I never drank until I took citalopram. I took it for about 1 1/2 years and in that time I lost my licence and crashed my car into a pole yet still drank. I had such strong urges to drink, I even drank at work and wanted to do so all the time. I later found out that I am bpd with bi polar traits and that citalopram could of been making me manic, maybe that's why I did what I did? Since not taking it I have stopped drinking