So, things were going well & then halfway through last week the withdrawl symptoms kicked in. Sheesh, major waves of dizziness and nausea, despite having carefully cut down on my dose before stopping the pills.
I felt reassured that it was withdrawal symptoms, rather than some fun, new ME symptoms, due to the previous comments on here. Plus, some googling revealed hundreds of posts on message boards from people complaining about dizziness & nausea when coming off citalopram.
Ended up having a couple of days off work, as I couldn’t cope with the dizziness on top of my ME, but I’m pleased to say that everything is abating now. Back at work and minimal dizziness.
I have been waking up at about 3am every morning this week, which I suspect is another symptom of my body adjusting to coming off the pills, but I’ll re-instate my sleep hypnotherapy CD tonight and see if that helps.
Overall, I’m pleased to be off the pills after three years, despite the small hiccups.
well done for sticking with it! sound like you are looking after yourself too, which is important (ie taking time off work & taking proactive steps to getting sleep).
i have been completely off them for about 3 weeks now. still getting dizziness and occasional nausea but its definitely less than it was, so hopefully another week and it’ll be gone.
(previously commented as missing_words on your last post)