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 | Horrible nightmares, and unable to sleep more than 2 hrs a night. | Did not work for anything positive | M | 40 | 50 days | 1/25/2010 | 1 | anxiety | diarrhea, dizziness, headache, insomnia, legs would not stop shaking, nausea, severe anxiety, skin felt like it was burning, sweating | After taking the medication for 6 days, I ended up having to go to the ER in an ambulance because I had a reaction to Celexa. Thank God for Ativan! | F | 40 | 6 days | 1/17/2007 | 1 | anxiety | teeth clenching, muscle spasms especially in vagina, insomnia, crazy dreams, memory loss, rejected carbs could not eat bread it I would chew but couldn't swallow, weight loss | Being on this drug was the worst experience in my life. Could not hold a thought, thought I was going crazy especially with no sleep from insomnia, even sleeping pills did not work. Uncontrolable spasms. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 11/10/2004 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Loose stools; insomnia; dry mouth; felt like I was going crazy; waking up at 2 am with panic attacks that would last for 12 hours; crying; could not focus; scared to leave house | Horrible drug, felt 100 times worse, now afraid to try anything else. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 6/13/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | SEVERE Insomnia, numbness (felt like a zombie), cognitive impairment - couldn't grasp simple concepts. Do not take this drug, it almost ruined my life | I have nothing good to say about Celexa, it quickly turned me into a zombie, no feeling good or bad. Initially I was tired all the time even if I slept, now I can't sleep at all. I am weaning off this drug and it is real tough....I am unable to work and am forced to take time off to hopefully get my cognitive ability back. Horrible stuff | M | 40 | 60 days | 9/8/2007 | 1 | Depression | Intense anxiety for the first week, then terrible depressive mood swings, made depression ten times worse; emotions felt flat, hollow and phony. | F | 40 | 15 days | 4/19/2009 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | tiredness no matter how much sleep I got and I was always tired. I would cry more being on Celexa than being on nothing. Also had an increase in suicidal/homicidal thoughts. My anxiety incresed due to these thoughts coming in 2s and 3s. I stopped cold turkey after 6 days. Could not deal with the constant bad thoughts, constant crying and tiredness. | F | 40 | 6 days | 8/1/2009 | 1 | Anxiety | Caused a gambling addiction - this is common and well documented but very little known. Got put on this at the same time as a friend who mortgaged his house to feed his gambling obsession. If I wasn't on the same thing I would never have believed it myself but the gambling was 100% due to the drug and went away as soon we quit. Weirdest thing. Sadly he lost his home because of it. | Can cause a gambling addiction in some people. Look it up. Normal people suddenly gambling away everything. It changes you. | M | 40 | 2 years 1X day | 10/29/2020 | 1 | Depressed | Celexa ruined my life, started out on 20 mg, I told the doctor after a few months of taking it that something just wasn't right and doctor said that not to worry that I just need a increase in dose to 40mg, at the time I was depressed as I was dealing with renal cell cancer and lost a kidney, Celexa changed me, it wasn't helping the depression it was making me depressed more and I went away and forgot to take my Celexa with me and that was the best thing that could have ever happened after a little over a week I started to see that this medicine changed me, changed my personality, mood swings and I realized that people with depression don't know why they are depressed, I was depressed because I had a reason. Shame on the doctor and shame on this drug company that makes this medicine as I have heard of similar stories of how this drug ruins lives. | F | 40 | 20 1X day | 12/3/2014 | 1 | for depression | It made me tired, lethargic, un-motivated, numb, agitated, annoyed. | F | 40 | 2 days 20 mg | 12/30/2014 | 1 | anxiety/stress | While I did experience a relieving overall calm, the bad outweighed the good. 30lb weight gain (I'm a distance runner). Extremely lethargic (I started sleeping whenever I had free time). Antisocial (I love a party). Unmotivated (chose sleep over daily runs). Chewing on the inside of my cheeks while asleep (never did this before). Stopped for a week. Lost 3lbs, but became uncontrollably irritable. I started taking it again just to function until I can find an alternative. | I would not recommend this to anyone. I regret starting. | F | 40 | 7 months 10mg | 4/15/2015 | 5 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain, hair loss and breakage, total fatigue , short temper, antisocial and reclusive. | Despite all the side effects of these pills- this drug does its job! I put my behavioural side effects down to my actual illness. As I reduced my dose - the hair started growing. I was able to do thing again and life just got better - I was keen to get off my pills ASAP ... I had to learn to just take the time to get better and enjoy my time out of the rat race!.. Life can be too fast for too long. | F | 39 | 3 years 40mg | 8/24/2015 | 5 | anxiety, sadness, no patience | NONE NONE NONE NONE | The best!!!!!! I feel like a new person, new mom, new wife. I am able to relax, laugh, play and enjoy life again. Makes me feel as if anything is tolerable and able to enjoy my 3 young kids without stressing about all "the small stuff". Able to handle negative thoughts/situations without dwelling non stop about them. Sleep, eat, and love again. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!!!!! | F | 39 | 30 days | 11/6/2009 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | First week felt like a space cadet, but I just figured it was my brain readjusting. I have no trouble having an orgasm. | It took about 6 weeks to get the full effect, but I will tell you, THIS IS A MIRACLE DRUG FOR ME! I finally feel like the old me again. I have tried Zoloft, Prozac, and Lexapro, but I never felt like the old me on those drugs. This is sure worth a try! | F | 39 | 8 weeks | 1/6/2009 | 5 | depression / Bipolar | None. | Please be very careful with the dosage. If your doctor puts you on anything over 40 mg per day you stand the chance of seratonin sickness. I was on 80 mg, and ended up being hospitalized for psychotic episode. The withdrawl was brutal. I am currently at 20 mg, without it I was a mess, with to much also a mess. Find the right dose and it is a wonderful medication. | F | 39 | 5 years | 12/1/2004 | 5 | major depression | this drug saved my life, it took about 4 weeks to kick in, harder to cum, makes me alittle sleepy during day but not enough to affect my job, | this drug really, really helped my depression, thoughts about death and mortally were in my mind constantly throughout the day month after month, I finally went to my family doctor and told him I wanted to try a anti=depressant and this stuff really helped big time | M | 39 | 9 months 20mg 1X day | 4/5/2010 | 5 | manic depression | Insomnia | It helps me a lot but I know it causes a little insomnia for me. Each increase in dose required more sleeping medication. Ended up settling on 20 mg. It was the only one that worked after trying almost everything on the market. | F | 39 | 15 years 20 1X day | 8/2/2011 | 5 | GAD,Panic, SAD | Dizzy Headache | I love the way this drug has made a difference in my life. I actually enjoy going out and being around other people. The panic attacks have stoppped and my outlook is wonderful!!!! | F | 39 | 2 months | 11/29/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | Dopy brain effect never went away. I sucked at playing board games. Could not concentrate. Also another side effect that never went away was low tolerance to heat. I would get sweaty on not so hot days if i was trying to be active. Did not experience this with Paxil. Trying Prozac now. | Celexa worked. My anxiety was kept at bay. But, two side effects just would not go away. That has caused me to try another medication. | M | 39 | 9 months 20 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 4 | pelvic pain | None | Much improved sex life...I could be in movies. | M | 39 | 14 days 20mg 1X day | 8/20/2010 |