I’ve been coming off citalopram really slowly. My doctor prescribed me the liquid form and I’ve been reducing my dosage by 1 drop (2mg) a week.
Thursday was the day I stopped completely, and unfortunately I’ve started having withdrawal symptoms: brain zaps, feeling like I have influenza, struggling with a very sudden depressive/anxious episode.
I’m following advice I’ve read about returning to the last dose before I started noticing any withdrawal symptoms (which, in retrospect, was 4mg) and then reducing from that even slower.
Does anyone have any advice for managing the withdrawal symptoms while I readjust to my dosage?
I don’t have personal experience but I’ve heard that you have to take it extra slow when you get to a low dosage, like you are saying yourself. It’s called hyperbolic tapering, worth checking out if you haven’t.