The only symptoms I got was decreased appetite, slight nausea and I felt very tired but that only lasted for about a week and the symptoms started to clear up, please don’t be put off by the side effects, I almost stopped taking citalopram after 2 days but I convinced myself to stick to them for atleast a month and honestly that was the best decision of my life, I can actually live my life normally now, my mindsets improved and I’m a lot more organised, my heads a lot more clearer and I feel so much happier, so even if you may feel bad for the next few days, you’re doing this to benefit your future self and you’ll be so grateful that you started them. I know starting new medication can be scary but your doctor wouldn’t of prescribed you them if they thought you’d have a bad reaction, also it’s really important to be patient with the meds, after about two weeks I felt better but I was still getting panic attacks, I only felt the full effects at about 6 weeks, but you might start to feel them at 4 weeks, you’ve got this.

If you are an anxious person like me. I would not watch ANY vids like this one. This video has a ton of side effects that you don't want to know about, unless your having one. Imo. Great video. Just a warning.✌

I am having relapse of depression and anxiety issues . I hope this helps me to get rid of my mental health disorder.

This med has helped me alot..i did suffer from insomnia for a few days but then started taking it early un the morning instead of night. It took almost a month to get rid of the nausea that comes with it...and i suffer from some emotional blunting now..but its better than feeling the way i was before. Has also helped my anxiety and ocd tremendously

I've been taking it over 2 weeks now. It actually increased my anxiety and depression. Also its given me nausea. Bad Diarrhea, So bad yesterday morning with the diarrhea yesterday. I had to stay home from work. It's also made me develop this weird throwup cough? Anyone else get this?

I get Nausea occasionally and I get (very) Dry mouth when sleeping.

What about citalopram and chronic compulsive air swallowing and belching? Can you share more information about this issue in another video? 🤔

I’ve been on this for approx 6 months now. At the start I had a hell of a job nodding off at night. I felt really tired during the afternoon, then after a month approx, I was sleeping way better and the tiredness subsided. It has helped me no end with calming me down and it’s made me just a happy person again. Great medication.

What if mixed with anabolic steroids and testosterone treatment

I JUST KEEP YAWNING AAAA

I had to stop taking it even though it cured my depression. Man it had me missing work left and right just about every other day I would over sleep. The drowsiness was real! Other than that I was really happy with it. Oh yea it did give me dry mouth as well. Funny thing even though I stopped taking it the dry mouth never really fully went away. Same with the drowsiness. But it's not so bad that I miss work anymore. Over all the experience was worth it because my depression was super bad. I had no more will to live. Now I still feel things are hopeless but I'm ok with it. It did not help my anxiety at all. Oh yea I did gain weight. But that was more because I was always so freakin drowsy and tired lol. Made me sleep a lot so I wasn't up and active.

Just started taking 20mg I get super nervous about medication like these. Thanks for the video

Do you take it in the morning or at night? I’m trying to decide which time of the day is better.. I do get anxious taking meds, so I’m thinking night would be better in case there are any immediate “side effects”

Hello and thanks for the video for someone who struggles with my depression and Insmonia could citalpram provide any benefits??

I love it! Been on it for 6 years. Wonderful medication.

I've recently started taking citalopram (20mg) and I've been yawning a lot throughout the day and also can't sleep, my doctor gave it to me because of my depression, anxiety, and OCD but to also help me sleep and I can't tell if its just me who isn't sleeping or if the drug is also coming into play with that

I feel really dizzy ( like vertigo ) 2 weeks now only on 10mg how long does it last ( its triggering snxiety)

"and in severe cases it can cause seizure and death" Thanks for that. I really need more information regarding this please. I know im just being paranoid but still...

