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Nov 20 2008, 01:51 AM
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I've been on 20mg citalopram for sometime, but after a difficult couple of months, its been put up to 30mg. How long before this increase takes effect and I feel the benefits?
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Nov 20 2008, 04:11 AM
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I've recently done the same thing and I found it took about a week. I increased to 30mg about a week and a half ago and I've got my motivation back. I feel human again. My flatmates have commented on the difference.
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Nov 25 2008, 06:53 PM
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I will be making this same jump from 20mg to 30mg starting tomorrow. I can only hope I have the same favorable results as you have all had. Very nervous.
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Nov 26 2008, 02:01 PM
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I am also about to increase my dose of citalopram this week, it is helpful to know other people have had benefits from doing this. It is reassuring and also makes me less anxious about it. And for those who are also about to change dosage it would be good to know how you get on and when it starts to kick in.
peacelily
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Dec 2 2008, 02:03 PM
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Hi, how is everyone doing on their increased dose? I had to leave work after a half day today due to being so incredibly sleepy and having no concentration at all. I really think it's because of the meds. I slept this afternoon but i don't get much sleep at night time due to waking after horrible lucid dreams. Is this a common side effect? Does anyone else have these side effects? How can I manage them? I'm not able to take time off work and need to have enough sleep and concentration to work in a high pressure autonomous environment.
Any advice would be really helpful.
peacelily
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Dec 2 2008, 07:34 PM
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BE1 - I found that increasing dosage 1stly to 20mg, then to 30mg helped somewhat in a couple of weeks, particularly going to 30mg.
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Peacelily - I am having the same problems sleeping and the very lucid but weird dreams that you're having. I've gone from 20mg to 30mg two weeks ago, then up to 40mg yesterday. Only getting about 4 to 5 hours sleep a night, but having so many dreams that when I wake up I feel like I haven't had any sleep. Gave up trying to sleep and got up at 4:45am this morning. I saw my doctor yesterday and he said if it doesn't improve in a week with the increased dose, I should swap medications.
Last night I was just completely hyperactive, felt rather like I was slightly drunk. Very odd.
Anyway, good luck everyone and I hope we're all on the way to recovery! :)
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Dec 5 2008, 07:22 PM
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I am with you all with the dreaming... my dreams are not bad, just very lucid and very weird. Not sure where some of this stuff is coming from! I have no trouble whatsoever falling asleep and I do so-so throughout the night. I do wake easily in the middle of the night which is a sign (along with the dreaming) that I am not getting that deep-needed sleep. This only aggravates our anxiety since are mind is never fully at ease and resting. Good Luck.
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Dec 15 2008, 03:30 PM
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Hello citalopram people! Thankyou for your replies, its encouraging to know there's other people feeling similarly out there. I'm still on the 30mg and still having the weird dreams but I helped to wrap christmas presents this weekend and have been to work today although I felt awful. How is everyone else doing? Hope you are finding the medication ok and that you are making progress. looking forward to hearing from you all
peacelily
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Dec 15 2008, 05:59 PM
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Hi Peacelilly, glad to hear you're able to get a few things done!  I'm still having strange dreams and not sleeping particularly well, despite trying two types of herbal teas, stretching exercises, some swimming when I feel up to it and oils which are meant to promote sleep... *sigh* Anyway, my dr is swapping me to avanza - mirtazapine, so I start that in two days time and hopefully things will improve. Keeping my fingers crossed for less dreams, cause at the moment I'm having trouble telling what I've dreamt and what actually has happened... It's kind of frustrating, cause apart from the sleep/dream issues, citalopram was working really really well. How's everyone else?
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