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What Causes Mood Swings And Nausea While On Ciprelex?

I have been taking ciprelex for 2 years. I have felt nauseous every dy since. I have up and downs in my mood but generally I feel like my mood is very neutral like I feel noting. I am being treated for anxiety and depression. I have headache and get even more nausaited in the sun. Should I get off these meds? I skipped two days and felt dizzy and sucdial. So I stay on them because it is less scary
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
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Hello,
CIPRALEX ( ESCITALOPRAM ) is an anti depressant belonging to SSRI group and your symptoms are due to the side effects of this medicine.Although these side effects tend to diminish after a use of many weeks but if they are still persisting and bothering ypu,then you can stop it but after consulting your doctor.
Moreover this drug is never quit cold turkey because of severe withdrawal symptoms.
If you want to quit it,then ypu should decrease the dose by 10% every 3 weeks and come out of it gradually.
Consult your doctor for an alternate anti depressant medications lest your depression flares up.
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What Causes Mood Swings And Nausea While On Ciprelex?

Hello, CIPRALEX ( ESCITALOPRAM ) is an anti depressant belonging to SSRI group and your symptoms are due to the side effects of this medicine.Although these side effects tend to diminish after a use of many weeks but if they are still persisting and bothering ypu,then you can stop it but after consulting your doctor. Moreover this drug is never quit cold turkey because of severe withdrawal symptoms. If you want to quit it,then ypu should decrease the dose by 10% every 3 weeks and come out of it gradually. Consult your doctor for an alternate anti depressant medications lest your depression flares up. Thanks