I've tried coming off citalopram twice, and I was a train wreck both times. The problem was I was on too high a dose (even 10 mg was too much), but none at all turned me into a hot, weepy, irritable mess. Naturally, my pdoc only tried taking me off when I was manic, but this last time I crashed into a depression right on the heels of a manic episode. I was determined not to go back on the Celexa because I didn't want to go through withdrawal again, but I caved when he offered to try me on a tiny dose to keep the depression away without contributing to mania.

So now I'm on 5 mg, which I kind of think isn't quite enough, but I don't want to ask for more because I'm in reasonably decent shape now, and I don't want to take higher doses of my antipsychotics to balance out the Celexa. If it ain't broke---or if it's only slightly cracked---why fix it?