coming off citalopram!

[eternally optimistic]

Hi

I am trying to coming of citalopram after being on it for a year.

My doctor suggested taking a tablet every other day, which I
am doing.

Already, I have chest flutterings and it feels a bit tight this morning.
Im irritable and touchy and dont want to go back to that - being
anxious about everything that moves and makes a noise...

I really really want to do this and wondered how anyone else successfully managed to come off them.

J:blush:

[Anxious_gal]

I would think if they are a tablet, maybe take half every day?

[honeybee3939]

Hi

I came off them gradually instead of a tablet a day i cut it down to half for a good few weeks then into a quater for a good few weeks. Do it slowly over a few weeks or even a few months. I have been on them numerous times but i think i stopped them too quickly as a few months later i was back on them. Its been 2 years now since i was last on the med i cut them down the last time over a 12month period and touch wood:) i havent been back on them since.

Andrea
xxxxx

[eternally optimistic]

thanks for that mishel and honeybee.

it is nice to hear that someones come off well.

cheers