I am male 54 and finally summoned the courage to give citalopram a go.

I've read the horror stories, so thought it might be an idea to keep a daily record here of how it affects me, in the hope it may encourage others? (or not!)

My symptoms were swinging from dark depression with slow mental function, and slightly more "with it" times - which I have begun to obsess about, and worry and anxiety levels up through the roof. Tried everything else like you do and finally acknowledge that I can't do this on my own, which in itself is a healing step I think!

Will follow this post with a day by day report of me getting onto 20mg daily, taken at 9am each day.