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 | Anxiety/Depression/Eating Disorder | YAWN, YAWN, YAWN, YAWN!!! And wacked out CRAZY random dreams every night, Brain snaps (I saw someone else call it that, but it's hard to describe), No decrease in sex drive, just delayed orgasm, and sex feels so much better without it. | Celexa has worked wonders for me psychologically. I am much happier, and not at all as anxious as I used to be. I loved the giddy, "I can't ever stop smiling" effect it had on me the first 4 or 5 days or using it or increasing my dosage. I now take 40mg. The side effects SUCK though (except for the crazy dreams, I kind of like them!) But I stopped taking them for a week because I ran out and didn't refill... and all the side effects went away, and sex felt out of this world amazing. But it's worth the trade off because I feel like I will be able to stop taking it soon. | F | 19 | 1 years | 9/14/2007 | 4 | Depression, Social Anxiety Disorder | Inability to orgasm, fatigue, decreased appetite, shakiness, bizarre dreams. | I've been taking Celexa on and off for about three years. It has improved my mood quite a bit, but I also feel emotionally numb at times which can be troublesome, though it is also a good thing since I can be too emotional without it. I feel more relaxed in social situations, but it is still hard sometimes. All of the side effects except for fatigue and inability to orgasm have gone away. I take the medicine at night to deal with the fatigue, and it helps. Today my doctor lowered my dose to 20mg (I was on 40mg before that, and 60 before I went down to 40) and added Wellbutrin to help with the inability to orgasm. I'm hoping that it works while still helping with my mood. | F | 19 | 3 years | 1/18/2005 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Made me very tired, so now I only take it at night. If I forget to take it one night I immediately experience the withdrawal symptoms of like a buzzing headache the next day..so I am working on trying to remember to take it! I also experience dry mouth which leads to my extreme thirst. | I used to take Paxil for about a year but I experienced terrible side effects with it...so I quit cold turkey (bad idea!) and I just started taking Celexa about 2 and a half months ago. I like it so far...it's not as notorious for weight gain like Paxil is, but I'm still cautious of my weight. I started taking Celexa because I had negative thoughts racing through my mind all the time and I was petrified to volunteer in my classes. I have since felt more comfortable to raise my hand in class and my mind doesn't race like it used to. Celexa, like other antidepressants doesn't | F | 19 | 2 months | 2/2/2005 | 4 | Depression | (on 10mg) Very vivid and detailed dreams every night, slight nausea the first couple days I took it. In withdrawal: weak, dizzy, nauseated most of the day, began to feel disconnected again, dull headache that lasted for four/five days after started taking it again. | I forgot to take it for about a week once-- I didn't even realize I was going through withdrawal at first. Wasn't very fun. As for celexa's effectiveness, it does keep me from being caught up in the loop of depressing thoughts. I feel like I have more energy and more readily go out and do things, feel more like myself. Still, I'm a bit wary about increasing the dosage. | M | 19 | 4 months | 8/11/2007 | 4 | depression/anxiety | fatigue at first that went away after a couple weeks, mild tremors, racing thoughts, difficulty falling asleep | Helps me stay motivated and focused, doesn't make me feel crazy like prozac did. Works well with my sleeping medications (trazodone and klonopin), and makes me feel less groggy in the morning. Overall, it is helping me a lot. I still have bouts of depression but I actually feel like getting out of bed in the morning! | F | 19 | 7 weeks | 3/1/2009 | 3 | depression/anxiety | always tired, majorly decreased sex drive, felt numb | At first I felt like Celexa worked, but after a while it didn't do anything for me. I already sleep alot but this drug made me sleep at least 12 to 15 hours a day! Which was horrible and made me skip college classes!!! Not good. So if you have a sleeping problem do not take it!! | F | 19 | 10 months | 8/18/2009 | 3 | a | a | a | F | 19 | 25 days | 5/16/2007 | 3 | suicidal thoughts above 40mg | To be honest, the only thing I really noticed that Celexa helped with was the urge to self harm. I still did it because it was what I was used to doing, but the celexa made it stop giving me that euphoric rush. However, I was still depressed and very moody and when they put me on 60mg i had the worst suicidal thoughts so now i'm back to 40mg and it's doing better. Paxil (only 20mg) made me cut everyday and have suicidal thoughts so I will stay with Celexa because it's cheaper then alot of