This is something that should be discussed between patient and doctor. The potential side effects of it are outweighed by the benefits, if the medication is effective and can be tolerated by the patient. These types of medications very likely should not be stopped without consultation with the physician. There is not only the risk posed from a lack of treatment of what has been diagnosed but also a risk of an effect produced by stopping the use without some mitigating attention from a physician.
Bear in mind that if one reads the potential side effects of most medicines, it tends to ring alarm bells. That is why the use must be monitored by a physician so that the physician may change dosage or medications if a particular side effect appears. Those warnings don't mean you will experience the side effects, necessarily.
The following is the generic name for the tablets.
Citalopram Tablets FDA prescribing information side effects and uses
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