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Can Stopping The Citalopram Medication Cause An Allergic Reaction?

I had been on Citalopram for some many years now and had over time my dr increased the dose to 40 mg, I have recently been forgetting to take my daily dose and decided I would just stop taking it all together, I have not been back to my dr for about the last 6-8 months and she has not been informed that I am no longer working the high stress job I had for 6 1/2 years and I feel I don't need this med any longer, which was prescribed for menopause in the first place, last time I had been into see her, because I do not have ins. she put an additional "band aide" on that med with Bupropion 150 mg- I was having much trouble stressing from my job and having pain in my joints (ra) but with no ins I choose not to get any further testing done as I could not afford to. As of yesterday I began having an allergic reaction-itching under my breasts, upper back and right side of my neck, today it is on the back of my neck at the hair line and all over my head and lower back-could this be from stopping that med, I took the burpropion about 30 min ago, and I hadn't been taking it regular either...???
Mon, 6 Nov 2017
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in my opinion this is a possibility

always slowly taper and stop any medication

please consult dermatologist for urgent opinion

in case of pruritus , levy cetrizine 5 mg twice daily
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Can Stopping The Citalopram Medication Cause An Allergic Reaction?

in my opinion this is a possibility always slowly taper and stop any medication please consult dermatologist for urgent opinion in case of pruritus , levy cetrizine 5 mg twice daily