Roseraven
26-12-09, 23:12
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with citalopram.
I started taking it about 9 months ago and at first it didn't seem to have much effect (other than making me feel really ill the first couple of days). After about 2 months on it I started to feel the benefits enormously. Felt like a new person - confident, full of enthusiasm for everything, my depression and social phobia a thing of the past.
What I've been finding is that after a while the effects seem to wear off. I will then increase the dose, and within a couple of weeks feel fine again. I went gradually up to 40mg and when I started feeling down again decided that it was foolish to keep increasing the dose indefinitely. So I'm gradually coming off it, (now at 20mg/day) with the intention of starting the whole process over.
Anybody experience anything like this?
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with citalopram.
I started taking it about 9 months ago and at first it didn't seem to have much effect (other than making me feel really ill the first couple of days). After about 2 months on it I started to feel the benefits enormously. Felt like a new person - confident, full of enthusiasm for everything, my depression and social phobia a thing of the past.
What I've been finding is that after a while the effects seem to wear off. I will then increase the dose, and within a couple of weeks feel fine again. I went gradually up to 40mg and when I started feeling down again decided that it was foolish to keep increasing the dose indefinitely. So I'm gradually coming off it, (now at 20mg/day) with the intention of starting the whole process over.
Anybody experience anything like this?