How Long Does Nausea And Dizziness Caused By Celexa Take To Subside?

Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2014

Question: I have been on celexa 20mg for 15 years - no problems - but, am having a very stressful year and am experiencing severe anxiety - have upped dosage to 30mg x 2 days - experiencing nausea and dizziness - how long before I can expect my body to get used to the extra 10mg and for the nausea and dizziness to pass? XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Gaurav Katiyar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
May be Overdose.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX

I have gone through your query. You said that you are taking Celexa (Citalopram) 20 mg for last 15 years and now you have increased it by 10 mg twice a day. Nausea and dizziness you are experiencing now may be symptoms of overdosing. I will suggest you to go for blood or plasma level of Citalopram. It should be in the range of 50-400 μg/L.

If the level exceeds, you have to taper down your dose and if it is within limit, I suggest you to take increased dose at night only. Continue taking 20 mg at morning.

Directly coming to your answer. (If everything is fine) Your body may get used to it in a week to four weeks time, as i have seen in my patients.

Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.

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