I stopped for 8 weeks and was doing well while I was out riding my bike 2 or 3 times a week. Exercise works wonders, as does a healthy diet.

I've stopped a few times, but never dealt with my issues so it has always meant I've gone back to them. I cut down gradually, and felt no side effects. Can you tell us what is happening with u?

iv bin taking them for about 5 years now i think maybe more, if i run out and cant get my prescription at first i get so emotional, including euphoria, i cry at everything, i get horrible dizzyness, brain shivers, tingling in my tongue, then after about 3 days the depression and anxiety hits so hard and i cant cope. i hate taking them as they make me numb i think. I'v not had a sex drive for years (i do when i stop tking them) iv forgotten what normal feels like!

Hi there! I've take Cipramil a few times in my life. I've been on them for about 3 years and was doing great (anxiety and all its symptoms had gone) and GP decided I should come off them. So he said that instead of taking 20mg every day, I could miss a day for a month or two and then miss 2 days for a month or two and then 3 days etc....I'm at the miss 2 days stage at the moment and going through a terrible time. The anxiety is coming back with no warning, I feel sick, some days I can't eat properly, I get dizzy and weak - all in all, I feel awful. I don't know whether this is withdrawl symptoms from the drug or whether it is a return of the cause I went on them in the first place but I'm at the end of my tether. I want OFF these tablets but I'm scared that I can't do it without them.

I worked a slow withdrawl programme with my doctor. It took about 4 weeks before I stopped taking it completely

Almost all anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds say not to stop them suddenly. If you feel you want to come off of them you should talk to your doc about a way to gradually come off of them to lessen the withdrawal effects. I have been on citalopram for years. I went from 60mg down to 40 a few months ago and noticed a big shift in my mood. I also know if I miss a day of citalopram I feel very dizzy and just not right. Be careful.

I started taking celexa a little over a month ago and I recently ran out of the prescription. So I went about four days without taking them and I felt better than I've felt in a very long time. Now I am back on the med and I feel extremely tired all of the time and moody because I want to just sleep. I would like to check with my doctor but as most drs will only try to put you on another med to keep you as their patient. I really want to just wean myself off because all of the anti depressants just take all of my energy away. Any advice at all regarding this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I took citalopram for 6 months and came off it very slowly. First week I took only half a tab every other day. Second week full dose one day and then half dose for two days etc until I was on half dose every day and then just cut out one extra day every week - took ages but worked, no withdrawals at all. Good Luck xx

I was put in Citalopram by my doctor unaware of how they were meant to make me feel. I found that after the 6 week kick in stage, I will admit that when I was happy I felt wonderful, however on the other side of that, my depression got progressivly worse, the durations of my 'down time' were longer and more often, and I felt as if the tablets were accentuating all of my emotions or something, so I took myself off them. I am still a depressed woman, however I know that my moods are not caused by the tablets which is a relief. I've honestly found talking to my family and my partner and having a few good crying sessions help. And as others have said, a balanced diet and hobbies are a great way of distracting yourself from geting down.

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Echo what guitargodess wrote. That's how it has been for me.

I had been taken it for about 5-6 months when it suddenly just wasn't working anymore. I had a serious depression relapse, but it may have been caused by certain outside things, too. I didn't have any physical changes; I just suddenly felt really depressed.