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SCitalopram

Diplopia: case reportA 28-year-old man started receiving citalopram 20 mg/day in

the morning, for depression. Twelve days later, he developedincapacitating diplopia; he also had diarrhoea and memorycomplaints. He was frightened and described his condition asbeing ‘terrible’. He also reported that he saw ‘everything intwo’, that he did not know what was real and what wasartificial, and that if he concentrated and closed one eye he was‘able to differentiate the real one’. Neurological andophthalmologic examinations were normal. Citalopram wasdiscontinued, and after 60 hours, his diplopia had completelyresolved, and he felt relaxed.

Author comment: "Sometimes, patients with conversiondisorder may present with symptoms such as diplopia, buthere, the diplopia was drug-induced and disappeared aftercitalopram was discontinued."Mowla A, et al. Diplopia with citalopram: a case report. Journal of ClinicalPsychopharmacology 25: 623-624, No. 6, Dec 2005 - Iran 801029823

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