My partner has been taking Citalopram for about 5 years, 20MG a day. We recently went to her doctor and told he we didn't believe they were working anymore and could anything be done, her meds were upped to 30MG a day.
Last night she had a bit of an incident that I can only assume were related to the increased medication. She was very quiet for several hours, almost in a trance like state, she then "awoke" and was acting in a very irrational and paranoid manner.
She was claiming that I had told her I wished her dead, trying to kill her by making her take an OD, had poisoned a glass of water I was trying to get her to drink (suspecting dehydration), claiming that I had replaced her toy bear (comfort blanket) with another one to try and jupe her. She also became a little violent towards me and lunged at me with a knife (I have no idea as to her intentions and disarmed her).
I managed to get her to lay down, she flinched from my every contact and moved away for a few moments. She then "awoke" a short while later claiming to have no memory of what had just happened and thinking she has been asleep.
The only other times I have ever encountered a situation like this is after she had tried to overdose on Citalopram so I am wondering if it could be due to the larger doses.
She is quite scared about bringing this up with her doctor because she is worried she might get sectioned and she is also worried she is loosing the plot. Any advice would be welcome.