Citalopram - lost emotions??

[Gopala]

Hi

Im taking 20 mg of citalopram and 15 mg mitrazapine. Just saw some youtube video of a guy saying after taking Cit he lost his emotions and they never came back again even after stopping the drug? Has anyone been on Cit and come off it and / or still has all their emotions in tact. Im really freaked i dont want to loose my emotions for my wife and kids etc :ohmy:

[Sophie123]

I don't really know what to say but I cannot see that Cit would do that to you. I am not a Doctor but I have been on Cit before and all I can say that once I got through the initial side effects I felt much better. Don't always listen and believe everything you see on the internet. Good luck

[Gopala]

Thank you Sophie

That is good to hear, ive been on it 2 weeks and feeling much better. Couldnt have felt much worse before lol.

Yes i should take things "with a pinch of salt"

:)

[Ingenious]

I don't think you should be watching clips like that and certainly not worrying about someone whose medical history is not clear, there could have been many reasons why they were not well. The fact is Citalopram is a very safe drug prescribed to millions of people. You may get side effects to start with and withdrawal effects when you stop, as you would any medication in this class. But those effects are just temporary. I took it for six months last year and I'm definitely still an emotional, stubborn, cantankerous middle aged man :)

[Gopala]

Thanks Ingenious :)

Good advice - i stopped watching youtube vids about meds - bad idea.

[Alcoholic_Boy]

Hi,
This is my first time in this forum.

I am 50+ male, married, with kidd. I used to drink a lot since my 30s, however with lots of long (1-3 years) sobriety periods. Finally, a few years ago in a summer I had several horrible alcoholic episodes that headed me to the emergency room of a psychiatric hospital for 2 weeks.

I am sober since then, and I see like is highly unlikely for me to ever touch alcohol. I hate it, for real. Following that year episodes I've seen 4 psychiatry doctors, and I understood that I used to drink because I had depression. After that episode recovery (it took 4 months) they put me on Citalopram 40 mg. It was great, I felt happy again. However, the sex appetite was low, and the sex performances were low too. I decided to interupt Citaloprm, and I didn't take it.

I didn't take it for 2 years or so, until my wife lost the job, I lost the job, we found new jobs in another state, we sold house and buy a new one in that location during the peak of the economical crisis. It was a lot of stress. I felt again sad, moody, depressed and having bad thoughts.

Now I have a good job, my wife has a good enough part time, and we live in a different state, in a better location, I'd say. All worked good so I decided to see againa psychiatrist. This one put me again on 40 mg Citaloprm. This time it was no bedazzeling effect, nothing to make me feel happy.

However, 3 new things happened. The good one, I am not at all anxious or nervous, I behave great I have infinite patience, I listen everyone, in one word the perfect social type. I am loving and kind with family.

Second, I feel shielded emotionally, and I have got zero sex appetitte. I use now Viagra, is great, but still I am doing it like a robot.

Third, every morning it takes me 3 hours to wake up completely, I am somnolnet, I am sleepy, I am another lazy person now. If I do not take a nap afternoons I feel seriously bad, my eyes just close. Then the nap takes for ever and every time I wake up it takes 1/2 to 1 hour to feel good. It is really like I am fully sedated. It is so bad.

4 months ago I reduced Citaloprm to only 20 mg per day. The doc told me 20mg/day was proved by statistics that has no effect at all. He put me back on 40mg/day, told me to take it in evenings, and he gave me Bupropion (125,g) to take mornings.

Bupropion does better for me, doc is happy, and I am not. Rewally skleepe and slow all the time, no reflexes, no sex...

Guys, what do you think I should do?
Thanks
A_B

[suzy-sue]

Sorry you are having a difficult time .I found 40 mg to be too high on Cit .It was too sedating ...Maybe 30 mg would benefit you like it did me ..Worth a try id say for a couple of months .If you dont feel right on the other drug Bupoprion tell your Doc ,you dont want to take it .I hope the 30 mg of Cit does the trick .Good luck and keep posting with your progress ..Sue