Dialated pupils

[Chlobo]

I started Citalopram a few days ago and my pupils look pretty huge. I’ve googled it and it says it can be a side effect and when I shine a light they do go smaller but I have to shine it right into my pupil for them to go tiny. I was hoping these meds would help me not make my health anxiety worse. My eyes are reacting to light but not as sensitive as they would usually it seems. I’m back to the doctor on Wednesday to review my meds and I’ll mention it to her but I’m worried 😞

Anyone had this before when starting meds? I’m also feeling quite sick, loss of appetite etc x

[oxoshannon]

This happened to me when I started on Citalopram, I looked super high but it went away after a few days!
Not to worry, it is totally normal :) xxx

[Fishmanpa]

Good going on starting the meds. The first step to healing is often the most difficult. Glad to see you take it!

Positive thoughts

[O_O]

I'm not on meds yet but have been considering citalopram and have researched quite a bit. It seems these sorts of symptoms are really common at first, and transient. I know that these sort of drugs can actually make you feel a bit more anxious for the first couple of weeks... so if you can just fight through that you should soon start to feel better and better! Good luck.

[Mindphaser]

No worries, when I was taking Sertraline i had uneven pupils sometimes (and it's not know side effect, which was even more worrisome), those drugs interfere much with our nervous system.

[Chlobo]

Thanks all for your replies, it’s calmed me down a bit. I’m gonna stop looking at h and obsessing over them. I really don’t want too feel like this anymore, I’m afraid all the time and it’s tireing