What is the proper starting dosage for Celexa?

My doctor just started me on celexa 10 mg. I have suffered with anxiety for years. I have read people’s reviews I am praying for a miracle. Those that have had good results with it. How long till you started feeling results?

I have been on Citalopram (Celexa) for some time now. I wanted to stop the drug to see how I would feel... it was terrible! He increased the dosage to 30mg but I went down to 20 mg again. I'm very sensitive to medications! There are so many other meds that I need to take for my health issues.

Hello , My doctor started me off at 5 mgs due my sensitivity to meds and stomach issues then to 10mgs.
After 8 days I went to 20 mgs but it made me very sick.
Headache ,more nausea , very dizzy.
I felt good on 10 mgs and have gone back to that.

I started taking celexa 20 mg on a Wednesday. I had very high anxiety and a few panic attacks. On Friday night, just three days on it I experienced a very bad reaction to the drug. I had a panic attack that lasted 5 hours. I felt out of my mind crazy, unable to function. I had extreme lose of appetite and lost 5 pounds. I ended up I'm the hospital because of none stop anxiety with dehydration and low calories on my body. I spoke to a phsyciatrist at the hospital who evaluated me and said to take 10 mg of celexa. That 20 was too much for me. I had taken celexa 2 years ago for years with no problems. Not sure what happened. I am 40 lbs lighter so maybe that has something to do with it. Good luck. Panic attacks suck!!

Hi, i also take celexa (citalopram where i live, UK). I don't want to contradict pledge but there is a 10mg version (maybe its not available where he lives?). My mum takes the 10mg for mild depression/anxiety and has gotten relief from this. I am on 60mg now. But as pledge said, 20mg is the usual starting dose. I was on this 2 weeks, then went up to 40mg and was great on this for many months. I have bipolar also and take seroquel at night, and it was making me a bit 'zombified' during the day, so my psych decided to drop the seroquel by 50mg and increase the celexa to balance it out. And it works amazing for me. I hope you have as much success on it as i've had.

Hi staceynor. I was on celexa, prescribed for my anxiety, just as yourself. The starting dose is 20mg. Most everything I've read, from the other members here on the site, is that they also began and most of them stay on 20mg or a few are on 40mg. So, I believe that its ok, that your dr.prescribed you the 20mg.dose. They don't make a 10mg pill. Its 20 or 40. Have a fine weekend.