CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1099 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Age from youngest to oldest (reviews with no age reported listed first). Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 |
More on CELEXA: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Depression | Loss of libido, (later) migraines, panic attacks | I loved celexa. I was on it for a year before it stopped working which SUCKS! It helped me maintain a healthy weight in that I was un-depressed enough not to eat all the time. Since the celexa stopped working (began having panic attacks and migraines) I was put on Cymbalta and gained nearly 30 pounds in seven months. Now I'm trying Paxil but don't have much hope it'll work either. | F | 22 | 1 years | 1/6/2009 | 4 | bipolar 2, ibs, gad | drowsiness, blah feeling, manic episode | I really like what celexa has done for me so far. I am however a FIRM believer that people, such as myself, with bipolar need to take celexa in combination with a mood stabilizer. I think that Celexa pushed me into a 2 week long manic episode. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, thanks to my stabilizer (topamax, LOVE IT). I'm no longer depressed, but I still feel pretty blah when alone. My anxiety is going down and my IBS is under control too. It makes me tired so I take it at bedtime with my anxiety medicine. Give it a few weeks, it took a while for my body to adjust to it. Just be careful if you think you're bipolar and get yourself on a stabilizer ASAP! Because celexa WILL make it worse. | F | 22 | 2 months | 9/12/2008 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety Attacks | Dry Mouth, Weight Gain 40 lbs in 4 years, drowsiness, hard time getting going in the morning even after 10+ hours of sleep!! I could sleep the day away and still sleep at night time... that's just wrong to me. | It helped my depression almost instantly, it was only 1 week before I felt the positive effects. | F | 22 | 4 years | 7/4/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | The dreams are VERY vivid, but not scary in that sense. I also found if I did not take my medicine for a few days (which is NOT recommened) I would feel a little light headed. Otherwise it was great. | Celexa is an awesome anti-depressant. I read this site before I started taking and when I was very depressed and found the info to be a bit overwhelming. Anyways I would recomment to anyone going through depression. It does take a while to start working, but gradually my mood/feelings really did start to increase. | F | 22 | 1 years | 3/8/2007 | 4 | depression/bipolar | i got fat. | in general i thought this was a great drug. it really improved my mood, but i wasn't too happy with the side-effect. i gain a lot of weight and fast. i couldn't stop thinking bout eating, i was constantly eating and i couldn't stop. i was never really hungry, but i never got full. i think this would be great for anorexia. it's wasn't bad when i took it at 20mg, but at 40mg is when all i could think about was food. | F | 22 | 2 years | 9/29/2003 | 4 | Anxiety | Slight weight gain, inability to orgasm, don't care about anything, sleep more often, weird taste in mouth. | I've been taking 20mg of Celexa for a year for anxiety. It works very well, but there are side effects. I've gained about five pounds without changing my eating habits. If I go a couple of days without taking Celexa, my stomach looks flatter, so it must be the pill. It also takes forever to orgasm, and when I do, it is not nearly as satisfying. I still get sexually aroused multiple times a day, though. I also take naps more often. It greatly reduces my anxiety, but I now do not care about anything. I sit at home, go to work, go to school, and have no interest in anything. I just go through the motions. I'm not overly happy, so if you take this for depression, I don't know how effective it will be. I also have a weird taste in my mouth which I noticed goes away when I go without it for a few days. Give it a month before you decide if you like or dislike it. | M | 22 | 1 years 20 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 4 | Major Depression | I haven't had any bad side effects at all | What is a good medication for one person may not be good for the next. You just have to keep looking for the medication that is best for you. You can't give up. I know this medication has helped me. I am not cured yet, but I am doing so much better than I was before. | F | 22 | 7 months | 4/14/2001 | 3 | Depression | Huge Weight Gain --> 40 lbs. in 2 years. Dry Mouth Hot Flashes and excessive sweating Upset Stomach Tiredness | Started off on 10 mgs. and had a lot of stomach problems but felt better. Kept taking it and gradually went up to 20 mgs. I started feeling very depressed again so my DR. increased my dosage to 40 mgs. Same thing happened and now I'm on 60 mgs. I want to switch meds because of the weight gain and because the good effects seem to wear off after a short period of time. | F | 22 | 2 years | 12/6/2004 | 3 | anxiety, panic sleeping problems, | After 1 month: difficulty to reach clitoridien orgasm even thru masturbation, decrease of the sexual appetite, difficulty to gain weight, Constipation, running thoughts. Stomach upset,increase of alcool effects and increase of sleeping problems at the beggining | I'm on low dosage 10mg, and Even if i experimented several side effects especially at the beggining, I have to admit that it quickly stabilized my mood swings and after a couple of weeks really reduced my panic attacks, sleeping disorders and anxiety. I really appreciate what this medecine is doing for me and I think that it can help putting you on track when you are not anymore in control of your mind but I would definetly not be on it for a long period of time after I will be completly stabilized I'm planning on working on what made me loose it at first