Quote Originally Posted by Iggy131313 View Post
To be honest I dont think the wine made much difference it was simply taking the Citalopram again that caused the reaction. I say this because its what happened to me, its called a kindling reaction. You were in CT withdrwal from the 1 month citalopram use even though you didnt know it. the night you felt out of sorts was your w/d telling you it was there (same happened to me) and the same as you I went back to the drs and asked for the cit back BOOOOOOM all hell broke loose.

More people will adbise you on here but I want to tell you that I understand, I was first put on citalopram during a physical illness, I have never EVER suffered with anxiety or depression. 5 months after stopping the cit cold turley (although I took it for over 2 years) I started to have apnic attacks and anxiety, I went running to the drs to ask for the citalopram and had a terrible adverse reaction.

I also have a child, a beautiful 3 year old boy and Im 32, so we are quite similar, I was a happy confident woman and now Im a shell, but we will recover, you are sook close, read that link I send you and contact me anytime.

Caroline xx
Iggy, I was doing some reading today and found a medical journal that said that w/d can happen even after only taking the SSRI for 4-6 weeks and then stopping abruptly, and can still happen without stopping c/t and following a plan with the doctor. Now, after taking that into consideration as well as what happened in our case (the severe adverse reaction to the med immeditately upon reinstatement)... I have to admit I'm confused... because when I google "adverse reaction upon reinstatement of SSRI" I just find more stuff about serotonin syndrome (w/d). Charly said that when a person goes on and off the drug the body becomes sensitive to it. So, is our suffering from the adverse reaction? or to w/d? And most of the literature I am reading regarding w/d says that WHEN SS occurs normally reinstating the med will relieve the symptoms within a short period of time. Which in my case is not so. I reluctantly went back to the citalopram 2 weeks after the adverse reaction and took it from March 16, 2012 to April 14, 2012 and I was still not good. The first 2 times I had quit c/t... then the last time my taper consisted of cutting the 20 mg tab in half for the last two days (not the right way). I guess at this point I am way past going back on and doing a slow taper?

How are you doing lately?