JBrandon
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Hey there,
I am not sure this is entirely TDS material, but I figured someone here must have been through this before. I was on Citalopram (20mg) for two months when a variety of factors led me to attempt tapering off of it. My psych told me to go ahead and try going cold turkey. After two days of absolutely mind-blowing misery the likes of which I have *never* experienced before, I went back at full dosage and vowed to never listen to that man again. I've been tapering down although at a faster pace than many advise.
I've presently made a transition from 10mg a day to 7.5mg a day to 5mg a day over the last two weeks. I attempted to finally go to 0mg today and was hit with overwhelming nausea and emotional instability in the afternoon. I felt like crying for no reason, I felt like I could throw up at any moment, and I felt very anxious and depressed. These were all effects that I fully expected EXCEPT for the extreme nausea. It was like being dopesick all day long. Eventually I relented and ate 5mg and I'm looking forward to possibly feeling "somewhat" normal tomorrow.
I know that I'm going to have to deal with the mental effects of tapering down and I've been bracing for it. I just could not handle this level of physical unease. Has anyone gone through it and found a way to deal with the nausea and dizziness?
I am not sure this is entirely TDS material, but I figured someone here must have been through this before. I was on Citalopram (20mg) for two months when a variety of factors led me to attempt tapering off of it. My psych told me to go ahead and try going cold turkey. After two days of absolutely mind-blowing misery the likes of which I have *never* experienced before, I went back at full dosage and vowed to never listen to that man again. I've been tapering down although at a faster pace than many advise.
I've presently made a transition from 10mg a day to 7.5mg a day to 5mg a day over the last two weeks. I attempted to finally go to 0mg today and was hit with overwhelming nausea and emotional instability in the afternoon. I felt like crying for no reason, I felt like I could throw up at any moment, and I felt very anxious and depressed. These were all effects that I fully expected EXCEPT for the extreme nausea. It was like being dopesick all day long. Eventually I relented and ate 5mg and I'm looking forward to possibly feeling "somewhat" normal tomorrow.
I know that I'm going to have to deal with the mental effects of tapering down and I've been bracing for it. I just could not handle this level of physical unease. Has anyone gone through it and found a way to deal with the nausea and dizziness?
