Does citalopram cause dizziness?

Don’t stop citalopram without talking with your doctor. Stopping citalopram too quickly can cause serious symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, high or low mood, feeling restless, changes in sleep habits, headache, sweating, nausea, dizziness, electric shock-like sensations, shaking, or confusion.

Can antidepressants make you feel light headed?

Dizziness. Dizziness is more common with tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) than with other antidepressants. These medications can cause low blood pressure, resulting in dizziness.

Can citalopram make you feel weird?

If you feel restless or feel like you cannot keep still, go to your doctor. If you keep on taking more citalopram each day, it may make these feelings worse (see section 5). Talk to your doctor before you stop taking citalopram. If you stop taking it suddenly or miss a dose you may get unwanted effects (see section 4).

Do side effects of citalopram go away?

Side effects such as tiredness, dry mouth and sweating are common. They’re usually mild and go away after a couple of weeks. If you and your doctor decide to take you off citalopram, your doctor may recommend reducing your dose gradually to help prevent extra side effects.

Are there any side effects to taking citalopram tablets?

Very low sodium levels can be life-threatening, leading to seizures, passing out, trouble breathing, or death. If you are 65 or older, use this medicine (citalopram tablets) with care. You could have more side effects. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan on getting pregnant, or are breast-feeding.

Who are the health care providers that take citalopram?

For all patients taking this medicine (citalopram tablets): Tell all of your health care providers that you take this medicine (citalopram tablets). This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.

When to increase citalopram dose to 20 mg?

Getting to sleep is a problem for me, even before I took Citalopram. I am only starting, 3rd day on 10 mg still and will increase it after 7 days to 20 mg. I think it is a progressive drug that takes its full effect after a while.

How long does it take for citalopram to work?

However the first 1-2 weeks were difficult, anxiety, worrying people would die, racing mind thinking the tablets would not work. Then at about 2 weeks I stopped feeling tierd all the time, got a boost of energy, totally stopped worrying about everything, feel good about life and myself.