Hi
I was once given citalopram 10mg for anxiety after a car crash.
I was told 10mg would be useless for depression purposes - nowhere near strong enough, but apparently that is the dose for anxiety.
I didn't stay on them long, because they didn't help at all really (was told by my GP that for anxiety purposes should work very quickly whereas for depression purposes ADs take a good few weeks to take effect)
Well. I managed without them - my driving anxiety took ages to go, but went on its own in the end,.
While I was on citalopram I had horrid side effects - and yes, I felt worse on them than off - so I decided to stop after about 2 weeks.
I just stopped taking them - whoah - BIG mistake!!! I had the mother of all panic attacks, and generally felt really panicky until I started them again.
then I weaned off slowly by reducing the dose bit by bit and I was fine.
I would be reluctant to use them again personally. My own reason for this is that they completely killed my interest in nocturnal sport
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and that in itself is an anxiety for me and the closeness of my marriage.
Would be interested in others opinions though as have suffered lately with a bit of anxiety related to hormones and the hrt I have tried, and may need to try them again x
Edited to say - my post was a mere attempt to give you my experience of coming off them - but as usual I digressed and wrote War and Peace
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