Best time to take citalopram

This is my third day (10mg) and within hours of taking I felt that relaxed/tired feeling. I slept better than I have in years and when my little boy came to wake me in bed the following morning for the first time in absolutely ages I was actually enjoying the precious moments of chatting with him before he goes off to school. Something i have not really felt for 6/7 years. Normally I wake and wish to god he would leave me alone and pray that I can sleep as I am normally so exhausted when I wake.(I am very lucky as my husband knows how bad mornings are for me and he takes care of our children). Only 3 days in but I can feel the smile on my face returning - then I'm smiling again because I know I am smiling and I can feel a little bit like my old self. I get that feeling about 2 hours after taking it - up to 3,4 or 5 hours later of nauseousness - but I don't mind that because I can feel some feelings of happinness returning. I have had no dreams only deep sleep which I am grateful for. Oh going back to the horrible sicky tummy feeling - another reason I don't mind putting up with this Is I am a bottle of wine a night girl and this sicky feeling is helping me not to drink - so far so good for me. I only hope all my good experiences stay and it only gets better. Ps have suffered from depression for on/off 22 years and have been on various seroxat/Prozac ect, and I was a hopeless insomniac! Hope this post makes people realise that not everyone gets side effects, also I think mainly people with side effects contribute to these very very useful sights and that maybe if your taking this medication and 'getting on very nicely' without any problems you may not be on the web researching the effects, and therefore not contributing the good side. My hope is there are people taking this and getting there lives so back on track, that they have not put pen to paper to shout the good stuff. I plan to find this sight again in say a week and let you know if it's still feeling better. My best thoughts to all of you.

Forgot to say noticed on all three days within half hour or so of taking it I do talk a lot - I talk a lot anyway but have noticed I'm sort of talking quicker, but because I have noticed i try to slow it down - its still only day 3 so that could level out, and it only lasts a few hours or so

Im concerned my husband just got prescribed this drpression meds n basically he hax never takn any types of antidepression pills, he has graves dieses n diabetes am going to see a drastic change

Hi all

Have been taking 20mg citalopram for just over a month now. I was prescribed these for anxiety and was very apprehensive about taking them having read all of the bad feedback on the web. All I can say is, I have never felt better. I have been fortunate to have no side effects and the benefits are that the anxiety attacks have gone and it feels like someone has lifted the fog from my brain. I can think clearly and remember things for more than a nanosecond!

I take them mid morning and my alertness seems okay throughout the day. Occasionally, I am still mentally awake at night although body is tired so might experiment with taking them early evening. Doc said to experiment with the times and I will keep my eye out here for other experiences.

We all react differently to meds so just though I would share my very positive experience which will hopefully help newly prescribed people.

Regards
Ryan

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I just started taking citalopram a week ago (20mg/day). The first few days i took it in the morning and noticed that i felt tired. So, a few days ago I began taking it in the evngs w/dinner... And, i sleep fine...wake-up at my usual 7:30am, and by 9 am sleepy again for another 2-3hrs!(momentarily unemployed so it's ok, but i am going to start splitting the dosage to 10mg to see if that helps!) It does help calm my racing heart, tho (am taking if for anxiety).

Thank you so much with your information, it helped me so much with my father. God Bless You!

Thank you so much with your information, it helped me so much with my father. God Bless You

I've tried taking my citalopram at all times of day and just can't settle. Right now I'm taking it at 10pm but I'm up all night. Roughly nodding off at 6am. My eyes and vision and blurry eyes are drivin me nuts almost feel as if my sight might come away from me! I've been on the drug since April 11, anyone else suffer eye problem side effects?

Hi I've been taking citalopram for 8 months now and its is affecting my sleep if a take it at night and don't go off as soon as sleepyness arrives ill barely sleep if I take it in the morning it makes me feel lethargic by the afternoon you can't win with it I just keep sapping the times to see what works best for me

Stevie ha my eyes go strange like blurred round the outer and I can't focus properly as everything goes blurry

Have been taking 20mg of Citalopram for many years now. It specifies on the prescription bottle to take in the morning... which I do faithfully before breakfast. Since I have had trouble sleeping all my life, I was also prescribed zolpiden at bedtime which helps me sleep. No problem of sleepiness during the day.

