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 | post natal depression | NONE! | helped me relax and enjoy my life again as a 2nd time mum! | F | 35 | 2 months | 1/11/2010 | 5 | Recurrent brief depression | Some sexual side effects, insomnia, feeling lazy! | After being on 10mg for about 6 months and still having moderate moodswings, I have increased the dosage to 30mg and for the last few days have felt better than ever. I think its a wonderful drug if you get the dosage correct. Still early days though. When I tried to come of it, i did get zaps behind the eyes and pain in the eyes. | M | 35 | 6 months | 7/19/2008 | 5 | Bipolar/OCD/Depression | Extreme tiredness. | Worth it. I am more stable and relaxed. The little things don't worry me as much. Prozac works well to, but it gave me heartburn, go figure. Celexa is good. | F | 35 | 3 days | 10/22/2004 | 5 | Anxiety | Very vivid, odd dreams. Not scary, just different. Slight dizziness and slight nausea for the first week. Increased anxiety for the first 4-5 days which has now subsided. | Have only been taking for two weeks but am now sleeping at night. I still have strange thoughts, anxiety but it has decreased significantly since taking it. I am looking forward to it really kicking in. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 2/8/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Negative side affects are very tolerable compared to the depression. Libido shifted - not sure if I can come or not, have tried and it takes forever. More inclined to get a great massage. Definite jaw clenching throughout the day and desire to suck as well as thirst/dry mouth. Desire to clench jaw increases as night -so I suck on candy or chew gum and be sure to drink lots of water. One side effect of Celexa is that your colon slows down. I think this is because your nervous system is being stimulated. So suddenly my poop has turned mushy. My Dr. knew about this in advanced and prescribed Magnesium Stearate - so I will try that. | I have so much more energy, sleep better (don't sleep 10-12 hours a day anymore) and am tremendously relaxed! my social anxiety is gone and I am able to focus. This drug has been amazing for me. I cried for 2 years every day & finally caved in and tried this one. With Celexa, I don't feel like I am taking anything (save for the jaw clenching) - I feel like my old self. I am smiling, am more cheerful and outgoing and not afraid of people. Taking 20mg of this drug a day makes my life totally enjoyable. It seriously reminds me of a low dose of ecstasy but without the icky "I'm high and taking a drug" feeling. Celexa is a vast improvement over my horrible emotional-blunting experiences with Paxil and Wellbutrin. One interesting side effect for me has been that I became a little more messy and didn't care. I'm bit messier and happier. I used to *have* to have everything clean or I got depressed or anxious. So I guess I'm not so OCD, however, drinking caffeine on Celexa makes me want to clean, do projects, and be productive and focused! It's been a lifesaver in terms of my job and work -I'm back on track. Also, I'm able to go out and have a diet coke instead of a beer even! This was me: dragging myself through life like a crying zombie trudging through quicksand. This is me now: smiling, happy, energized, relaxed, dreaming up new dreams, getting tons done, talkative again. Only downside, loss of libido... think if I need to, I could decide to half a dose o | F | 35 | 1.5 months 20MG 1X day | 6/30/2011 | 5 | OCD | NAUSEA THE FIRST WEEK. | F | 35 | 6 months | 5/7/2001 | 5 | Depression, Bulimia | Tiredness in the first few hours of taking but it subsides. Delayed orgasm, weight loss. | I was on Wellbutrin for two years and it seemed to fuel my bulimia. Celexa has made me feel like a new person. I am not hating myself everytime I look in the mirror. I have far less urges to binge eat and my compulsive exercising has stopped.I am beginning to remember what its like to be a normal human being. | F | 35 | 14 days 20mg 1X day | 11/27/2012 | 4 | depression | only 4 days so far, i have been very tired,no appetite, hyper,euphoria,nuasea, some gas, | i deal with depression, just overall bad feeling in my chest.so far i love this, other then im exhausted all day and want to sleep. i go to work midnights and feel happy and WANT to be at work, happy i have a job,and much calmer,things dont seem to bother me as much. nothing overly upsets me, except a