CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1099 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | depression | slightly decreased libido. | I maxed out the dosage after 4 years and it stopped working. Had to switch antidepressants. | F | 26 | 4 years 60 1X day | 2/15/2011 | 4 | Depression | For the first four days I was foggy, I couldn't think straight. Also experienced lethargy, low sex drive, appetite loss, thirst, difficulty sleeping. After a week and a half most of the side effects went away. I still feel somewhat slow moving. | Has helped for the most part. I am more relaxed, and far more social than before. Bad things just don't hit me as hard as they used to. I feel like I can actually deal with life now. | M | 26 | 2 months | 3/8/2005 | 4 | depression/bipolar | taken off and on for 10 years as initially diagnosed as depressed. this last time it induced mania and was diagnosed as bipolar. increased sex drive, weight loss, frequent urination | i LOVE celexa!! all though it did induce a major manic episode, that's been coming for a while...the psych thinks i've been showing signs of bipolar since childhood. i have been off and on celexa since i was 16. have tried prozac (gave me daily migraines), paxil (not effective) and wellbutrin (too emotional, irritable). always come back to celexa. i am now taking it w/lamictal so the mania is under control. no negative sexual side effects...i actually have increased sex drive and the sex is wonderful!! also weight loss. i don't mind the frequent urination at all b/c my body naturally retains quite a bit of water and this keeps it under control. i am able to deal w/things easier...when something bad or stressful happens i don't feel like it's the end of the world. i would recommend this to anyone!! =) | F | 26 | 10 years | 5/24/2008 | 4 | Depression | Lower libido, trouble having orgasm. When I am hungover a weird dizzy feeling but nothing too bad. | I just wanted to say, reading all the other reviews that I think people who are taking a drug like this have a predisposition of overreacting to this. If you take it and after 8 hours you are extremely nauseous most of the time it will be in your head except for a few people. My recomendation is to take it with a good mood as something that will help you fix your life and than hopefully you can get off it. If you feel spaced out or anything that is a discomfort dont dwell on it, just make busy and I think a lot of ppl will find most side effects arnt that bad. Except I cant orgasm....which is bad hehe. Good luck all | M | 26 | 1 years | 7/13/2009 | 3 | depression | not sure | This was really helpful at first but after several years I don't think it does anything anymore. I've briefly switched off it and tried other antidepressants but they all had unpleasant side effects. Celexa doesn't really have any side effects but seems pretty useless to me now, I would like to try something else again | F | 26 | 7 years 30mg 1X day | 8/15/2015 | 3 | Anxiety panic disorder | Anxiety sweaty palms and feet clenched jaw increased worry tiredness after taking | 7 days into celexa and it has had an impact already. The last 2 days have been relatively fine 5 days prior were awful with anxiety and panic but I'm hopeful in another 7 days it will be even better. Getting outside and doing things really help. Don't lay inside all day even tho you may want to believe me I know the feeling. | M | 26 | 7 days 10 1X day | 11/24/2020 | 3 | Depression | At the beginning and end: nausea, diarrhea, constipation, anxiety, sweating, dizziness | I have been off and on anti-depressants for over 7 years now. I started Celexa in June 2007 due to the job I had at the time. It was extremely stressful. When I'm depressed I have a hard time sleeping, I constantly feel sick etc. I got married at the end of August 2010 and realized a day before we left for our honeymoon, I would run out of pills before we returned (I didn't have any remaining refills). The Dr being the lovely person she is would not call in 10 pills for me until I was able to get in to see her when we returned. Needless to say, on our honeymoon I was splitting pills so I wouldn't go completely without. When we came home, I was so irritated I decided not to go back to see her. A very long month afterward I was completely medication free. I still to this day, do not take anti-depressants and I'm fine without them. I think I had a dependency on them because I used them for so long. During the month I was very ill. I had vertigo, I had constant nausea to the point where I wouldn't get out of bed, I had severe headaches, cold chills etc. Someone compared the withdrawal of an anti-depressant to that of a heroin addict. It was bad enough that I can imagine how he came to that conclusion. Celexa was a nice $4 alternative to a $50 co-pay per month. | F | 26 | 3 years 40 mg 1X day | 8/9/2011 | 3 | post partum, anxiety | tiredness | F | 26 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 3 | Depression | Restless sleep, felt like a zombie every morning, sleepy all the time (but could not sleep well!) numbed out my emotions, anorgasmia, lowered libido, teeth clenching (I had to buy a nightguard!) | I was only on Celexa a few months, and initially I thought it was helpful, at least I wasn't feeling so scared, full of crying spells, down, etc. but eventually I just felt pretty numbed to my emotions, good or bad. However I probably would have stayed on this drug longer if it didn't make me so lethargic every day and didn't kill my active sex drive! IT's very frustrating to not have an orgasm for 