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 |
| 2 | Depression, anxiety | Nausea, stomach pains, drowsiness, feeling out of it, too relaxed to care about anything. | The first two days were great! I took only 2.5 mg and had lots of energy, felt euphoric, upbeat and optimistic. From then on things got worse. I took 5mg at night which made me relaxed and sleep well but the next day was a nightmare. I felt like I was in a fog and couldn't get through it no matter what. Felt very lazy and lost all motivation, just felt content. It just makes you blissfully happy and ignorant about the issues that made you depressed in the first place. | F | 37 | 16 days 5 mg 1X day | 12/11/2013 | 2 | depression | Sexual anesthesia, sexual indifference, mild drowsiness, erectile dysfunction | Very effective for anxiety relief (causes emotional anesthesia, which is very helpful in severe depression/anxiety). Celexa was just one of several ssris I took. They left me with complete loss of sexual pleasure even after coming off of them. Please, look up Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction before starting these medications. | M | 37 | 3 months 20-40 mg 1X day | 12/4/2016 | 2 | Anxiety and mild depression | Going on it was easy. Getting off it was h*ll, bad bad dizziness..I won't even drive me car sometimes..headaches behind the eyes..verge of tears all the time..moody..weight gain..about 30 lbs..very bad time remembering things or concentrating...list goes on | I would try and research another drug.. this one.. AND paxil should NOT be taken for anything.. makes you feel good sure.. but not the good you want.. I was completely numb to any feeling and totally lost any sex drive I had | F | 37 | 2 years | 12/4/2008 | 2 | Sleepines | Tiress really tired, mad,super slepining and lack of energy. | F | 37 | 1 weeks 40 | 5/3/2012 | 1 | Anxiety and migraine | Made anxiety worse. | Took this initially for anxiety (with some associated depression) but continued on it because it made migraine with aura more stable. During stressful life events I would get anxiety pangs that lasted weeks at a time when taking this. Only when I came off the medicine and those incidents stopped happening (even during stressful times) did I realise that bastard drug had been making it worse for years. Here was me thinking it helps control anxiety! It may do that in some people but certainly not all, thus it may help you or it may not. This family of drugs is far from one size fits all, it will work well in a % of people and poorly in others. Certainly I felt much better when free of this drug and not being a victim of extended anxious sensations, which made it hard to sleep, ruined my appetite and at their worst made me feel like a frightened rabbit. Problem is the pangs would go (making me think the drug had helped) and I would stay on it because of the migraines, but they would always come back. Why I didn't realise it was this drug years before I will never know. | M | 37 | 9 years 10mg 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 1 | off label - dysautonomia | constant blood pressure swings, uncontrolled tachycardia, insomnia, mood swings, panic attacks, mood swings, depression, intrusive thoughts, suicidal thoughts, lack of appetite, difficulty breathing, difficulty focusing | all symptoms subsided and then went away within 48 hrs after discontinuing the drug | F | 37 | 7 days 10 1X day | 1/4/2013 | 1 | forced to | numerous | herbals are much more safe and conducive to good mental health | M | 37 | 3 years | 9/23/2005 | 1 | ANXIETY-DEPRESSION | TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS-- Shocking sensations in the brain, or referred to as Brain Zaps, chest pain, itching all over body, headaches, | I started out on Lexapro Dec.2007 for Anxiety/BI Polar. Lexpro was working great not a complaint other than in the beginning makes you extra tired. Since Lexapro doesn't come in generic form wanted to find something cheaper. So I tried Celexa for about two weeks. I thought I was going to die just days ago with the chest pain I had. If you have anxiety, you know the chest pain I am talking about. Then all the sudden I started to have these shocking sensations in my brain. I scheduled a dr's apt --1 because I had a cold and 2-because of the Brain Zaps. The doctor recommended a CT scan of my brain to rule out anything. Just hours away from the CT scan I was given this website, and seen how many people wrote in about some of the same side effects I was having. Cancelled the CT Scan and went back to Lexapro!! SAVED me a bunch of money!!! | F | 37 | 10 days | 3/13/2008 | 1 | Anxiety and Panic attacks | Omg this pill is terrible it made me worse,dizzy all day like a drunken feeling, depressed insomnia I was taking the 20 mg then cut the pill half please stay away from this one, lots of crazy side effects never felt so bad before, I stopped yesterday. | This is poison!! | F | 37 | 7 days 20 | 2/7/2017 | 1 | major depression,anxiety and panic | weight gain, nausea,jittery | Did not help my condition. | F | 37 | 30 days | 5/9/2009 | 5 | Anxiety PTSD | Initially I had the fatigue and feeling so sluggish but I cut the dose in 1/2 for two weeks. I only took 5 mgs before I went to sleep. After two weeks I increased it to the 10mgs and still