Originally Posted by
.Poppy.
Citalopram is a drug that has to be taken daily. Missing one dose every now and then isn't a big deal, but you can't just take it randomly (there's no benefit in that anyway, it doesn't work like a benzo) and you can't really go cold turkey either. I'm wondering who told you to take it so spottily as well as who told you to just take 30 mg out of the blue, as that's quite a jump.
Listen to your doc now, take it daily, and in a few weeks you should feel better. If you need to up your dose, he'll do that. If you need to quit, tell your doc first so you can work out a plan to taper off.