In the UK citalopram is pretty much the first meds doctors will prescribe. Was what I started with a few years back... dose kept being upped and upped to the point that my gp changed it over to mirtazapine. I'm on venlafaxine now.

I remember it making me very drowsy to begin with regardless of taking at night but that side effect did ware off with time.

As for numbness, yes... I think a lot of people here can relate to that side of depression, you're not alone

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