Citalopram Made Me Crazy

I hope you reported these adverse side-effects to your doctor?

Are you for real? I've just started taking it and I feel fine. Did you take mood stabilizers at the same time? If not it could be why they created problems for you, especially if your bipolar......

I've been on so many and each works differently. This one is an SSRI so maybe you should try something else. I know I don't take my stuff regularly but when I do I see a difference. Just gotta keep on trying (says the pot to the kettle)

HUGS to you darlin'
MSP

*sigh* The thing is no matter what I take someone will always have had a bad experience from it so I guess I just need to take what works for me and not worry about everyone else :)

ANTI DEPRESSANTS SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE CLINICALLY DEPRESSED (IE NOT FUNCTIONING MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY). DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL (IE GENETIC MAKE UP, PERSONALITY ETC) DIFFERENT TYPES WILL WORK FOR DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND IT MAY TAKE SOME TRIAL AND ERROR TO FIND THE RIGHT ONES.

If you are habitually very badly depressed, you need to take antidepressants. Finding the right one is a trial-and-error process. At some point, you find a drug that doesn't give bad side effects, and that's the right one.
The difference in how you feel is amazing. Antidepressants don't make you happy, but they block chronic depression, sadness, etc., and that's good, because no one needs to feel like that every day.

Some times depression will break through when there's something to really be depressed about, which is also good, because it proves that the drug allows natural feelings and doesn't make you an unfeeling robot.

Sometimes chronic, deep-seated anxiety can feel like depression. Have you tried an anti-anxiety medication? And there are some drugs that are a combination that work quite well for some people who may not even realize that anxiety, which can manifest in alienation, loneliness that feels like depression, etc., is their problem, in lieu of or in tandem with chronic depression.

Work with your doctor, trying out various meds until you find the right one. The sun won't shine, necessarily, the economy won't improve, wars will continue, and you'll still have your life's problems to face, but what you will get is that most blessed feeling.... relief!

i have to say ,citalopram saved my life,the ony side effect i had was tinitus...the pros definately out weighed the cons...and it was easyto cut down and come off

I have taken citalopram, mirtazapine, dothiepin, prothiedin, cipramil, paroxetine, prozac, among others & they were all crap. The side-effects were pretty bad too; tremor, chattering teeth, increased suicidal thoughs, bad dreams, sweats etc - they made me feel worse. SSRI's did not do it for me, nor did MAOI's, or whatever they're called.
I now take tri-cyclics (amitriptylene 75mg) & my sleep has improved, as have my moods & i haven't had a panic attack in over a year; still a bit OCD though, but i can live with that, providing i sleep. These tricyclics are described by some doctors as 'archaic', as they're the older type of antidepressants, but they work for me. My dad also takes them; has for over 20 years, so maybe it's a hereditary thing.
Also, i was in such a state through lack of sleep and life in general that i was put on haloperidol for 2 weeks & i think that might've sorted my clock out sleepwise, and shut my head up temporarily. I then went straight onto the tricyclics and haven't looked back - i no longer suffer with or battle depression; i live with depression.
Ask your doc if they think you may benefit from them too, worth a try. Good luck.

I was also going to say..........anti d's are also for anxiety disorders not just depression.............

so very true, everyone will not react the same......find what works for you, unfortunately it can be a long process. I, myself went 'nutty' on effexor, but handle citalopram just fine.....just goes to show ya.............BUT we're all troopers!!!

I've taken Zolof, Hydroxyzine, Abilify, you name it, but the ond that has worked best for me is Elavil (Amitripylene), it is a very old school antidepressant, but this little baby works wonders that is for me.