Citalopram

[SadGirl]

Has anyone taken or been treated with citalopram? how was it for you in anxiety and depression? I'm on my second day of treatment

 

[neilo99]

Been on it for 3 years. It did help once you got through about a month. The only thing was they had to keep upping the dose. I'm now on 50mg and it's not great but I am on a load of other neurological medications so I may not be a great case study. Stick with it though, you may feel worse at the start

 

[Rachel74]

Coming off Venlafaxine to go onto this.

 

[neilo99]

It doesn't start great, you can get even more depressed and my stomach cramped a bit for a month. I'd give 3 months, if it doesn't start working I'd see about changing, but for me I did notice a difference.

 

[Midnight]

For me it doesn't make a even a tiny dent in my depression (neither did paroxetine) but it helps a bit with anxiety. The side-effects though are way less than paroxetine. So i just take it to help with an anxiety related issue i have.

 

[DownDan]

I think it helped me a bit, it was definitely the best ssri that I tried.

 

[Lefty]

I've been on it. It doesn't really help with depression in my experience per se, though it kinda helps with anxiety.