Help! Anyone with CITALOPRAM success?

[SaltRiver84]

I was just prescribed CITALOPRAM 10mg once a day for my anxiety. I am scared to take it due to the side effects and I think once I take it my partying days are over, but I really need it. This is my first time taking meds for anxiety.

Is there anyone out there who has had success with this drug and what should I expect?

[ladybugaz65]

I've been on citalopram 20mg for about 4 months now. My dr. just upped it to 40mg. I have severe anxiety and depression. I have agorophobic tendencies. I'm also on welbutrin (generic 300 mg). My only side effects that are bothersome are random hiccups and hands and feet are always moving. My daughters said that this wasn't occuring prior to the citalopram being added. Now that they've pointed it out, it's kind of bothersome but liveable. I work full time as a legal secretary and I'm enrolled in online college for paralegal studies. I really feel my anxiety was keeping me from doing much of anything. I'm glad I'm on it. One thing one of my dr.'s suggested was to have family members provide feedback prior to my visits so I have a better idea of how it's really going.

[BillHawks]

I am on the same as a   for Klonopin which I took 2 milligrams twice a day for about 12 years. The citalopram has not caused me any other problems and I usually have a few glasses of wine at dinner time. Once I had a few more than that friends were over and I had no problems from it. I have only had to take 1 milligram of Klonopin a few times. Really think this is a great medication. Give it a try and keep on with it unless you have severe reactions. Normally they will go away within a few weeks and you will get the full effects of the citalopram. Hope this helps.  

[AJWS6]

I have never taken the med, but have taken Klonopin.  I'm terrified of taking any med, even aspirin's.  

But each individuals body chemistry is different and the only way to know, how you will react to a med is take it, some have great experiences, while others not so good, share the pro's and con's with your doctor.  If this med does not work out for you, then you can try others, till you find the right medication to treat your symptoms.  

But every medication carries side effects, I have taken medications and didn't feel any side effects at all, while other report they have on the same med.  

So until you take the medication, and discover how it affects you, you will alway's get 50/50 reply.