Very interesting thread.
Milliemoo - very intriguing that you noticed meno symptoms once stopping citalopram.
Penguin. We're at similar stage. I'm defo thinking up my escit to a place where I just dont care about the niggles. Yes, some of my per stuff is sooo bad, I know it'll shine through, but I do think there's a lot of other gunff going on that my brain just focuses on.
At the start of my peri, the GP convinced me it was all anxiety, so I did get up to 10mg. But the physical peri was still there - funnily enough! So I must've hotfooted it back to 5mg.
Only 6 months ago I was thinking of coming off. But, as I dabble with my hormones, anxiety and mood are affected. So now I'm very much staying on and hoping to increase in order to calm some of those affects.
My GP happily prescribed liquid. I just asked as special request. I've always found if hard to increase. I think citalopram may come in 2mg increments as drops. Because it's double escit.