I HATED Citalopram. I was on it for about 6 months, a couple of years ago. It made me utterly miserable, like a lobotomy in a bottle. I wasn't trying to lose weight while on it, I think it may have crept up a bit but not a significant amount, and I attribute it to my erratic eating patterns and inability to get out of bed for days when I was on it. So I couldn't really attest to how it affects weight loss, but I feel so much better now I'm off it (I switched to counselling and occasional beta blockers for panic attacks and insomnia). One thing I CAN say is it screwed up my circulation, as within a week of taking it I started getting a horrible cramped, dead feeling in the outside of my right thigh. That is still with me despite being off the drug for a few years. And one of the reasons I'm making exercise a big priority losing weight for the last time :-) I need to feel healthy again and get rid of the side effects this stuff gave me.
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