10mg citalopram over 1 year period, male 59 years old, how do I safely taper off this drug?

You don't unless your dr tells you to. If you stop you will go back to whatever you were put on it for will come back then it will take you at least a month and going thru the side effects all over again.

Ask your Dr to help you as after a year a 2-3 month gradual reduction would help curb (but not totally avoid) the withdrawals, but they will be minimized, and, your Dr can better help you in the future having this as part of your history.

Hi, your doctor will be able to give you the best advice and support in discontinuing this medication. Just fyi, my mum came off Citalopram 10mg by taking it every other day to start with, for 2 weeks, then one day out of 3, for 2 weeks, then one day out of 4, for 2 weeks, etc, etc, until she got the dose down to just once a week, and then stopped completely. This is what her doctor advised her to do. Of course everyone is different, but this worked for her.