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 | Weight Gain, night sweats, slow ejaculation, laziness. | The side effects are minimal compared to it's benefits! I suffered from severe anxiety and Celexa really helped. I would highly recommend theropy first, but if you need meds to help, this is the one! | M | 40 | 2 years | 10/19/2006 | 5 | Depression | none | I'm taking 40 mgs for about a month now (up from 20). I would highly recommend this drug. | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/23/2003 | 5 | anxiety | Nausea during the first 6 weeks only. Increased energy and better ability to cope with anxiety. | Even though I no longer need this drug for depression/anxiety I will probably take this drug indefinitely because it blocks my migraines! Currently taking 10mg a day. | F | 40 | 2 years | 4/25/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Cold achy feeling in legs and joints usually once or twice a day, Trouble sleeping, a little harder to reach orgasm.(Wife didn't complain. At first experienced bad stomach, yawning and jaw stiffness. | This is my second time with celexa, the first time was for almost 4 years, thought I could do with out it so I slowly weeded myself off. Lasted about 9 months and slipped back into depression, major anxiety. Started taking it again and after about 3 weeks I started feeling good again, able to resume a somewhat normal life. I'm not sure if there is any other pill out there that works as well, but I know celexa has done wonders for me | M | 40 | 3 months | 6/2/2006 | 4 | depression, NCS (dysautonomia) | none. Went on this after I couldn't sleep with Zoloft. | M | 40 | 14 days | 10/29/2006 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Delayed and sometimes no ejaculation, slight weight gain, increased sleep (that probably a good thing), nausea upon withdrawal (even 1 missed day). Reducing dose slightly on days when I might get lucky decreases sexual side effects, but does not eliminate. On the other hand this could make you (males) a hero to your significant other, but it's nice to get some reward yourself! A pain, may break down and try Viagra, but without this my relationship is too rocky for much sex anyway. | Despite sexual side effects easily the best SSRI for me (also tried Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox, Lexapro (which I guess is chemically similar but didn't seem to work)). Consistently better mood, much less irritability, decreased self-recrimination, more energy. Went up to 60mg, which worked the same as 40, now down to 20-30 and adding Wellbutin, trying to lessen side effects. Can't tell if Wellbutrin really does anything. Less than 20 did not work. Good luck all. | M | 40 | 2 years | 12/17/2004 | 4 | Depression | Total loss of libido. | I started on this medication a year ago for depression and it worked well. It took a few weeks for me to feel the depression lifting, but once it did then it was gone for good! I didn't rate this medication a "5" because the loss of libido seriously interferes in my life. But for it to conquer my depression, which was bad, it gets a high rating anyway. | M | 40 | 1 years 60 MG 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 4 | Stress, anxiety | I was AMAZED when I first took Celexa, because within an hour I said "this is the way I should have always felt!". It evened out my moods and helped me not wake up in a cold sweat from anxiety, and made me feel like a better mom and wife. I have twin boys and one has autism and the other has high functioning autism, both of which are particularly challenging on many days, and taking Celexa helped me calm down considerably when the stress levels used to feel like my blood-pressure was going through the ceiling. I am calmer and more relaxed in social situations and I don't have much social anxiety mostly on Celexa. I feel more empathy for others, and feel more loving and snuggly with my husband but my libido is decreased, orgasm is delayed tremendously and not nearly as frequent. | The few NEGATIVE things that I have noticed after being on Celexa for a few months though are that the longer I am on it, the more decreased my libido seems to be getting. I also have worse PMS symptoms (from the start really). I seem to be adjusting to the effects of the med to the point in a way that it doesn't seem to be helping as much in some aspects, such as the fact that I am grumpier a lot more than I was, and this could be in part because I am not feeling good sexually! Major bummer as I was doing great on it BUT I am about to switch to something else because of the sexual side effects mostly! | F | 40 | 3 months 20 mg 1X day | 3/17/2010 | 4 | Mild depression, PMS | None | It has helped me, it just helps take the edge off without taking away your personality | F | 40 | 5 years 20 1X day | 6/16/2012 | 4 | depressions/anxiety | When going onto the drug I feel more anxiety, yawning, still muscles, trouble sleeping. | I have now gained 20lbs over two years. I have an increased appetite (not sure if it messes up your metabolism or just changes my eating habits). I find this frustrating as I workout on a daily basis. As well, I don't orgasm with the same intensity, if at all. Sex drive is almost none existant. It does work for depression and anxiety but I hate having side effects. | F | 40 | 2 days | 5/17/2006 | 4 | depressions/anxiety | When going onto the drug I feel more anxiety, yawning, still muscles, trouble sleeping. | I have now gained 20lbs over two years. I have an increased appetite (not sure if it messes up your metabolism or just changes my eating habits). I find this frustrating as I