do you use citalopram? how have you found it effects you.?

Answer 1

Be very careful! If you are taking these for a kick DON'T! If you are prescribed them then your Dr should have told you,if not then you should read the information that accompanies them. If you are taking them for a kick i can tell you what the affects are likely to be;- sleep 16Hrs a day and tired for the rest,impotent, no interest in anything what so ever! having to be told that you need to bathe, in fact you'll become a zombie and to top it off it's a ***** coming off them.HOWEVER if prescribed take as directed but do yourself a favour and ask your Dr to review your progress on a regular basis.
GOOD LUCK!
if you need to, email me.

Answer 2

Both me and my mum use it. She finds it very helpful and for three years now cannot imagine going without it.

For myself it helped a little at the beginning of my depression, it flattened out the deep definitly but for the past three or four months I felt no difference so I changed over to Reduvex. It definitly helped me to function though and I do credit it for my first recovery.

I think it depends on your type of depression. It's one of the four most prescribed SRI's so it must be good but my advice to you is if after four weeks you feel no different then don't wait to ask for a change, most people don't get the right tablet straight away and if at some point you feel it isn't doing what it was, again, get yourself checked and don't wait things out. Don't stop taking it the moment you feel remotely human again though, you need to be taking your tablets for a few months at least.




PS Seroxat as mentioned in the answer above has had a lot of bad press and I have seen it's effects on an ex, it was not a pretty sight. Avoid Seroxat at any and all costs, the person above is absolutely correct that it can ruin your life. Citalopram is far more reliable, far milder, not really a comparison.

Eh but yeah; not to be taken for kicks obviously.

Answer 3

I was prescribed citalopram 2 years ago following the death of my mum and my third miscarriage two weeks later. As you can imagine, I was at a very low point in my life. I can't say I noticed any major difference in a short space of time, but gradually it got easier to get out of bed in the mornings and eventually after 2 months I went back to work. I'm still not sure how much of this had to do with the tablets or the healing process that occurs over time, but I'm sure the tablets helped.

Answer 4

I took citalopram a couple of yrs back and it did really help me a lot although the initial 2wks of starting it was hell and coming off it was the same, when i started taking citalopram I was very aggitated and anxious and quite jumpy for about a wk and a half, once that settled down they really started to do their job after about a month or so, sometimes i was actually on a high whilst taking them. when it came to coming off them i got palpitations and what felt like small electric shocks going through my head along with the agitation and anxiousness, this soon passed and ive never looked back.

Answer 5

Citalopram is mainly prescribed for Major Depression, for start once daily. If you do not take this medicine accordingly, the probability of its side effects raise.

Answer 6

I dont take it any more, however when i did i found it to be the best SSRI i had taken in years, the main problem is coming off them and dealing with the shakes for a while, after that it's ok.

In my case they were fantastic in comparison to the numerous others i tried over the years without success.

Psychiatrist prescribed is better than GP since they seem to know what they are talking about rather than GP.

Answer 7

The drug you are ?using is generally safe, and more widely used than other anti-depressants and is known as an "SSRI". Many find them very effective - as did I, but they do have side effects:

Side effects of SSRI's (serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are: sexual dysfunction, nauseau, nervousness and insomnia, agitation, decreased sweating with increased body temperature.

Any of these side effects may be amplified when an SSRI is combined with other medications or herbs that affect serotonin (like St. John’s Wort and SAMe).

Answer 8

I came out in a nasty rash from my neck down to my hips when I used citalopram.

Answer 9

I have taken cipramil for many years now and they suit me just fine, i have tried coming off them a few times but after three days i start to shake, so i just keep on taking them.

Answer 10

i take it every day, i get tired a lot i dont know whetehre that has anything to do with is,.