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After 2.5 months of being on Citalopram, I started puking and have nausea all the time. Why?

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I have been on 20mg Citalopram for about 2.5 months now. After two weeks the side effects were gone but now suddenly I started having a horrible nausea and have been puking a lot in the past two days. I had a glass of wine on Friday and vomited a lot on Saturday and had a headache. Before that I had never had a problem having a glass of wine while on Citalopram. Then on Sunday the vomiting carried on and felt nauseaous all day. I am definitely not pregnant. Can it be that after taking the meds for weeks, my stomach became sensitive? Thanks in advance! x

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Hi, I tried citalopram a few years ago and was taking omeprazole at the same time. I was ok for a few months and then I started to get very ill after eating. I felt like an extreme case of reflux and sick to my stomach. I told my doctors and no one knew what was wrong. I finally spoke to a pharmacist and he told me omeprazole and citalopram didn't go well together. And I have since found out I was a poor metabolizer, meaning that my liver didn't metabolize the medication well so i had high levels of citalopram in my system, leading to the bad effects. I even learned after having an endoscopy that the citalopram caused a GI bleed in my stomach. So be careful. Talk to your doctor. Maybe your dose needs to be lowered. Good Luck.

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Oh, my God, this sounds horrible... hope you are okay now!

After 2 days I suddenly started feeling totally fine so I think it might just have been a bug or something. But I am definitely going to see my doctor in a few days' time anyway just to make sure it's all okay.

Thanks again for your reply!

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