How do I get off Citalopram 20mg? Have been taking it for ~60 days and am afraid of withdrawals.
How do I get off Citalopram 20mg? Have been taking it for ~60 days and am afraid of withdrawals
Robert Lee
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Lucas Stewart
Fear is for the weak. Bare the pain.
Brody Ward
This
Parker Hughes
The withdrawals aren't as bad as the side effects of taking it tbh. It sucks for about a week.
Ian Gonzalez
over about 3 or 4 weeks. Or else you'll get weird painful brain zaps like someone popping an electric balloon inside your head.
Jordan Morris
60 days is nothing, ive been taking it for over a year
Carson Walker
this
Adam Lewis
Citalopram is a pretty weak anti depressant, just slowly wean yourself off. Lower your dosage by half every 5 days until you’re down to 5mg, then after that 5 days stop taking it.
Levi Bell
How do you get your head to clear?
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Ethan Russell
dude citalopram is weak AF. withdrawals for me were minimal.
Kevin Green
usually best to get smaller dosed pills then cold turkey after 5mg. make sure to see your doc while you do this so they can monitor your symptoms.
Colton Butler
Thanks for the encouragement, I guess.
Yes, I heard about the brain zaps. I forgot taking it for a day and the anxiety attack I had due to withdrawals was horrific.
During it I remembered I didn't take my anti depressants for almost 48 hours, it got way better after intake.
However I don't want my wellbeing to depend on those pills. That's why I wanna get off them.
Did you ever have a desire to stop? How was your experience in general? I'm curious.
Seems like a reasonable approach. Thank you.
Aiden Cook
I've been taking it for about 10 years, currently on 40mg. If I stop for about a week my head feels completely fucked. Hoping I'll be able to ease off of it over time as well.
Ease yourself off and see how you do
Samuel Cruz
Celexa is ass
Gavin Gray
Was on Lexapro. Tried cold turkey, but the brain zaps fucked me up so bad I wanted to die just from those. So I bought a pill cutter from the dollar store. Took half a tab every morning for like 5 days, then a quarter tab for 3 days, then an 8th for a week or so. Finally got off with minimal side effects.
Wyatt Clark
I don't have experience with anti-depressants but I'm in the process of getting off of opiates. From what the other anons are saying, it's similar in the fact that you have to slowly ween yourself off of them. Don't rush yourself and it's good to go too slow than too quickly. Slow and steady wins the race as far as getting off of drugs that are addictive.
Easton Rogers
Taking 40mg/day? Cut down to 20mg/day for two weeks, then 10mg/day for two weeks, then stop.
This is what I've done under a doctor's guidance.
Ayden Jenkins
Just go cold turkey.
I was on 40mg Citalopram for several years, took about a month to feel remotely normal again.
William Foster
just stop taking it
Aaron Sanchez
Slowly reduce your dosage. You're going to get brain zaps, you're just going to have to put up with them. After a week or two you'll be fine.
Cameron Nelson
Suicide
It's the easiest way