I've been taking citalopram (10mg) daily for three weeks and I had a huge increase in anxiety after three days. It was so bad I went to hospital. I live in a rural area and my neighbour kindly drove me to hospital at 4.00am on the day. I wanted an injection to calm me and/or advice on how to stop the tablets. They talked to me instead which calmed me down and I dediced to continue. Since then I've had periods of high anxiety for a few hours here and there, the last few days it has worsened again (so from about day 18 to 21), and I sometimes go for a walk as I can't sit still and have considered going to hospital again but haven't yet. My doctor has prescribed me valium and another anti-anxiety medication to get me through. I am so hoping this anxiety surge is temporary, from what I've read 'the anxiety stops after a few weeks' and 'it can take six weeks for my system to fully get used to it' - so all I have to do is wait. Can people reading this, who had anxiety early on when taking citalopram - which later went away - please comment on their experience, and also how long it does take to go. Many thanks.

All hail serotonin !!!

Been taking citalopram 40 mg for years. Has worked for me.

I Don get it how it helps with anxiety and its side effects are anxiety?

I can't eat hardly anything since I've been on this medication, hopefully things improve

Would a dosage of 5mg even have any effects? I got prescribed 10mg but I’m trying to come off them and decided to split the tablets in half.

I took it in 2009 not long at all and it gave me the ticks

Thanks This was Very helpful.

Absolutely brutal on anxiety when starting. Brutal.

Is it normal that I get hyper sensitive? Like my skin is crawling, it’s like I can feel the food in my digestive system, the light is too bright and the Colors are too colored. I can’t really handle music also? Could it be because I was on the spectrum? I had a diagnosis when I was 7 but then when I was 16 a doctor took it away said I wasn’t on the spectrum, but I know I have some traits…. Anyone knows about this?

Is this medication generally considered twice the equivalent of lexapro? 20mg citalopram = 10mg escitalopram?

Hi there I have been given citalopram tablets and not took them yet just watch the video of a girl that and she feels a lot better but I am a bit worried to start taking what can I do.

I'm on day 7 and I just keep yawning a lot which is annoying but my suicidal thoughts are a bit more suppressed and my general personality is aswel in that I'm a fair bit calmer. Must be that I'm too tired to get stressed.

How do you know if citalopram is working? I’ve been on 10mg for 5 weeks for chronic anxiety. I felt a little lift in my mood and had some hope at about 3 weeks in now I feel back to square one if not worse. I feel like I’m going crazy all over again x a million. It’s awful. How can your own mind make you feel so disgusting and weird.

I was on 10 mg for 9 months and now i am doing 5mg from 2 months , when is better to cut off and how ? How long is too long to take citalopram please?

Hi I have depression and anxiety at the age of 18 I also have been trying to quit smoking my mom is giving me this and I’m feeling so much better and I feel good about waking up again but I didn’t go to a doctor to see if it’s the right medication for me is that wrong I need advice?

Day 2 of 10mg, I feel lousy, dry mouth and nauseous no appetite. Also extremely depressed though I was anyway

I’m on week 1 on celexa. 10mg I’m 19 year old female and my side affects so far are definately nausea & drowsiness. And dry mouth actually. I am also having a little trouble concentrating. But again this is just week 1. But intrusive depressive thoughts are definately at bay already. Obviously I know your mood takes a while to improve. Any advice anyway ?

1 week into at 5mg and I’m starting to see less emotions, less suicidal feelings/thoughts. I do feel the upset stomach affects in the morning but what’s kind of concerned me a bit is my sexual drive just plummeted to a zero. Not sure if I should stop or continue. I’ll ask my doctor but it may have been my sexual drive that was making me unstable and suicidal, perhaps. I’m going thru a terrible break up and this may have helped but also made something else worse🤷🏻 idk I’ll find out soon.

I have been on this medication in the past and back on it. Recently seen a cardiologist and diagnosed with heart arrhythmia. Interesting. My blood pressure has increased as well. :/

I was given citalopram for sleeping is that what it’s actually for and does actually work for that, I haven’t taken it yet cause I’m spectacle

I am on 40 mg per day for 2 years now and it's not enough 😵‍💫

What about weed? Can i smoke a joint safely?

Thank u

can i take it without doctor advise i am 24 old and i stammering when i talk and my mind is like a stress ??

Anyone who is doubting this medication is even the right one think of the side effects it means it’s working

I take this medication i sweat so much !!!!! And i keep losing weight!!!

