"was put on citalopram 12years ago for depression and anxiety, it changed my life. after an illness that brought all this on 20mg citalopram worked very well, i felt great and able to cope with whatever life threw at me. i still had mild depression when i overdone things but a slight increase sorted that out at around the 4 week mark. unfortunately my recent depressive episode was severe and the dr i saw messed the dosage so much it seemed to stop working. i&#039;m sure it would have come through for me eventually but i was switched to lexapro so i&#039;m hoping this works as well as citalopram has in the past."