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I'm on 20mg citalopram and i already feel dizzy on my 1st day.When my dr. prescribed it to me,i only took 2 tablets and stop and after 3 days went to see my dr. and told me i can drink the 28 tablets for a mos. but i'm scared to the side effects but my dr. told me that the side effects is mild like light head dizziness and nausea.can somebody give me nore info about the med because this is my 1st time taking it.thanks.

I'm on 50 mg of Celexa, 0.5 mg of Xanex, and 1.5 of Zyprexa which was added because my depression wasn't better. I was on it for approx. 10 yrs and it has worked awesome for me. Then I had to take HBP and high cholesterol pills. Within five yrs. of starting the last two, I became severely exhausted for no reason. I have had chronic fatigue now for over two yrs. I am thankful that other than weight gain and appetite increase I have no depression or anxiety. However, I'm wondering if I need to change to the Celexa or Zyprexa to give me back my energy. I can barely get through the day doing light housework. When I try and decrease the Celexa or Zyprexa I get a burning sensation in my body and find myself getting down. I know I can't live with the severe depression and anxiety I once had so I know I have to be on medication to give me some semblance of a normal life. Anyone have any suggestions as they had to try me on 16 different antidepressants to find one that didn't give me severe side effects.

Thank you everyone for your insights. I feel like I am in a bit of a different situation. I have never been depressed, nor have had mood issues. People actually say that I am always happy and have a smile on my face. My only problem is I can not sleep. I have tried 3 different sleeping pills and they do not work. It actually will have the opposite effect on me. I am very busy, and have to be doing something all of the time. I am at work at 7:30 in the morning and won't get home most nights until 10 or 11 pm. Then I do things around the house and won't get to bed until midnight-1am. When I finally do go to sleep, I will wake up several times and never feel rested. If I get 4-5 hours of (restless) sleep, that's good. My doctor told me that my brain does not settle down and because of this, I have some anxiety. She prescribed Citalopram to help me sleep (she said to take it at night). However, so many of you have said that it KEEPS YOU AWAKE! I took it for the first time last night (before reading these posts)and I do feel like it helped me sleep better (got 4 hours of good sleep; although that could be because I was so mentally and physically exhausted). I am hoping that I will feel like RYAN feels and be able to focus on one thing at a time and think better (remember things), and get at least 6 hours of restful sleep. I will take it for a couple-three months and if it doesn't help or make me feel worse, I will stop using it and just deal with lack of sleep. Does anyone else take it for sleeplessness due to a racing mind???

Ive been taking for around 6 months now i started taking on the morning but they were making me real sleepy after like 3 month i completly stopped and the side effects were a nightmare i wasnt getting sleep untill like 4am waking up alot in puddles of sweat and a bad head now im just taking them on a night to help me sleep better untill i decide to come off it slowly.

Like to know how long should you be taking citalopramI been taking it for eight years 20 mg,I feel like i do not need them anymore,Also i been taking them at bed time i have a hard time getting up in the mornings,toss,turn at night help me please.

Hi Stella,
it sounds as if I am a duplicate of you, am generally pretty happy go lucky, but battle with sleep due to an over active mind, especially if something out of the ordinary is on the go. Also struggle to focus on one thing at a time, busy busy busy. Just got the meds, goin to take for the first time tonight. How you going so far?

Does anyone know if the nausea and tiredness/fatigue side effects goes away, and if so, normally how long?

Citalopram r gr8

I ve been on20 mg of celexa for two days now. I take it in the morning and within an hr i have this horrible feeling in my stomach. I do eat with it but my stomach feels as if i havent eaten in days. Im so exausted and also feel very detatched and dont want to talk much. Any suggestions?