and take natural ways such as yoga, meditation and therapy so it won't happen again | F | 22 | 1 months | 10/25/2008 | 3 | Anxiety, OCD | I've been taking Celexa once a day for 4 months now. I started on 20 mg for the first 2 months and now I am taking 40mg. In my opinion, this medicine is very good for "brain rush" anxiety and has made my life better. Some other things, though - weight gain - I have gained 12 lbs since starting the medication. Changes in bowel movements (loose stool sometimes), teeth grinding in my sleep, horrific nightmare and vivid dreams - I often feel like a zombie, no emotions, numb. This can be good in some cases. | 22 | 4 months | 10/21/2009 | 3 | anxierty | extreme gas and extreme drowsyness. | i only have been on it now starting week #2, first week i was on 5mg, and i started 10mg lastnight, since i started taking it, it made me very very very tired and very very gasy,. | F | 22 | 8 days | 7/21/2009 | 3 | Anxiety Disorder | I started 10 mg of celexa at end of May and it helped after about a month but I still have bad days where I feel like really disconnected and just can't enjoy anything and other times I feel just fine. I talked to my dr. about going up to 20 and she prescribed me 20 mg but I'm just worried to take it because I had horrible side effects when I started at 10 mg. | If you've had a similar experience and can provide advice please feel free to email me i would really appreciate it. | F | 22 | 3 months 10 mg 1X day | 9/3/2021 | 3 | social/general anxiety, depression | the first week and a half on 20mg were hell: kept me up all night the first two nights, so i switched to taking it during the day. then, after i took it in the mornings, i'd feel fine until an hour later- then i'd feel exhausted for another hour. racing thoughts, nervousness, loss of appetite, feeling crazy. but it all eased up after a couple weeks. the only effect remaining is occasional involuntary jerks in my feet/ hands- 10x worse when i first wake up or fall asleep. it's not a problem for me. | put on celexa in the middle of a mild manic episode [with severe panic attacks several times a day], but my free psychiatrist on my college campus only saw my anxiety. i had very irritating side effects for the first couple of weeks [20mg], but i soon felt amazing [the early response is due to the then-undiagnosed bipolar]-- until i crashed into depression again. i felt like my anxiety was much better, but the depression had come back after being gone for a long time. keep in mind that we did not know i was bipolar, which has a lot to do with that. the anxiety slowly started creeping back in, but never as much as before. moved up to 40mg, no change. i will say two things about celexa: more tolerable than prozac, and i haven't had ANY panic attacks since the day i started celexa. for that alone, i am glad. just remember-- side effects usually only last for the first couple of weeks! | F | 22 | 5 months | 7/9/2007 | 3 | depression | nauseua,cotton-mouth, head-aches | M | 22 | 5 months | 7/24/2002 | 2 | anger and depression | it made me very tired, and sweaty. and also had intense sexual side effects. | F | 22 | 15 days | 6/14/2002 | 2 | depression, BED, PTSD, GAD | I became bipolar. I had periods of hypomania and mixed moods and my anxiety and depression were worse each time I experienced them. i began to have curiosity about suicide. I started to have trouble reading words-- I would see one word and be certain of it, then later look back and it would be something else. I cried. I had nightmares and nightsweats and didn't sleep well for over a month, despite trying to sleep for as much as 14 hours a night. I was chronically fatigued and my work performance was suffering between the exhaustion, apathy, and moods. My binge eating increased to the point where I gained over 10 pounds in three weeks | I tried the improved newer version for this drug, Lexapro, and had less severe side effects, but Lexapro gave me lockjaw and migraines. From now on I'm going to stay away from all SSRI's if possible. | F | 22 | 6 weeks | 4/11/2007 | 2 | Depression | Weight gain, extreme tiredness/exhaustion, increased feelings of depression, yawning, complete loss of sex drive. When coming off- troubles focusing, horrible dizziness, mild headaches. | Seeing as this was my first antidepressant, maybe I didn't give it enough time; however, it increased my feelings of depression far too much for me to wait it out. I went from bad to worse, so much so that all I did was sleep. Little things like doing the laundry seemed insumountable...the weight gain was bad, as well- about 10 lbs in a month. When coming off the drug, the most obvious side effect was the constant dizziness when walking or when I would move my eyes. | F | 22 | 2 months | 11/2/2007 | 2 | depression | MORE agitated/anxious than usual, no improvement in depression. | F | 22 | 2 months | 9/18/2006 | 1 | Severe depression | The first day I took it, I felt like it was the best day of my life, I had some much energy and I couldnt stop talking, I felt like I was on speed or something. But after that the effect changed I felt like I was in lala land all the time. I could have sat and stared at the wall for hours! and terrible insomnia! And I had spells of anger... | I would not reccommed trying, It took several weeks before I felt like the fog had lifted. I would be talking to someone and during the convo. I would just faze out and stare and not be able to hear what they were saying or what was going on, and then I would snap back and they would have to repeat everything again. Which was very embarrasing! | F | 22 | 1 months | 10/18/2008 | 1 | Severe mood swings/depression | 30 pound weight gain, diminished sex drive, inable to orgasm | I took celexa for 2 years. I had much better results on Wellbutrin but didn't have the smarts to talk to my Dr. about the side effects. | F | 22 | 2 years | 8/29/2006 |