I take it before I go to sleep. No other side effects at all. No weight gain. In fact, I've lost the pesky 10 pounds I was trying to lose and kept it off with no changes in diet or anything. | Celexa has been great. I have had no issues once I cut the dose in 1/2 and gave myself a few weeks to adjust. Now I take my full dose before I go to sleep. No problems at all. This has helped me level out so good. I'm less anxious and I notice I have a handle on the PTSD a bit better than before. Nothing is perfect but this helps with the majority of it all. Served as a RN in Iraq and Afghanistan and really had troubles when I returned home. This has helped me so much. I truly do feel better, not 100 percent but much better than before and better than I felt in a very long time. I'm happy with this medicine. | F | 38 | 3 months 10 1X day | 10/28/2014 | 5 | anxiety | zombie like in the beginning. | F | 38 | 1 years | 4/14/2008 | 5 | depression and anxiety | at first had side effects. feeling disconnected, stone feeling,and could not move off the coach. These subsided after a week. Loss of interest in sex but I will deal with that over depression and anxiety anyday and no weight gain.I am glad I stuck with it. | Feeling beeter than I have in a decade. Anxiety and depression have gotten better. No longer have crazy mood swings and fits of rage. No more crying spells and feeling like I want to die. Celexa has been a lifesaver for me. | F | 38 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 5 | Panic Disorder | Weight gain, loss of libido, minor headaches. | In my opinion the help this medication provided clearly outweighed any of the side effects I experienced. I am down to 1-2 panic attacks per week. | F | 38 | 2 years 10 MG 1X day | 6/30/2010 | 5 | Mild Depression | Decrease in sexual desire; weight gain | F | 38 | 6 years | 10/16/2003 | 5 | anxiety | M | 38 | 10 days | 7/7/2004 | 5 | Anxiety & Depression | Nausea, periods of sleepiness, jaw-clenching, change of taste, & weight loss. However, these will coincide in time for me. | I have been off and on Celexa for 4 years. It works well for me. I have tried Paxil and Lexapro, but could not tolerate either. I suggest with any of the SSRI's to start a low dosage. | F | 38 | 4 years | 8/5/2004 | 5 | Depression & OCD | Massive weight loss which was great! (about 45 lbs within a few months) Took forever for me to have an orgasm. Marathon sessions (was sweating like a pig by the time it was over) This was not necessarily a bad thing, just time consuming. Had trouble starting to urinate. Horrible withdrawal (even with calculated, long-term, slow, and increment) - lots of vertigo/dizziness while coming off. Absolutely NO creative motivation. If you are an artist, writer, or creator, stay away! (one of the reasons why I stopped) I'm normally an introvert and this turned me into an extrovert literally overnight! I had a strong desire to conect with people which I don't normally have. Actually ended a relationship I started while under the influence of Celexa shortly after coming off of it... | Celexa got rid of the major depression I had been suffering with for well over 5 years - entirely. Almost feel like it has re-wired me to that end. 5 years later and it has not come back. However, I still suffer with OCD and am thinking about going back on for this and for the weight loss (I've since put back all the weight I lost while on the drug) Apparently, this is really good for OCD as I had no desire to over eat and/or stress eat (which I normally do). I lost lots of weight and felt so wonderful that I thought I didn't need the drug anymore and took myself off very gradually. It's newer version Lexipro did NOT work for me at all as I tried this at the beginning of my 2nd cycle. Made me completely paranoid about EVERYTHING! (I cycled Celexa twice in the past 5 years). I'm thinking about going on it again (when I feel like I can clear my creative ambitions for about six months!), but I must admit that the 2nd cycle did not give me the same results as the initial run. It | M | 38 | 1 years | 8/30/2006 | 4 | depression | sleepiness, yawning and intermittent nausea | It has calmed me down. I don't feel so desperate anymore. Even though the nausea is hard to take it beats feeling down and angry all the time. | F | 38 | 3 days | 2/10/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Celexa-daytime sleepiness, decreased interest in anything sexual due to constant cold extremities, painful at times. Increased appetite. Gained a small amount of weight. Lexapro-no side effects so far. I have none of the above. In fact, I've had an increase in libido. | This should be your choice if you wonder which SSRI to take for the first time. Its the most tolerable of the lot. I found Celexa to be better than Lexapro for social anxiety. I take Lexapro now, because I find I'm a lot less tired. I take 10mg, which I might have to increase on my next visit to the doctor. Each person is different. I'm glad I tried Lexapro, because I was so scared of gaining weight again. Here's a combo that some of you might want to ask your doctors about that has helped me. For weight loss while on Lexapa/Celexa-add 200 mg of Topamax. For energy while on Lexapro/Celexa-add 150mg of Wellbutrin. | M | 38 | 6 months | 10/5/2005 |