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LockedShut
02-11-06, 12:33
I've been put on cipralex by my doctor. He says this will be better than my old pills, citalopram, because there are less side effects. However, I think my doctor just wanted me out of his office.

I came off of citalopram after 9 days because I wasn't living, I was spending every day in bed, feeling numb like a zombie. Is cipralex any better? What are the side effects like? I've read other posts and other sites, but they don't seem to tell me much...

Thankoo
xo

honeybee3939
02-11-06, 12:39
Hi


Try these posts they may help:


Cipralex

Cipralex (escitalopram) (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1567)
Cipralex/escitalopram (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1807)
Is Cipralex not working for me? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3285)
Citalopram/Cipralex & Side Effects (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5980)
very sleepy on cipralex (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6666)
cipralex 2 (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5755)
Cipralex (escitalopram) (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1567)
Escitalopram/Lexapro/Cipralex and feelings.. (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5532)

Love

Andrea
xxx

missacorah
02-11-06, 12:43
I, too, have just been put on these exact tablets but have yet to actually start them! I am on 10mg to start but am worried about that as so many people have been copmplaining about the bad side effects they suffer and the fact that for a while their anxiety intensifies.I dont know if I will be able to be strong enough to stick it out! Will keep you updated as to how it goes - be interested to hear your views too!

yorkylover
02-11-06, 16:13
Hi there,Im on citalopram,when I started them they gave me terrible side affects for two weeks.I felt like I was dying.After the two weeks everything settled down.I think you get this with most new meds and you have to let them settle in,your body has to adjust to them.
take care

Ellen XX

Phill2
03-11-06, 02:20
G'day Locked
I've been on Cipralex 10mg/day for over a year and they're great after the initial couple of weeks
Phill

Don't believe everything you think.

missacorah
03-11-06, 10:14
Could you tell me more about the difference they made to the way you felt after the initial side effects had calmed down please? Be very grateful...

Phill2
03-11-06, 12:08
It's made me pretty much "normal"
I have a full time job and don't have panic attacks.
I sometimes get a little tense but no more than anyone else in a stressful job would
Phill

Don't believe everything you think.