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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | Tiredness, more anxious | Didn't do anything for my anxiety | M | 22 | 1 months | 2/1/2008 | 5 | Anxiety,panic,Bipolar & depression | Nausea the first week, itching, yawning. Trouble sleeping and apathy towards food. | Fantastic drug for me.Stopped the horrible thoughts & mood swings,lifted mood greatly, anxiety level very low now and less social phobia.Only been on 20mg for two weeks!!Kicked in straight away!Have not been so well in years! Will keep you updated. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 3/22/2008 | 5 | I was very depressed. | Decreased libido for a while, but it eventually went away. | I took Celexa for depression about 3 or 4 years ago when I was 18-19. At first, it stopped me from my bouts of random crying but I still felt depressed. I told my therapist the medication was just "masking" my depression. But eventually and gradually, my depression went away with Celexa and weekly meetings with a therapist. I was on the medication for a couple years before I went off it. | F | 23 | 2 years | 12/29/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Headaches when increasing doses | F | 23 | 3 years 40mg | 5/13/2016 | 5 | Mild depression after major injury | None | After a major injury I was reluctant to 'get up and go' on a daily basis. I was emotional at small things and for no reason. After Citalopram I am a very level realistic and optimistic person, I have tried a couple of times to come off of it thinking I don't need it with no problem addiction-wise, however I go back to being emotional and feel like I am a better person for all around me when I take it :) | F | 23 | 1 years 20mg | 5/9/2017 | 5 | OCD, anxiety. | drowsiness, lethargy, but no notable changes in sex. strange fr a ssri. | miracle drug for anxiety. i take it with wellbutrin, and i feel more more relaxed and less impulsive. | M | 23 | 1 months | 1/3/2010 | 5 | Depression, anxiety | none | Celexa has helped me a lot. It gave me the push I needed to change my life, and I have never felt this good. | F | 23 | 1.5 years | 3/20/2007 | 5 | Depression | For first few weeks yawning, drowsiness, dry mouth, nausea - all stopped within a few weeks. Still sleep more than I used to but i dont get drowsiness if i take it in the afternoon or evening. | It has helped me so much. I was severely depressed when I started taking it and it made me feel better within a few weeks like i was coming out of a black hole, but as the months went on I felt better and better and have realised I was depressed for a lot longer than I thought. I had forgotten what it was like to feel normal, and this drug has made me feel normal again - which is wonderful. It hasnt numbed my feelings, but I am now a happy person with positive thoughts and rational emotions and feel i can cope very well when i couldnt cope at all before. | F | 23 | 8 months | 3/11/2004 | 5 | depression | The initial week I'd wake up at night just totally wired and uncomfortable, grinding teeth and tossing and turning. It felt pretty terrible but I stuck it out. Side effects went away fast but these past few weeks I'm starting to notice I have no sex drive and early-waking insomnia again. | Within a week of starting this drug my boyfriend said I was definitely becoming more cheerful. It's nice to have someone else monitoring my behavior because I usually have troubles recognizing when I'm declining/improving... I might have gone off it and I'm glad I got the first weeks over. Now if I forget to take them for 2 days or so MAN you can tell. It's a good drug for me, when I was on Prozac I felt so "leveled out" that I had no highs and lows but with Celexa I feel like myself... good sense of humor, happy, interested, still capable of experiencing frustration but I can work through it. Unfortunately now I'm having early waking insomnia and I haven't wanted to get it on in weeks. Crud. :/ Hoping those two things are related to something else but I suspect the drug... | F | 23 | 5 months 10 MG 1X day | 4/19/2011 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | In the beginning I had nausea, drowsiness, and bruxism. I took a half tablet for a month then upped it back to 20mg. Side affects have (mostly) disappeared. | I was skeptical about this medication at first, but after about 6 weeks, my panic attacks went down a lot. I'm very happy with the results so far. | F | 23 | 2 months 20mg 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 4 | depression/anxiety | slight weight loss at first, dry mouth, heart palpitations at increased dose. | Not a miracle drug but it did significantly help me. Very few side effects. Unfortunately, when I increased it up to 40mg I began having heart palpitations and my doctor made me stop taking it. I've since tried zoloft and lexapro but they have had more side effects and less therapeutic effects than celexa. | F | 23 | 3 years 30mg 1X day | 3/25/2013 | 4 | Depression | None | I took this for just over six years after I had a seizure on Prozac. It was really good, improved my mood (it definitely didn't cure me, but I was able to live my life) and no side effects. Eventually the effect of the drug seemed to wear off, but I got a good 6 years out of it! Am now on venlafaxine which I haven't reacted to as well. | F | 23 | 6 years | 2/17/2009 | 4 | anxiety | sleepiness. fatigue | F | 23 | 2 years | 5/31/2003 | 3 | depression | none, really | seems to work average,can tell when i DONT take, but hasn't really given me the results i have had with other medication. | F | 23 | 6 months | 7/14/2002 | 3 | Depression | Initially while getting used to Celexa (I started at only 10mg for the first week) it made my heart feel racy, I had no appetite (thus lost weight), was sleeping all day and felt completely jittery and anxious at night. Those went away and tapered off after about 1-2 months. | Celexa has helped with depression, I'm not as weepy as I used to be. | F | 23 | 8 months | 7/19/2007 | 3 | OCD, anxiety. | extreme drowsiness, a little sexual impairment... | if u want to take it, take in combo with an NARI or wellbutrin. alone is a hypnotic, just for me. | M | 23 | 1 months | 12/18/2009 | 3 | depression, ocd, anxiety | weight gain 138 lbs to 158 | i feel better on it than not being on it, but the bulging fat that's noticeable when i wear my shirts is embarassing. At first it was hard for ejaculation, but eventually i was able to. | M | 23 | 1 years | 8/15/2009 | 3 | major depression | 1st week: nightmares, would wake up in a bath of sweat in middle of night, disoriented. these s/e's disappeared in 4-5 days. Cured my depression really effectively but the one side effect that never went away was the no sex drive AT ALL, so switched to wellbutrin. I gained 20lbs on celexa. That sucked. | F | 23 | 7 months | 7/19/2004 | 3 | depression, social anxiety disorder | For the first week on Celexa I experienced SEVERE hot flashes, tingly adrenaline rush type feelings several times a day for no apparent reason, and just an overall strange feeling. Those side effects have went away but I'm now experiencing increased ,very vivid and odd, dreams. Also experiencing irritability and anger. | Has helped alot with the depression but still have days where I will be mildly depressed and have suicidal thoughts. Celexa has done absolutely nothing for my social anxiety disorder-still have the avoidant personality. It has just made it less depressing. Sometimes I feel emotionally numb and foggy. Have emotional highs and lows almost like Bi Polar disorder. | F | 23 | 1 months | 11/15/2004 | 3 | Depression | Dry mouth, insomnia at night, yawning and drowsiness during the day, slight decrease in libido, decrease in appetite. | F | 23 | 1.5 weeks | 11/24/2006 |