Citalopram to Sertraline

[SamP]

:huh: Just wanted to know whether anyone else was on citaolpram and they were changed to sertraline. I went to the docs on Wednesday about my tablets and I told him I felt the citalopram were no longer doing anything for me so he said he'd try me with sertraline. I am a liitle worried changing, I start the sertraline tomorrow. He mentioned that the tablets are similar so it should not be a problem going from one to the other. Thanks Sam

[joans60]

Hi Sam
I have just read your post
I was on sertraline and I changed to citalopram
Took the new one the next day I did not have any side effects changing
That is what I questioned my doctor about and he told me the same I would not have any siode effects
What strength Citalopram were you on and what strength sertraline has he given you.
Good Luck



Joanx

[Panic33]

My doc changed me from citaolpram to sertraline - I was having awful side effect with Citaopram. I've only had sertaline for 1 day but so far no bad effects at all.

[Panic33]

Woke at 4am tho having a major panic attack, been ok since, still nothing like as bad as the other med.

[SamP]

Hi Sam
I have just read your post
I was on sertraline and I changed to citalopram
Took the new one the next day I did not have any side effects changing
That is what I questioned my doctor about and he told me the same I would not have any siode effects
What strength Citalopram were you on and what strength sertraline has he given you.
Good Luck



Joanx
Thanks Joan, Citalopram 40mg and Sertraline 50mg

[charleen]

I have just been prescribed them today as well, have been on prozac for the last 5 years, will start taking them tomorrow. Good luck and keep in touch.

[SamP]

I have not started the sertraline yet I have decided to finish my last few citalopram. Once I start taking them will let you know how I get on

[charleen]

Thats 5 days now,still feeling a bit paniky but ok. I think I'm just waiting for something drastic to happen, and it's not. Slow but sure I guess.

[SamP]

I have been taking the sertraline for 11 days now.

The first couple of days I did feel a bit panicky but I think that was down to me worrying. I can't say whether they are helping at the moment I just feel the same as when I was on citalopram but my doctor did say give them a month so hopefully I will notice a difference later on.

For the past couple of days though I have not felt too good and I am not sure if its down to the tablets or whether I have picked up a bug. I have dreadful pains in my head, feel sick and keep wanting to sleep.

[Panic33]

Sertraline 50mg made me drowsy around day 8 - 11

[Maj]

I took sertraline years ago and had no side affects, maybe just a vague headache. I found them wonderful. No side affects coming off 6 months later either. I haven't had citalopram but fluoxetine made me feel awful. It's amazing how different each medication can make you feel. Good luck and I hope they help you.
Myra:yesyes:

[munkeyinblack]

I jst took my first Sertraline today after being on citalopram for 2 weeks and haveing to come off due to severe anxiety and stomach aches. Hope fully this will work a bit better. Fingers crossed!
Hope your getting on ok
x

[SamP]

Have had an horrendous week, the pains in my head have been terrible to the point where I had to have a couple of days in bed and a few days off work. Went to the doctors yesterday and as usual non commital as to whether it is down to the tablets but she recommended that I have stop taking them now and she said go a week without anything to see if the pains stop and then I am to go back on the citalopram but start off at the lower dosage and increase in a months time if necessary.

Just because I am having a bad time doesnt mean you will experience the same we are all different and suit different things

[munkeyinblack]

iv not had any bad effects yet but they havent kicked in yet either.... i hate the hanging around waiting for something to change and worrying that every tiny change like a headache is guna be a bad side effect. Perseverance is key i guess.

[SamP]

I have had a week free of tablets and the pains in my head have eased I started the citalopram again this morning just back on the 20mg so we'll see how things go. I have started an anxiety management course which runs for 8 weeks. I keep plodding on with good days and bad days.

[SamP]

Feeling ok with the citalopram, the anxiety group is really good. Had a bit of a bad day today with dizzyness and not wanting to do certain things as I didnt feel safe so was scared to try just for example wanting to open a cupboard door took me ages.

[Maz21]

I started taking sertraline around a month ago, the first week I had really bad side effects with migraine, sickness and diahorria but I stook with it and I actually feel much better this last week, havnt panicked half as much or worried about my health as much. A few days I've actually woken up in a happy mood! which was a strange sensation lol but I would reccomend them as I am feeling much better and this is only on the 50mg.

[marcma02]

Hi, I am thankful i found this. i feel much better. Before i started citalopram my symptoms were inability to make a decision, felt really anxious most of the time and cried a lot and felt guilt for everything. i have been on citalopram about 7 years now. top dose about 6 months ago was 40 mg. told the doctor it felt like it wasn't working but i was really afraid to go of it. About 3 years into taking it I felt 'normal' thought i would ever so slowly wean myself off. i decreased my 40 mg by 5 mg for the week. then another 5mg lower the next week and so on. I never got all the way off. i absolutely hated people, they annoyed me to the point i could have wished them dead. I decided to start going back to the prescribed dose aaaannndddd-much better! So like i said that was about 4 yrs ago things went well for the next 3-4 years. The I notice everybody is annoying me, and not just a little bit. I can't make decisions, feel like crying or killing, feeling guilty for things that were not my fault. Just felt 'crazy'. Had to take a couple days off from work and went to pcp. She thought and decided to change me to sertraline 100 mg. I t has been two days and i feel nothing bad from the citalopram decreasing (probably because it had stopped working) and in the 2 days i file a noticeable difference. I think I will be ok again. I was really scared. I had no side effects when i went on citalopram.

[Lyndydaisy]

Hello everyone
I am new today, 1st April. I have suffered from anxiety all my life and recently it has spiralled out of control, compounded by OCD and what my doctor says is a form of post traumatic stress disorder due to living with cancer for 12 years now. My doctor changed my medication from 40mg Citalopram (which I have been on for years now) as she thinks it may have stopped working for me. She has put me on 50mg Sertraline for two weeks when I have to go back and see her. Looking at various posts on forums I am rather worried that this is a very low dose compared to 40mg Citlopram. Can anyone advise me about that? So far today (first dose) I have felt a bit headachey and nauseous but nothing too bad.
Thanks everyone.
Lynda

[lisha371]

I have gone from citalopram to sertraline, to cut a long story short I stopped taking the citalopram because i thought I was better tried Sertraline and I not sure they working as well as citalopram..