In withdrawal symptoms of Citalopram, is it possible to have pain all over your body.?
I am having so many differant pains radiating all over my body. I’m happy to have the symptom brain "zaps",dizziness, palpatations, and nausea to show up in my researce , BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY!!!!!!. I’ve had pain in my lower back , my shoulders, down my legs, in the lower part of my stomach. I hurt all over .
Did you step down gradually? You should never quit taking Citalopram cold turkey. Your supposed to take 1/2 dose for 2 weeks to taper off, then for two more weeks 1/2 of that dose. That would be 1/4 of the original dose. If the dosage is too small to cut, then you would take it every other day for two weeks before stopping completely. It is too hard on your body to stop without stepping down. Did you doctor advise you to do this? If so, you need a different doctor. My son quit taking his Citalopram cold turkey without telling me, and he almost ended up in the psych ward for suicidal behavior. It is a serious drug, and should be weaned off carefully!
Did you step down gradually? You should never quit taking Citalopram cold turkey. Your supposed to take 1/2 dose for 2 weeks to taper off, then for two more weeks 1/2 of that dose. That would be 1/4 of the original dose. If the dosage is too small to cut, then you would take it every other day for two weeks before stopping completely. It is too hard on your body to stop without stepping down. Did you doctor advise you to do this? If so, you need a different doctor. My son quit taking his Citalopram cold turkey without telling me, and he almost ended up in the psych ward for suicidal behavior. It is a serious drug, and should be weaned off carefully!
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These kind of antidepressants have tons of withdrawal symptoms. I recently came off seroxat (paxil) and was really awful even though I came off gradually and i did have all kind of pains all over my body also.
Probably best to tell your doctor just to be sure though and come off with their help.
Then never take this sh*t again!
I’m planning to never take any mental health meds again.
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I have been on citalopram for four years and took myself off of it almost a week ago my stomach has been bothering me i am totally sick to my stomach. I got off of it because i have had rashes which no one could tell me why. They called it Granuloma Annulare i stopped taking it and rashes are going away. I just called my doctor waiting for a call back. I cannot sleep that good.
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