jupiter28
14-09-11, 07:18
Hi,
I started taking 10mg citalopram last Wednesday. I've had it twice before for about 6 months at a time, but not for over a year now. The previous times I've taken it, I can remember it making me feel incredibly knocked out and is if I had flu for about 3 days, but nothing too awful. This time, it seems to be a lot worse. I'm taking it in the evenings, which I've not done before, and from the first night have had problems sleeping and woken up sweating. Since last Friday, I've been getting random itching on various parts of my body (esp. head/neck, but it spreads around) and my skin feels really sensitive, so even showering or touching something makes it feel itchy. Otherwise, I felt generally ok other than the usual anxiety stuff until yesterday, but now feel as if I need to lie down most of the time and just absolutely exhausted. I'm also shaky, get random tremors and feel dizzy at times. I've had a pain under my collarbone for about 6 weeks which the doctors insist is muscular, and since last week my neck glands intermittently hurt, with pain spreading up into my jaw and feeling like I can't move my face. I've asked my doctor but he just said I need to expect to feel worse before I feel better. Does anyone have similar experiences? Or think this sounds like it could all be caused by the citalopram?
I started taking 10mg citalopram last Wednesday. I've had it twice before for about 6 months at a time, but not for over a year now. The previous times I've taken it, I can remember it making me feel incredibly knocked out and is if I had flu for about 3 days, but nothing too awful. This time, it seems to be a lot worse. I'm taking it in the evenings, which I've not done before, and from the first night have had problems sleeping and woken up sweating. Since last Friday, I've been getting random itching on various parts of my body (esp. head/neck, but it spreads around) and my skin feels really sensitive, so even showering or touching something makes it feel itchy. Otherwise, I felt generally ok other than the usual anxiety stuff until yesterday, but now feel as if I need to lie down most of the time and just absolutely exhausted. I'm also shaky, get random tremors and feel dizzy at times. I've had a pain under my collarbone for about 6 weeks which the doctors insist is muscular, and since last week my neck glands intermittently hurt, with pain spreading up into my jaw and feeling like I can't move my face. I've asked my doctor but he just said I need to expect to feel worse before I feel better. Does anyone have similar experiences? Or think this sounds like it could all be caused by the citalopram?