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Aug 11, 2007, 07:58 AM
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Took my first 20mg dose of citalopram last night. I instantly felt all tingly, and my tongue felt numb...i haven't eaten since yesterday early evening- i feel sort of sick. I had very disturbed sleep although i didn't feel rough when i had to get up for work.
I still feel sick, don't have any desire to eat, and my head feels dizzy. Will it wear off for my next dose tonight or will i always feel like this? Do you begin to feel normal with time, or every time i take a dose will i feel like this again? Last night i felt like i had a hangover, really bad headachey...and i still feel like i'm coming down off something...all very strange. I haven't discussed with my partner about feeling so weird because he doesn't want me to take them because of my overdose shortly after my dosage was increased when i was on Effexor.. he thinks they're all the same and is worried that i'll react the same as when i was on Effexor... Doc says this is totally different though and promised me i'll feel better in four weeks... Has anyone else felt this weird? I don't mind any funny feelings on Effexor, i can't remember feeling different at all... Reading online it seems like dizzyness and nausea and odd sleeping patterns are common for this drug- should i go back to Doc?
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Aug 11, 2007, 07:55 PM
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just take it easy for a couple of days and if no inprovment go bk to doc, did doc tell you to take med at night ?
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Aug 11, 2007, 10:07 PM
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When I first started Lexapro (citalopram is the generic) I had similar symptoms. They abated in a few days. . .I think about four or five. The biggest problem I had was the naseua. . .felt like morning sickness. What I did was hold off taking it until I had eaten. . .that helped considerably. Give it some time. . .if your symptoms are no better in a week, give the doc a call. Lexapro is MUCH better than celexa (escitalopram) because the base of the drug is different and has fewer side effects.
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Aug 21, 2007, 09:18 AM
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Hmmm.... Yes the side affects did disappear quite quickly- in a matter of few days... I've now been on them almost two weeks-but i've been bad-i feeel better but i like the 'high'...the tingly feeling inside... and i took two doses at once- really terrible i know... and i haven't done it since, although i want to...I've had problems in the past with overdosing- even with painkillers like codydramol...i don't know if i just have an 'addictive personality' or something... i just want to feel sort of out of it all the time...i know that's not the way to get better...I've been acting like i used to- having three of more baths a day or staying in the bath for hours on end...i used to do that a lot because it made me feel better...but inside myself i do feel happier.....meh i don't know- they can take up to a month to work can't they?
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Sep 10, 2007, 11:24 AM
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AHHH....officially allowed to take 40mg a day now... i have been doing anyway... doc says do not stop.
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