3 months, I don't know how some people stay on this so long, although I understand that they have to in order to function. My depression was a bit more situational and since quitting the drug I am just focused on my work in therapy to help the underlying causes of depression. | F | 26 | 3 months | 8/24/2005 | 3 | Depression, anxiety | EXTREME tiredness, very slight sexual side effects | I was prescribed Celexa after my reaction to Prozac | F | 26 | 2 months | 7/13/2005 | 2 | Depression/anxiety | Severe nausea, couldn't get out of bed. One day had an odd side effect of facial twitching and numbness in right arm. Went to urgent care who ruled out seizure, stroke. Went off immediately. Side effects never returned. | Had noticed a decrease in depression when taking it. | F | 26 | 10 days | 3/13/2009 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Increased generalized anxiety | Miserable Discontinuation Syndrome for 7 days, including flu like symptoms: aching muscles, vomiting, nausea. | M | 26 | 7 months 40 mg 1X day | 2/8/2014 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, sweating, shaking, dry mouth, | I took it at night, thinking that it would make me sleepy. I was so wrong. The first two nights I went to bed and woke up two hours later and never went back to sleep. It is now the morning after the thrid night.. and I've yet to go to bed. I've been up 30 hours and I feel like I could go run a marathon, I'm so full of energy. My heart is racing, I've been drinking water all night to help with the dry mouth, I was violently shaking and sweating all night. Yeah, I'm not taking it again. I'd rather have my anxiety attacks. I've never missed work for those, but I am missing work to cope with the side effects. I want my Ativan back. | F | 26 | 3 days | 5/1/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | dry mouth, nausea, no sex drive, inability to have orgasm, and when I did it was numb and pointless, tremors, shocks in legs and face/neck, anger, irritability, extreme agitation, intense grief, suicidal thoughts (never before had I been suicidal).. AWFUL, AWFUL drug.. doctors prescribe this as a trial and error type of thing and they're playing with our lives. Did you know that many forms of depression, even extreme cases turn out to be B vitamin deficiencies? Or thyroid disorders? I finally discovered that I am hypothyroid after my doctor finished stuffing Celexa down my throat to get me out of her face.. hypothyroidism for those of you who don't know.. even a minor thyroid disruption can cause MAJOR depression. Some of the symptoms are- cold hands and feet, dull, thinning hair, moodiness, bouts of crying, muscle aches, eye problems, hot flashes, etc.. | Be so careful with this drug, especially when withdrawing. I nearly lost it when I tried to stop this drug, could barely work. The dizzy spells are the scariest thing ever. | F | 26 | 4 months | 5/31/2004 | 1 | depression | headache, tremor, anxiety, diarrhea | I tried it for 1.5 month and it did not work for me. I'm switching to Zoloft... we'll see. | M | 26 | 40 days | 1/11/2006 | 1 | Panic Attacks, depression | I hated this medicine! It made me hear voices telling me to kill myself, it made me see things that wasn't there and the list goes on! I had to go stay in the mental hospital a few days because of this evil drug!! | I would never take it again and I would never recommend it to anyone! | F | 26 | 2 months 20mg 1X day | 3/5/2013 | 5 | Depression | The first week I had severe dry mouth and intense feelings of euphoria . Actually Increased sex drive , I do notice delay orgasms but not to bad . I love this drug I got my motivation back , my thinking is normal and clear . I'm not feeling any depression. I take it when I wake up it doesn't make me tired at all. My doctor said it was very safe to take at min dose compared to other depression medicines. Side effects lasted 7 days , after that I felt normal euphoric feelings went away dry mouth still comes and goes but not as bad when first started it . I highly recommend this to people with depression. It is a very good medication and help me get back on track with my goals in life | M | 27 | 1 months 20mg 1xD | 6/13/2013 | 5 | anxiety, depression | My whole body felt warm inside for the first month, and delayed orgasm but only lasted 3 mths...have gained 8 pounds have not changed eating habits or exercise but now will have to. | F | 27 | 6 months 30mg | 11/29/2011 | 5 | Depression | Total GI issues on this but I didn't mind. I took it right after I gave birth and lost all my baby weight on it. I'm back on it and losing weight again. It's a weird hungry-but-nauseous combo. Yawning, drowsy, etc. Def had to take it at night. Made my pupils dilate and my eyes got wide as saucers, got super sensitive to light. Side effects lasted a week or two for me then I felt better than I had in years. | Was on 10mg x day a few years ago for post-partum depression. Back on it again at 20mg x day for depression/anxiety. Side effects early on may drive you crazy but it's totally worth sticking to, because it gets WAY better. | F | 27 | 20 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 5 | anxiety/social anxiety | slightly jittery for the first day | Celexa has nearly cured my anxiety problems and helps me sleep. Taking this got rid of my migraines, night terrors, and social problems (all anxiety-related). Still have the occasional (much milder) panic attack, especially when off my normal schedule, but compared to before, it's much better. I've been taking it for a year and 3 months. | F | 27 | 1 years | 11/7/2006 |