopram for only a week, it gave me side effects, but i was only on 10mg, funny thing is my anxiety started to go and i felt better mentally but i then developed side effects to it that were too much.... what a kick in the f***y eh.... Maybe the dose you were on before wasn't enough for your body. If you go back onto it maybe the dose could be increased to suit you more.
hi, I've been on citalopram 20mg for just under 3weeks for my anxiety. just wondered if anyone had any good results from this medication and how long it took to work?
I had a many questions for my pharmacist, and even called the manufacturer of Wellbutrin, which was the first drug that I tried, unsuccesfully. I found the mfgr rep not useful, as they have to discuss only what the FDA approved the drug for during the trials.
The person talking to me seemed surprised, (as far as I could tell on the other end of a phone line when I said I had anxiety issues more than depression. She said she would make note of my comment that it might be used for anxiety too!
I have been on citalopram long term for 12 years however after a really severe depressive episode my mood has lifted a bit but my anxiety has been elevated as my doctor decided to change my dose 6 times in 8 weeks. I've been on an even dose for 5 weeks now but things haven't really improved, I was given diazepam but I was resistant to take it because of its addictiveness.
s very typical (common even) to experience some short lived side effects (like the ones you describe) after increasing your dose of Citalopram. The side effects should start to improve after about a week, maybe a little bit longer. I would recommend just giving it some time, and of course, keep your doctor abreast of the way you feel.
Also, just like when you first start an antidepressant, these meds take time to make noticeable differences in anxiety.
I missed 3 days of my 20mg Citalopram prescription (which I've been on for years). I missed because I didn't refill in time. Anyway, SO FAR, I feel better than I have in I don't know how long. The medicine has always kept me very even-keel, but too much so. I never cry much or get depressed, but I don't get as happy and excited as I used to either. I'm pretty tired of not being my silly, happy self.
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I started having severe anxiety attacks two month ago, though I have suffered with anxiety my whole life. I have been on Citalopram for four days now and the side effects seems to be increasing. I am on a small dose, one quarter of a 20 mg tablet. I am suppose to go up to one half of a 20 mg tab today but am afraid to. I am jittery, have headaches, am groggy but panic when I try to sleep, have heat flashes through my upper body, my eyes feels strange...the list goes on.
My doctor prescribed me Effexor XR and I got my prescription filled but before taking it I decided to do some research about this drug. The withdral and side affects scared me so I decided agains this drug. Then doctor priscribed me Citalopram and I've been taking it since. I have been taking citalopram 20mg a day for about 3 months. At the time of my visits to the doctor I had an insurance that covered my drugs, now I don't have my insurance any longer.
s now been 4 weeks since I took my last citalopram and nothing has changed. How long can the side effects from the citalopram affect the Wellbutrin?
Hey..just made this profile as after two years of suffering depression I finally got the courage to go to the doctors yesterday and he said I had servere depression and anxiety and prescribed me on Citalopram 20mg .... Does anyone else take this? I'm doing this all alone, not told family or friends and I'm scared of doing this on my own.. Any advice from anyone who is/has been on Citalopram please?
i have had depression for 5 years and am treated with citalopram 40mg at times i get such bad anxiety and nausea and dizziness icant really connect it to any depressive episodes though i do feel sick when my nerves are bad also does anyone know how to wean yourself off medication very slowly
Hi all,
I'm a sixteen year old girl with really bad anxiety and OCD. When I was a little kid, I had a phobia of choking for four years, which got so bad that I stopped eating solid food entirely, and had panic attacks if I was around "choking hazards" (small toys, beads, etc). It was mainly about breathing, not choking itself, since I was also very scared of drowning, suffocating, having a heart attack, etc.
I was recently on Citalopram 20 mg and went a week on 10mg and then went cold turkey and now i have so many side effects i just want it to go away!
I am dizzy all the time my legs keep me awake at night and my emotions are off the scale right now! i cant afford the medication any more and have none and now i dont know what to do??? Can anyone help me????
Hello, My doc has me starting citalopram for severe anxiety attacks. She has me on one quarter of a 20 mg tab for four days, then a half tab for four, three quarters for four days and finally a full twenty. Has anyone else started like this? The doc wanted to help me with side effects since I am very sensitive in the stomach. Will starting this slower make the theraputic effects take longer to show. I am desperate to feel normal again. I am on .25 of xanax to help with the transition.
re on a low dose and only have been on this med for a short time so you most likely will not have any withdrawal. Do talk to your Dr though to see if you need to taper. I really don't think you will.
Hi, I been a user of citalopram for the past 4 years. Recently this past year I have noticed that it hasn't been working quite as well for me like it has in the past. I now feel like it doesn't work for me anymore. I feel worse and heavily depressed more than ever before in my life. I was wondering if anyone else has gone through this? and if so which different med worked for you?
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