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 |
| 5 | Anxiety/stress/insomnia | Drowsiness, dry eyes, diarrhea, morning anxiety, sexual delay | Took 10mg for 1st 2 weeks then 20mg for the past 3 weeks. Felt improvement after 2 weeks but felt a LOT better after one full month. You have to stick with this and give it a chance. The worst SE's were the first week. They have gone away or are greatly lessened and can be dealt with. Still some drowsiness at times. I take this before bed at night. I feel like myself again and am back to doing and planning things. Sleeping a lot better too. Tried all kinds of things (sleeping pills, benzos) and this is the one that worked (and is much safer). | M | 53 | 1 months 20 1X day | 4/2/2014 | 4 | anxiety and panic attacks | initially, headaches. Vivid, memorable dreams- not distressing though.Loss of libido, delayed and less intense orgasm. | I now know what it's like to be normal, without irrational fears and obsessive anxious thoughts, sleepless nights and continual over analysis of the ordinary events in life. It's worth the side effects to be at peace. | F | 53 | 18 months | 3/3/2009 | 4 | depression after a hysterectomy | At first, hyper and weight gain | I worry about long-time effects of using Celexa. I use more for anxiety now instead of depression. | F | 53 | 13 years | 7/11/2007 | 4 | anxiety | It helped a lot with the anxiety, but I noticed that my short term memory is badly affected by this drug. | it's a lot cheaper than Lexapro | F | 53 | 8 months 40mg 1X day | 5/21/2011 | 4 | anxiety | Just like the previous post, I was tired, yawned alot and felt out of it. After a couple of weeks, I still get a bit tired, but I feel much more 'even'. A double edged side effect for me is sometimes I ejaculate and sometimes I do not when having sex. All I can say is I can go a lot longer and this is good that I can more than satisfy my wife. | Give the drug some time to get in your system. For me and others, the side effects lessened after a few weeks. | M | 53 | 45 days 20 mg 1X day | 2/17/2011 | 4 | Depression, Bipolar 2 | dizziness, dry mouth, weight fluctuation, jitters, sleeplessness and sexual dysfunction. | 4 months on Celexa. I was most deperate and suicidal when I began. With Celexa, overall happiness increased. Anger, anxiety, isolation, mood swings decreased dramatically. Feeling of | M | 53 | 4 months | 11/28/2004 | 4 | Depression, Bipolar2 | With 20mg, I was too hyper. I waded through the initial effects - dry mouth, sleeplessness,agiation, etc. - which do subside. Confidence and power at work have returned. I enjoy life again BUT impaired libido, potency, and orgasm are a huge price to pay. I've just experimented for a week without Celexa and have experienced dizziness others have described and the hopelessness and listlessness are returning. After reading responses here, I think I will return to Celexa because the alternative is suicidal thoughts, dysfunction socially and at work . For all who suffer with these disorders and medications, my heart goes out. It's been hard to be patient but it's worth it when the | (continued from above...) | M | 53 | 4 months | 11/28/2004 | 4 | mild depression/anxiety | Vivid, detailed dreams (not bad or scary); dry mouth. | Switched to Celexa from Lexapro to reduce copay on insurance. Liked Lexapro better, but Celexa is ok. Had dreams on Lexapro, too, but no dry mouth. Anxiety, depression, and tearful response to most emotional situations (like the Hallmark aisle) are GONE, which is fabulous. | F | 53 | 3 months | 4/15/2007 | 1 | stress and menopausal | massive weight gain forty five pounds complete loss of libido. Felt like a zombie | after two years on 20mg and being brain dead, Ihalved the dose for one week ,then 10mg every other day for one week,then finished.Been clean for three weeks and never felt so good. I had a really good laugh the other day,something I had not done for two years of no emotion. | F | 53 | 2 years | 4/10/2009 | 5 | depression, dysthymia | sexual disfunction, fatigue, insomnia | M | 54 | 2 years | 5/13/2004 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Since my last post, every side effects dissapeared except for difficult orgasm! Going from 20 mg to 10 mg did it seemingly.I almost quit and I don't regret waiting for the second week for the side effects to vanish. | I fing nothing extraordinary about Celexa so far. But I must admit that some depression clearing is evident now and then: more periods of positive thinking. I must state that my depression is very situational. Will comme come back in 2 weeks to report for a 1 month wrap up. | M | 54 | 15 days | 8/1/2006 | 4 | major depression | I don't remember, but they must not have been a severe problem. | I feelit has helped me. I take the minimum dosage combined with SAMe ... a natural antidepressant. I