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General => Medication => Topic started by: supportme on February 27, 2012, 09:44:59 PM

Title: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: supportme on February 27, 2012, 09:44:59 PM
I've been on Citalopram since the 2nd of January 2012 (8 weeks).

My side effects now are: exhaustion, nausea, diarrhea, shakey legs, achy body and headaches. Oh and I get very frightened in the dark, I always get the feeling someone is hiding behind me.

Has anyone had these experiences on Citalopram?

Thank you x 

Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: Sweetpea on February 27, 2012, 09:57:22 PM
I was on Citalopram for a couple of years and I did not suffer any side effects, but it stopped working for me.

Hopefully someone else can help.  Maybe you should go and speak to your gp and tell him/her how you are feeling if only to put your mind at ease.

S x
Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: mamalou on February 27, 2012, 10:26:15 PM
I took Citalopram a few years ago. I personally didn't get on with it. I had horrible nausea and diarrhea. Plus it made me shaky. 

Keep an eye on these problems as they didn't disappear for me and I asked my doctor for a different drug.

Good luck x x
Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: lbruk on February 28, 2012, 04:00:00 PM
I'm on 60mg Citalopram, and yeah that sounds like a similar list i had when i started taking it. There is a risk of increased anxiety when you take it (might be your scared of the dark) but i found after about 6 months most of it went.

I still have a few side effects, tiredness, aches and pains, yawning constantly. But thats about it now.
Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: Buttercup on February 28, 2012, 04:12:15 PM
I take Fluoxetine 40mg, I had side effects when I first started, now it's just the occasional yawning.
Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: joethfc on July 22, 2012, 02:33:21 PM
I've already experienced ejaculation failure and so have others I know on Citalopram. This isn't a big problem for me (long story) but I imagine it would be for many, it was for the person I know.
Title: Re: Side effects Citalopram 30mg.
Post by: Catbrian on July 23, 2012, 09:46:15 PM
Failure to ejaculate is a common problem with many AD's but usually wears off eventually!