workout on a daily basis. As well, I don't orgasm with the same intensity, if at all. Sex drive is almost none existant. It does work for depression and anxiety but I hate having side effects. | F | 40 | 2 years | 5/17/2006 | 4 | depression,anxiety,OCD | Nothing major. | Seems to be the mildest form as compared to Paxil. I do like the Celexa because I feel more grounded and very much at the norm. I went on Paxil CR for one month, after trying Celexa for one month. The Paxil was too strong. I'm back on the Celexa for two months and am sticking with it. It takes a little time because it is mild. | F | 40 | 2 months | 8/20/2003 | 4 | Depression & marijuana cessation | Mostly sexual dysfunction and drowsiness, and to a lesser degree teeth grinding and increased appetite. | I started at 20mg daily, and increased to 40mg after the first month, it has helped tremendously but with a price. I have no trouble getting an erection, but have to make a lot of extra effort to achieve orgasm and ultimately it's never as satisfying. So I don't bother as often, I went from 1-2 daily to 2-3 x weekly. The drowsiness has subsided the longer I'm on it. Appetite increased and I was more interested in eating, but the medication helped me get out of the house and start exercising again so that balanced itself out. So I'm healthier than I was before I started, and I was able to stop smoking pot pretty effortlessly after the first few days (knock on wood). Slight teeth grinding which has also subsided especially since I fist started taking it. All in all, it was a good move to start taking it, I'm not sure what I would have done without it and would recommend it to anyone in my situation. That said, I look forward to the day my day to day life improves enough that I feel I can stop taking it. | M | 40 | 4 months | 4/30/2009 | 3 | depression | insomnia, significant weight gain, forgetfulness | Helped with my depression, but am considering switching to Wellbutrin because of weight gain. | F | 40 | 6 months | 6/14/2003 | 3 | anxiety | Mostly I was so tired. I could litterally sleep all day. I also had no emotions, felt like a total zombie. As soon as I got off of it I felt like my old self. | F | 40 | 60 days | 5/20/2007 | 3 | Depression | Dizzy, tired, sleeping all the time, weight gain. Felt like a slug. Added 5 mcg's of Cytomel which defeats the tiredness. Good combo. | After trying 25 antidepressants, my doctor put me on 5 mcg's of Cytomel with the Celexa, and later Paxil CR (both sedating and good for anxiety). After 15 years of depression, it went away in one day with Cytomel. It was like someone turned on the life switch. My thyroid tests were and are still normal.'I don't think big pharma has depression quite figured out yet. Try Cytomel!!! Read the testimonials on here, they are the same as mine. Start low and go slow (5 mcg's - 10 mcg's). No more than 10 mcg's per day.'You will feel like a dead plant come back to life! No generics! | M | 40 | 6 months 20 1X day | 3/6/2011 | 3 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Trouble sleeping and nausea and dry mouth | I just started taking this med cause zoloft made me a zombie. I have problems sleeping at night and I also have nausea and have lost alot of weight. It's hard for me to eat because of the nausea but I'm hoping all of this gets better likeeveryone is saying. I do feel a little bit better and I hope it continues. Overall I am hopeful that I can get better and feel better than I have for a long time . | M | 40 | 5 days 10 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 3 | Anxiety | I was switched from Lexapro to Celexa as my copay for insurance was much lower. I have been on Celexa for about 3 months at 40 mg/day. I notice that I am very fatigued and worst of all is the short-term memory loss. | I always seemed to have worsened memory since I began taking Lexapro about 4 years ago. When I switched to Celexa and went up in dosage as well my memory loss has gotten drastically worse. This is bad because I'm in graduate school. I am thinking about going off this medication due to this, although it has helped a lot with my axienty. | M | 40 | 3 months | 11/29/2006 | 2 | Depression and irritablity | Dry mouth. Excessive perspiration. I was one who was very thin and never perspired much. This made me very hot and perspire heavily and I gained weight. When I went off I stopped perspiring so heavily and I slowly lost weight and was able to exercise again without feeling too tired to do so. I used to run and once I started taking Celexa I couldn't run anymore, I felt too fatigued. All I wanted to do was lie on the couch and watch TV and I quit cleaning house. I was no longer crabby but I couldn't stand the perspiration and a messy house. So now I'm off of the Celexa, I no longer perspire or lie on the couch all day. My house is clean again, I have the energy to run and exercise again but I still get crabby. Withdrawal was pretty bad, I felt like I was losing it, weird head zings too but it went away after a couple of weeks. | F | 40 | 2 years | 9/19/2005 | 2 | anxiety, panic attacks | Worst side effect was teeth grinding, which gave me headaches.had vivid dreams at first, very low libido, twitchiness in eyes | Had to wean VERY slowly. Was taking one quarter of a 10 mg pill every other day the final few weeks---that is how gradual it was! Took me probably 3 months for the weaning process. Had very strange sensations during weaning, worse at night. had nausea, more eye twitching than when I started the med, felt low, antsy, restless. Felt much calmer and better after I was fully weaned. | F | 40 | 8 months 10 1X day | 5/3/2012 |