im pretty new being on Citalopram. Ive been on it for about two weeks (30mg daily).
My GP perscribed it to me after I wanted to come off Venlafaxine (which my psychiatrist didnt want me to come off!).
Anyway, my withdrawal from Venlafaxine (235mg daily) was a success as ive suffered little side effects in the transfer over to Citalopram!
I was on Citalopram back in the year 2000, but i suffered suicidal and selfharm effects and had to come off them. I must admit that the selfharm thoughts have started to come back again.
Has anyone else suffered from this on this medication??
I have been on celexa and I can say that it is very effective. Additionally, celexa appears to be safe to use on a long-term basis and may cause less withdrawal than other antidepressants when use is stopped.
I LOVE Citalopram! (Celexa). I am quite distressed right now because I have a new psychiatrist who is weaning me off of it, and has put me on Lamectil. I was diagnosed 7 years ago as Obsessive Compulsive with mild mood swings, and so I was put on Celexa. I felt like it was a miracle cure! I felt so much better, and those episodes of irrational anger really subsided. I was on Celexa for the 7 years with no real problems, but my new psych says that the Celexa is probably not effecting me at all any more, because I have been on it for so long. Has anyone heard of that? Also she put me on Lamectil (graduating dosage as of 4 weeks ago)because she diagnosed me with a mild form of BiPolar disorder. I don't know if it's the weaning off of the Celexa, or the Lamectil kicking in, but I have been starting again with that irrational anger and temper again. I hate it. I am SOOO impatient and agitated and angry, it's not me and it feels terrible. I feel like I want to go back on the celexa and stop the lamectil. The psych says it will help with the mood swings, where the celexa didn't. I would take the mood swings over this anxious temper. Any thoughts?
Here is my story, i am 26 year old, now leaving the most enviable life never imagine.
But fews years ago i got put on effexor which did do no good for me, didnt change anything at all and i got off it a year later with the worse withdraw you can imagine. I wanted to die : sweater, heart beat irregular, my mouth feeled weird !
I survived this ! Fews months ago i got broken into and i started freaking out again having some anxiety. My doctor recommended me paxil, which i didnt like because it make me stone and so if i was using it i could barely work or anything like that. My doctor then switched me to celexa.
I have to admit it is probably been the best help for me. I have never feel so good in my life, im not so compulsive anymore ( i didnt think it was anything to do with my case, but i used to write list and everything i had to do in a datebook by hour and be obsessive with everything) since i have took celexa i do not have those manic anymore, i nag way least at my boyfriend, i barely cry ( i used to cry all the time !)
The only problem is that if you forget to take it for 2 day you are going to feel it really hard ( im on 20 mg... i dont know if this is a lot or not )
I definitely got much worse before I got better when I was put on Celexa. I slept 15 hours each day, was miserable, sad, and had continuous thoughts of hurting myself.
The worst of it lasted a few weeks. After that I felt a little better, but never felt "good." I was on it for about a year when I added Wellbutrin and then started feeling better. It wasn't until I went back off of Celexa and onto only Wellbutrin that I felt normal again! I figured out that the Celexa had been keeping me semi-sedated the entire time.
hi, i am new to the site, i was put on citalopram when my brother died 6 years ago. i was on 20mg each day for over 2 years, i lost my house and the doctor put me on 40mg of citalopram.
my marriage is non existent and i am seriously thinking of committing suicide,i have been offered a house through the local council, a house which i can afford but my wife wont take council accomadation as she is embarrassed.
if we dont move we will be evicted from the rented accomodation, as it is too expensive.
i really dont know where to turn to, no one believes me when i tell them i am depressed.
Citalopram - suicidal and selfharm thoughts?
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 13:19:43
