Re: Cold Turkey 40mg citalopram
Originally Posted by
HA1989
Hi All
I have been very silly and gone cold turkey with my Citalopram 40mg
This is never a good idea. It would have been better to wean off slowly, or switch to another AD. In most cases the latter can be done overnight with a much faster response than weaning off one AD and starting another.
My reasoning is after a year of being on them all the original improvements had gone (health anxiety back to how it was before I was on the tablets). Coupled with this they were giving me bad digestive symptoms. See past posts, or TLDR; constipation making me sure I have bowel cancer.
How did you plan to cope with the anxiety?
I also want to try for another baby
With the exception of paroxetine there is no strong evidence that SSRIs harm the fetus and maternal anxiety/depression can also adversely affect them, both in the short-term and later in life. That said, sertraline is the preferred AD for pregnancy as very little of it gets expressed in breast milk.
Since stopping a week ago my side effects have been reduced appetite, increased libido (not complaining), constipation vanished (excellent).
Bad side effect is terrible dizziness that seems to be getting worse, now to the point I don’t want to stand or move my head.
That is a common withdrawal symptom, but anxiety might also be causing, or exacerbating it.
Does anyone have any idea how long this will last or is it likely to get worse?
Unfortunately, these are 'how long is a piece of string' question which can only be answered with, "it depends." It could be some weeks, but probably won't get any worse. If anxiety is the main driver than the dizziness could continue for some time.
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