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Citalopram
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I have been in citalopram for 4 months, and felt loads better, I decided not to take them for the last 6 days as I thought I didn't need them, I feel rubbish, fed up, edgy, and dizzy, how long will they take to work again after a week off them,
Thanks jo
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.as per squad.....never, ever stop psych meds suddenly, as you could have a serious relapse and discontinuation symptoms (which is the technical term for all the symptoms you have described). basically, the poor little neurons in your brain went without chemicals they had gotten used to and started to fire off a little bit wonky, but they will disappear. you will have to treat this gap as starting your meds all over again and tell your gp if there are any more issues, if you think you need a higher dose after 4 weeks or begin to feel very depressed or suicidal. nothing to feel embarrassed about - i've done it and i'm a psych nurse! it seems a good idea at the time, but unfortunately it very rarely is. good luck with things tho x