Celexa and Nightmares/strange dreams

Just a little extra personal experienced of celexa (citalopram) that came my way. It was reported that after slowly dropping from a standard 20mg dose to a 10mg dose strange things happened during sleep. These consisted of:

• Very vivid and frightening nightmares of the type that leave you in a strange mood all day
• Very vivid dreams which are odd but not necessarily unpleasant
• Feeling very sleepy even after a long nights sleep
• Difficulty getting to sleep despite being too tired to do anything else
• Needing stimulants like coffee to keep you going in the day

All of these tend to effect each other as a vicious circle.

Like all side effects of Citalopram however, sleep disturbances are temporary (It should always be remembered that in a tiny amount of cases people suffer long term effects of SSRI medication).

I think it's always best to taper slowly!

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