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Will i have any bad side effects from increasing 20mg of citalopram to 30mg? really worried

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Unlikely: "Bad" side effects -- emergencies, etc. -- are very unlikely. New side effects are possible, but unlikely, to develop if they haven't already done so at 20 mg; but not "bad" in that sense. And remember you can always just drop back to 20 mg.

Answered 6/19/2015

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