Please fucking help. I've been on Citalopram 10mg and that made me really sick and even more suicidal. I've been prescribed Fluoxetine recently which has scary side effects still, but is it more likely to make me worse because of its sensitivity? The sexual side effects are scariest, then nausea and vomiting is second.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, and sorry to hear them. It's as I suspected, it's one of two things. Either they're trying to kill us, or they don't understand us. I wish you all the best, we're stronger together, and weirdos have to stick together.
Thank goodness he has you to support him with this. This is part of the problem - people are already so vulnerable when they are given these drugs (I know I was) and if the side effects are horrendous it’s just too much to cope with. And you need someone close to be with you if this happens - to keep you safe. But the GP isn’t there to help, in fact who is a lot of the time?
I remember when I went to the Doctor with such severe anxiety he didn’t even ask me hardly anything - he just reached for the prescription pad and said “I’m going to prescribe you an anti-depressant”. I’d read about side effects so I said “I’m a bit worried about side effects” and his answer to this was simply “read the leaflet that’s in the box”. That was IT. My son (who was about 4 at the time) was in the room and the Doctor just said “go home and play with your son”. That was it.
just useless.
I’m so sorry Katy x It was the second most horrible experience of my life. Awful. I’m so glad that you survived 
They are, but the ignorant pushers of such dangerous and frequently misdescribed drugs face no consequences whatsoever...
In fact many people revere them and they get paid handsomely.
They've been drugging a friend of mine to the point where he stopped being able to speak coherently, and I have had to intervene, by attending his consultation and advocating for him.
Turns out they upped his dosage to "help him deal with a crisis" some years ago and never reviewed it afterwards... Consultant had LOADs of personal information wrong too, and was completely unaware that he was having the speech problems, despite having to ask my mate several times to repeat himself... I'm going back next week to provide the requested feedback, now they've reduced his dose a bit.
SOMEONE needed to be in his corner...
I'd risk a government prison than my current mind prison.
I had the same and attempted suicide but thankfully failed. They are horrible medication those.
We don’t really know anything. We are lots of moving parts yet and lots of uncertainty. But right now based on a half life of 36 hours the citalopram it’s probably only just now starting to reach negligible levels in your system.
Yep. I said the same thing..
Well said I Sperg - I totally agree. Sometimes we are harmed by what’s offered to us by the nhs and we have little choice but to look for alternatives. It’s not that we WANT to, often we simply have to.
I went on Citalopram in 2020 and I wasn’t on it very long. Like you, I found the side effects horrific. Nausea, upset stomach, dizziness and the worst was suicidal thoughts and depression. My doctor said I felt side effects more intensely because of my autism and felt Citalopram was a little too much for me so we decided to try me on Sertraline instead, but, she said to snap the pills in half and have half each day until it was in my system. This worked better for me. I had no side effects on Sertraline when I first took them. But eventually I came off them as they were causing me a lot of digestive issues. Since coming off them I am feeling much better again. I feel like medication often is their go-to-option and hope for the best but I personally feel like a talking therapy would be more beneficial than just shoving medication down your throat. I had a therapist on the NHS and because of my struggles going out she used to do phone calls and video calls with me. She helped me immensely, so perhaps you might find the same more helpful than medication.
I also read that you’ve not taken anything for three days, worth noting, it will take a while yet for you to feel better and the side effects to wear off as the drug will still be in your system. When I had bad side effects from the Citalopram by doctor said it would take a week or two before I felt better.
I hope you’re ok and doing much better today. Take care.
Hi I Sperg - I’m really sorry this person above (Ottilie) was so judgemental and harsh towards you, you don’t deserve that and I’m sorry. This community is a place where people can be open about what has worked (and not worked) for them and it’s done in a supportive way - as you were doing here. I hope this person hasn’t made you feel bad.
I have only ever taken antidepressants once many years ago - and it was Citalopram. The side effects were HORRENDOUS and I would never dare take another SSRI again as a result. They made me feel suicidal too - extremely so that I was all ready to make plans and do it, not just thoughts. Thankfully I had my husband with me to get me through it - he had to take time off work because I wasn’t safe to be left alone. I’d never take them ever again. I’m sorry you’ve had a terrible experience with this drug too. Take care.
Jeez, this makes me glad to know that my decisions never to entertain drugs, mean that I never have to deal with this stuff. I remember my GP offering me this stuff, I said “not until I’ve done all of the holistic stuff”, he said “good choice”. He didn’t even care that I may have made the bad choice..:/
Morning, Jakey. If you had a bad reaction then maybe it will take a while for the side effects to wear off.
Did you get some rest?
I've already considered drugs as a solution, it's one thing I've not tried, to be fair it might be worth a try, just not sure how to get it really.
Severe issues require severe solutions.
How do you know it's a side effect of citalopram? I don't understand? I thought it wears off after a few days?
