Hi Diana,
The anxiety ended up being chronic agitation due to bipolar - so I spose the low dose was in order really (not that they knew that then).
Lots of people with bipolar and schizophrenia take it - but many put on lots of weight.
I'll never touch it again.
Just came off Citalopram last week - if you ever come off it don't let your doc tell you there are not "discontinuation symptoms" cause there are and they are bad. It leaves your system much faster than other ssri's (24hrs) so give the old brain a bit of a shock! Check out the withdrawal on google if you're interested.
Make sure you taper v v slowly if you stop it. I had to come off pretty fast cause was pushing me into mania.
Cheers
Cash
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