Yeah he's never had any kind of AD meds before. I got citalopram myself years back but I never had any side effects except not being able to fall asleep properly. Gave me wicked insomnia for 3 months, so I quit.
I figured he had this kinda of thing before - I remember it happening once but not thinking it was serious because it lasted a few seconds and not 5 minutes like this time and a couple years ago. So maybe it's not the citalopram per se but the citalopram is exacerbating some condition he's already got. But if this is a common thing with citalopram it seems kinda dangerous. What if it this had happened while someone was driving, or just walking. he couldn't even stand up, and he doesn't remember it.
Did you stop taking it?
I'm not surprised. I still have insomnia, but no one seems to know (or care) if it's down to brain 'patterns' or Citalopram.
I don't know if you've ever read the side effects but convulsions (which I'm assuming are fits of some sort) is one of them (but it's pretty rare).
http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/p...tion=Anxiety&medicine=citalopram hydrobromide
When someone is on Citalopram, they aren't supposed to drive or operate machinery. I know that because of being on it, I couldn't/wouldn't be able to take driving lessons/test (I checked a few years ago).
Yeah, I'm still on it. I don't think my Doctor knows what to do. I'm on the maximum dose that I can take (apparently, any dose above 40mg can interact and exacerbate asthma).