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Have history of PVC's, severe anxiety, depression. Should i start antidepressant. Safe?
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Hi,I have a history of PVC's, that led to severe anxiety and depression. Structurally healthy heart, doctor's have no ideas what trigers these extra beats. Anyway, my psychiatrist thinks that i shold start take antidepressant (Citalopram) at low doses (10 mg daily) and I'd like to try also, but I am scared of the side effects - is it a safe drug to take with PVC's, or can it made them worse?
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Hello, Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your given history in detail. From your description it appears that you are an anxious personality and that you already have symptoms of anxiety and depression, you certainly need treatment for them. Now the treatment can be of two types - by medications and by talk therapy. When it comes to medicines citalopram is quite a safe drug at 10 mg and can be taken when you have a PVC. but before you start on the medications, it would be preferable to consider talk therapy before. if it doesn't help then medications should be sought. you should ask your psychiatrist to consider you for cognitive behavioural therapy. Do exercise regularly and eat a proper diet. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.