"i am now 31, degree graduate, with an addictive personality (gp diagnosed). this lead to a period of depression in my early 20&#039;s, including the use of lsd, that made me very withdrawn. it was around this time, i was first introduced to citalopram by my gp. finding i also had a hereditary depression, i was prescribed 20mg of citalopram. this worked over a 1 month period, beginning with an initial 2 days of increase anxiety, dry mouth, feelings of dizziness, this was followed by a &#039;plateau&#039; effect after 2 weeks, full recovery 1 month. i have since been on and off for 10 years now, with excess use of alcohol. i am calm but want to remove alcohol from my life. i intend to use citalopram for this as advised, to help me adapt to an alcohol free life."