them. | F | 19 | 4 months | 5/31/2006 | 3 | Depression | Loss of sex drive, inability to experience orgasm, slight weight gain | F | 19 | 1 years | 10/28/2004 | 3 | Clinical Depression | decreased sex drive, weight loss, trouble sleeping, trouble concentrating, unable to sit still | Celexa worked for to help my depression. The only down fall was the side effects i experienced. I lost weight very fast and the decreased sex drive was terrible. Once i got off celexa my depression became so much worst. The change in 24 hours from getting off the pills was like night and day. | F | 19 | 3 weeks | 5/1/2006 | 3 | suicidal thoughts | insanely crazy dreams | F | 19 | 5 weeks | 11/7/2006 | 2 | Major Depression | Nausea, no libido, spacey feeling, panic attacks for the first few doses | Took the edge off of all my emotions - including the good ones. My lows were higher and my highs were lower. Everything was just kind of - blah. I wasn't really happy but I wasn't exactly depressed, either. It wasn't a good feeling. When it comes to severe depression, I've found therapy to be the most helpful treatment. Drugs can only do so much when your depression is being caused by an underlying psychological problem. | F | 19 | 8 months 1X day | 7/22/2013 | 1 | Depression | Celexa has made me very sleepy, I yawn a lot now. Also I find it hard to concentrate on school work. Easily distracted, grades are slipping bad. I laugh way more now, its like im high all the time. I laugh at almost everthing now. Especialy when Im around pretty girls, I will laugh way more. I dont know why. "NEVER TAKE CELEXA" It sucks, my grades are shot to hell now i cant frikking concentrate any more. F- this drug. | Dont take Celexa, ever. | M | 19 | 4 weeks 1X day | 4/12/2011 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety/OCD | First day I took it, I felt extremely angry. After anger subsided, I had an odd sense of well being. Have woken up feeling like a zombie ever since, neither happy nor sad...just numb. I want to get off of this drug immediately. I was better before it! | F | 19 | 10 days 10 1X day | 12/28/2010 | 1 | panic attacks | WORST thing ever made me feel like i went crazy, my heart was racing and beating extremely hard, felt like i was losing control | garbage, took only ONE pill NEVER EVER again | M | 19 | 1 days | 8/22/2004 | 1 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Suicidal thinking, homicidal thinking, tremors, vision problems, and prolonged withdrawal culminating in Hypothyroidism | One of the worst drugs out there. Equally bad as Paxil in my opinion. Highly addictive and nearly impossible to quit. | F | 19 | 5 years | 12/6/2005 | 1 | Depression Anxiety | Tingle Feeling in the arms Nausea Tremors/shaky Feeling Panic Attacks Dizzyness Lightheaded lose of appetite | I got these side effects within a week of taking it and couldnt stand them so i stoped taking it and it went away within 3 days | M | 19 | 11 days | 8/21/2006 | 1 | depression | constipation, listlessness, fatigue, drowsiness, weakness | it's crap. tried it before at a higher dose and it didn't work then either. | F | 19 | 1 years 10 1X day | 5/6/2014 | 5 | Anxiety & Mild Depression, 40 mg | Initially, a strong desire to yawn and a strange spaced out feeling. You have to be careful not to turn in to an animal when you first start taking it because you lose alot of natural fear (it returns after a few days). Most side effects wear off within a month, except for the sexual ones if you experience them. I find it very, very difficult to orgasm when I am on celexa. In fact, it is almost impossible for me during regular intercourse. Sounds like a big deal but it really isn't if you're male. | Completely cured my depression and anxiety. I have found it to be the most effective of all the antidepressants. Unlike other antidepressants it doesn't cause weird side effects from dopamine or norepinephrine reuptake and I find its effects on anxiety extremely powerful and immediate. It blew my anxiety right away as soon as I started taking it. Cipralex (just a patented mixture of celexa isomers) is marginally better, but definitely not worth the extra money. I would definitely reccomend this drug as the #1 choice for anxiety, although if you experience more depression than anxiety there are probably better options. | M | 20 | 400 days | 2/10/2009 | 5 | major depression/panic disorder | drowsiness (I was also taking mild tranquilizers in addition), loss of appetite for about the first week and a half... | I started feeling better after about 3 1/2 --4 weeks. Otherwise, no problems....friends, teammates, and college roommate noticed a change in my mood for the better. I have a more positive outlook on life and fewer negative thoughts. Regulated my sleep patterns past the initial side effects. Also, decreased anxiety is a plus! | F | 20 | 3 months | 6/2/2002 |