I took 200mg at once i know it was a stupid idea im 21 and i was kinda depressed so i took all of 10 tablets (20mg) which lead me to overdose i was vomiting , unable to sleep extremely sweety and can't ejuculate

I have been taking 60 mg since 1997.

⚡️Brain zaps⚡️ during withdrawal.

Honestly this explains my intense sweating lol

i was prescribed 10mg of citalopram and i’m scared that i will gain weight and feel emotionally numb. is that likely to happen with 10mg?

How high is the chance to gain weight from it? I’m too anxious of gaining weight

I am on citalopram from November 2017. From my experience is ok but i observed it goes really bad when i was drinking coffee, pepsi or cola...so i cut them off and everything is ok

can this medication cause weakness i felt this am taking 20mg only been on it 3 days now.

I take mine once a day

So it might cause anxiety nice

If you already have tinnitus DO NOT TAKE ANTIDEPRESSANTS. I took Citalopram for two weeks. Worse decision of my life. I now have chronic tinnitus.

20 wasn’t helping so I’m on 40mg now 😛

I’m on the lowest dosage 10mg.

This work's better if I take it at night

Most of you commenting here aren't giving useful advice about the difference between 10, 20, or 40mg a day. I'm on 10 and it's going well so far but I still feel some of the fatigue from the depression that I've always had. So I'm upping to 20. Side effects are null.

anyone using it for hot flashes? I just got a prescription for 20 mg. I'm so scare to take it.

I used it for six months and then gave it up slowly but now I M more disturb 2 years after, having panic attacks in different forms

I don't know if anyone else gets this but I get really bad twitching and I feel my heart beating fast often.

Don’t take citalopram no matter how bad do you feel please don’t

The withdrawal is not fun

Clinical trials show antidepressants work no better than placebos and pharmaceutical companies do several studies and cherry pick results to submit the favorable results to the FDA when it comes to getting these drugs approved. Antidepressants have not been studied for long term safety and clinical trials for most antidepressants are a few weeks or months at best. Many have the notion that anxiety or depression is like diabetes and like a good diabetic they need to take their antidepressants for life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even mainstream psychiatry will admit the chemical imbalance myth is just that....a myth. Unlike a disease like diabetes, high cholesterol, etc, psychiatry diagnoses are only diagnosed by excluding other issues that could cause symptoms and the DSM. The DSM has come under fire recently as it's very subjective and at any given time in a person's lifetime, they could be labeled depressed or anxious or even schizophrenic (who hasn't had an auditory hallucination and thought someone called their name??) simply because they could check off a symptom in a manual. Psychiatry is the only branch of medicine where there are no tests to diagnose a disease but rather it's based on a list of emotions. Anxiety and depression have a root cause that needs to be addressed and it's not the mythical chemical imbalance. Antidepressants have serious side effects which are not rare. Side effects are vastly under reported but not rare. Antidepressants do not prevent suicides. In fact, study after study has shown they increase the risk of suicide in all ages. Even the FDA required antidepressants to have a black box warning (the strongest warning the FDA gives) because of the suicide risk. While the black box warning specifically mentions suicide risk in young adults, studies have shown antidepressants increase suicide risks in people of all ages. Furthermore, antidepressants have been linked to violence, worst long term outcomes, birth defects and learning disabilities when taken while pregnant, increased risk of death, diabetes, cancer, and so much more. Antidepressants have been shown to actually cause anxiety and depression and increase the risk of future depressive episodes. Some of the side effects can be permanent and continue long after the drug is stopped.

I have none of them at all. Imo this video goes in a completely wrong direction and is misleading.

Does it damage heart? I have seen some studies online that it prolongs QT .I took citalopram 10mg for only 3 months. I stopped taking it coz don't need any more .I am 27

Guys it honestly doesn’t help and the withdrawal is so painful. It feels like carsickness but all at once and it hurts your head beyond belief

Citalopram and Escitalopram will make your Peepee depressed.

Yeaaaa, so no thanks

Perfect for me,do tor gave me valium to use o ly when needed to sleep Only problem is its very difficult to ejaculate when having sex,which is a big problem

6:42 *gulp* lmao

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