Citalopram/Cipralex & Side Effects

[andrewjdavid2005]

I was on cipralex for 15 months and i went to the doctors last week to get some more 10mg cipralex she said she wanted to up my dose from 10mg to 20mg when i got my prescription it said citalopram on it, i questioned this the following day but they said everyone at this surgery who is on cipralex is being switched to citalopram i was very worried about this and i still am.

I have been taking citalopram for around 6 days now and i feel very strange and weird, i feel very spaced out and dizzy and i feel just strange, i felt panicky earlier, was the doctor right doing this swapping me over like this? i have'nt felt right since going on citalopram and the fact i have a bad cold as well does not help but i think the citalopram is giving me alot of problems.

[andrewjdavid2005]

I felt fine on cipralex never had any side effects now i feel very weird and still don't understand why i have been given citalopram?? i was fine on cipralex, the doc said it's the same thing it doesn't feel like it at all.

[andrewjdavid2005]

I am worried obviously because i have been on 10mg cipralex for 15 months then suddenly i go to the doctor's and the next day i'm on 20mg citalopram and i feel awful, you are not allowed to go from one SSRI to another that quickly are you? if i find out this doctor who i have been having trouble with has made me ill by doing this i will take legal action against her.

[nomorepanic]

Andrew - I tried replying to the email you sent me but it said the email inbox was invalid.

Maybe you need to change it on your profile on here. Thanks.

Nicola

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[Meg]

Yes your email is bouncing AD . Please correct it as its annoying to spent time anwering your query individually only not to be able to send it.

As I emailed you :

Its said that 20mg cipramil (citalopram hydrobromide) = 5mg Cipralex (escitalopram oxalate).

20 mg of Cipralex is the highest recommended dose whereas for Cipramil the dose is 20-60mg so you have had your dose lowered.

The 2 drugs are very similar but not exactly the same . Lots of people get switched between them but in you case it seems that she didn't mean to switch from what she said to you, but either miswrote the prescription or the chemist misread it.

No permanent harm done but its seems as though you have had a dose reduction, not increase which would account for how you feel, you're possibly having a bit of SSRI withdrawal .

You need to take it back and get it checked out tomorrow.


Meg

[andrewjdavid2005]

Whats your opinion on this nicola? thanks.

[andrewjdavid2005]

When i went to the doctor to get anew cipralex prescription she said she was going to up my does from 10mg to the maximum 20mg.

When i got home i noticed that it said 20mg citalopram on it, the next day my wife went down to the surgery and questioned this and the doctor who wrote the prescription said it was correct so i started taking these pills, now 5-6 days down the line i feel dreadful, i feel very dizzy, spaced out, feel like i want to get out of my body and i feel angry and edgy and i have never felt like this.

It was no mistake the doctor issued this prescription, she never told me that she was changing me all she said was that she was upping my cipralex to 20mg from 10mg, so she has caused me these problems with her bad mistake and i have already complained twice about this doctor this time i am considering taking heavy action because her actions have caused me several problems by switching my pills.

The doctor i told you about last week on a different post when she was going into my private life this is the same doctor, what should i do about it? i refuse to take anymore citalopram after feeling like this, tomorrow i really need anew prescription for cipralex but i can guarantee i wont get an appointment tomorrow as they are terrible for getting appointments on the same day, i'm stuck as to what to do!

[Meg]

Don't stop it suddenly. You'll feel even worse

Check with the chemist as well AD.


Meg
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[andrewjdavid2005]

Well when i went to the chemist to get this prescription even they questioned it as they know i always take cipralex they told me to double check so i did with the doctor so i got the prescription, i don't see what the chemist can do?? what would they tell me to do if i went up to see them tomorrow? i need to be back on cipralex asap, i can do without these horrible effects.

[andrewjdavid2005]

How bad could this make me feel having been switched straight from one drug to another at a lower dose as well???

Do you think the doctor has been unprofessional or incompetent by doing this without telling me or explaining??

Do you think i should seek legal action against the doctor or report her to the medical association or something?? i need some guidance on this, thanks.