hi. i have been on citalopram for 2.5 weeks and feel the side effects are just starting to lessen a little. i had anxiety through the roof, racing thoughts, insomnia, yawning, feeling spaced out and jaw clenching but am sticking with them - am just starting to feel my mood lift slightly and although the anxiety/thoughts are still there - it is not so loud if you see what i mean. the doctor told me you should start to feel more emotionally stable within a few weeks and then slow improvement from then on.

flinty90 - that's a really good analogy!! feeling worse before you get better. i felt pretty bad before i started these and so its hard to say what is the tablets and what is you but i told myself if i could cope with the side effects when they weren;t actually benefiting me yet - i could cope with anything!