am having problems with lack of sexual feelings and desire. Could also be because of hypothyrodism. I feel better and I thank God everyday for His help through whatever means He provides me. | F | 54 | 1 years | 3/27/2001 | 4 | Bipolar_1 (depressive symptoms) GAD | Reduced libido. Anorexia. Memory problems that i had both before and after starting this med. Maintaining focus on task at hand. | I had previously experienced an acute and severe manic episode on Desvenlafaxine. Warning: if you have Bipolar 1 be wary of Desfenlafaxine! Avoid alcohol. >> Was then switched to SSRI WITHOUT Noradrenergic effects >> Ciprazoloam-GA (Celexa) =much better for me. Reduced depression and also bonus of some reduction in GAD symptoms. | M | 54 | 30 days 20 1X day | 12/17/2012 | 4 | depression | Retching dizziness hot sweats loss of appetite. No energy little motivation and isolating | Some improvements but not there yet | F | 54 | 3 months 20mg | 8/22/2015 | 4 | Depression anxiety | F | 54 | 6 years 40 | 2/7/2016 | 3 | Major Depressive | The worst for me was anaesthetised sexual organs and no ability to orgasm. This was on 20mg. I went off cold turkey JUST to have an orgasm and within 72 hours I could. | I fell into suicidal depression after going off, but I have found on 10mg daily (have to use pill cutter as brand name doesn't come in 10mg) I am less depressed, but not optimal, AND can have an orgasm. Hope this helps anyone who has been sexually affected, female or male. Even going down to 5mg is better than nothing if you find the medication helps. | F | 54 | 10 years 10mg 1X day | 9/16/2022 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Soaked in sweat first thing on a morning, funny feeling in throat (a bit like anxiety) | I have been taking celexa for abot 12 weeks and decided to come off cold turkey. The first week was fine, although a little tired and then bang, really strange feelings in head, anxiety, emotional, and dreadful morning sweats, this is going into my 4th week now, i have read lots of posts and they say all these are withdrawal symptoms and it just takes time, what a powerful drug! I know i should have weaned myself off them. Has anyone had similar experience. thankyou | F | 54 | 12 weeks 20mg 1X day | 7/12/2011 | 3 | I had it for only very short period of time. However, after taking it for about two weeks, many of my finger joins started hurting and bending. Then, I decided to stop taking Celexa. Don't know if it is related to Celexa. Now, there is no pain in my finger joins anymore, but two little finger joins are still bending a little. | F | 54 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 10/10/2011 | 2 | Depression | After just 4 days of Celexa (20 mg/day) I noticed my sexual response chnaging. At first I was only able to achieve orgasm by extremely vigorous masturbation - everything else was just too tame. My actual orgasms took as long as 15+ minutes and only if I was careful to maintain mental concentration on the pleasure I was feeling, otherwise the orgasm would stop within seconds and I'd have to start over. Not only was I stroking fast and furiously, my heart was pounding away at racing at 150-170 beats per minute. (I have low blood pressure, and am fit, so am able to sustain this.) When it finally arrived, my orgams were very intense. I was OK with this, but after a week, I was unable to achieve orgasm period. I was trying for up to 2 hours several times a day. All of this was in vain. My groin became extremely uncomfortable (feels like my prostate is going to explode.) The worst case of 'blue balls' ever! This is having a devastating effect on my well-being. I telephoned my doctor | The Rx fact sheet that was stuffed into the box said that "sexual problems" were a side effect. Nothing further. The FDA web site says that this affects only 6% of men - but I learned that the 6% is phony because that was during the drug trials and the doctors were not allowed to solicit information from their patients. In other studies, it seem 70+% of men have this problem with Celexa. This information should be made more readily available to men! | M | 54 | 10 days | 11/17/2005 | 2 | Depression, anxiety | First days,nothing particular.Then, lost of appetite, insomia. Sex? Forget about it! It's almost as if i have no penis...After 9 days, I experienced a very severe case of itchiness. Half night scratching...I then tried to lower from 20 mg to 10 mg. I will give you results later as it's just 2 days since I lowered the dose. | Very astonished by the itchiness. It's what I find the most unbearable. I'll try Benadril to compensate for this problem. Still, I don't itend to give up unless the itchiness does not disapear. Depression, negative thoughts, suicidal ideas still flirting around so far. More news within 1 week... | M | 54 | 11 days | 7/26/2006 |