Re: Coming off citalopram!!
Mornin' Two Heads (or should that be "morning", "morning"?!),
I can't comment on reducing the dosage but I've gone from an initial 10mg to my current 40mg of Citalopram over the course of about 18 months and consider myself to be back to my old self now, I'm reluctant to use the word 'cured' as I'm still taking 40mg a day! However, when I increased the dosages I did so gradually and found that alternating, e.g. 30mg one day and 40mg the next, worked for me.
So, perhaps the reverse might work for you? Discuss with your GP taking 10mg one day and 5mg the next for a period of, say, a month, before reverting to 5mg a day? It might be all you need to get the desired effect without feeling so bad?
Last edited by Chopper; 01-03-07 at 09:54.
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