certain guy in my life which even he isnt afecting me as bad anymore. im just really happy and have noooo appetite, i have to force myself to eat. im hoping i dont end up with sexual side effects, cuz this is perfect so far. i feel so much better. | F | 35 | 4 days | 9/26/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | tingling in arms during the first week, slight decrease in sex drive | F | 35 | 4 years | 8/21/2006 | 4 | Social Anxiety | Some sexual side effects - slight decrease in libido, delayed ejaculation. | Have noticed that I am able to engage in conversations with others for longer periods of time - feel less tense in social situations. | M | 35 | 30 days | 6/20/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | fatigue at first, head ache, grinding teeth at night, kinda numb feeling. | It worked for my depression and anxiety prety good for a while. I started at 20mg and was up to 40 mg after 3 years. Really hard to come off of with being dizzy and strange little "shock/zap" feelings in my head. Had to stop taking it after 3 years due to it no longer working for me | M | 35 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | irratibility | decreased libido | I am extremely sensitive to SSRIs and SNRIs, and I have always experienced sexual dysfunction to some degree, however, this one seems to have the least sexual side effects. What's really odd is that lexapro was one of the worst offenders but celexa isn't near as bad (strange considering that lex is the cleaner version of the same molecule). Anyway, I'm giving 10mg a shot to see if there's any benefit there but will likely go back to 20mg soon. I feel 30mg would be a lot more effective but I can't risk the sexual s/e's. If there was no issue with sex I'd go back to lexapro in an instant - that was very, very effective at taking away all stress and enhancing my mood. | M | 35 | 2 months 10 1X day | 12/29/2010 | 4 | Depression | Hands would sometimes shake, felt edgy and "crawly", sometimes ringing in the ears for about a minute once a day, mild visual distortions, mild dizzyness, temporary confusion, DRY MOUTH, alternating diahrea and constipation, takes longer to ejaculate, very very tired during the day at first. | I totally underestimated how hard it was going to be to get used to Celexa. I never took anything else before and it was a major surprise. For the first month I was a zombie, sleeping every day in the afternoon for 3 or 4 hours. I also had to deal with the side effects. The dry mouth is actually one of the worst. Most side effects were gone after 1 month but at the 3 month point I still have dry mouth, long time to ejaculate, and diahrea. Sometimes I feel confused at work, like I've been made "dumb". On the good side, I used to have insomnia but now I can go to sleep really easy. I am much less stressed with an "I don't care" attitude towards things I shouldn't be worried about. The issues that created my depression (marital issues) are easier to manage. If it wasn't for the zombie first month and the dry mouth, I would have rated this a 5. I started at 10mg for 1 week then went up to my current 20mg. When I come off, I'm planning on decreasing my dose v | M | 35 | 3 months | 2/9/2006 | 4 | Extreme IBS ( Irritable Bowel ) | Side effects were normal the first week and seemed to subside into the second. I still feel foggy at times, mainly in the morning - a little sick to my stomach and have a decrease in appetite.( and sex drive, but my husband doesn't know that ) I did go through times of EXTREME insomnia that almost drove me insane. I just dealt with it, read a book or something until I was sleepy enough to hit the sack again. Have some blurred vision in the a.m. also, but that may be due to my glass o' wine before bed ...makes the low sex drive a little easier to deal with, not so frustrating. :) | DO NOT eat grapefruit while taking this drug! I did, and payed the price for about a week. I started taking 20mg at first and I'm now up to 40mg. My IBS has cleared up altogether and I feel for the first time since I was young, my body is working normally. No more severe stomach pain, cramps, bloating ... I feel great. I have lost some weight on this, but after reading the other reviews I'm sort of freakin' out that it will start going the other way ... yikes. ( then I'd be taking it for depression ) So far, I like it - we'll just have to see what happens. I'm a little too patient with my family and let my kids get away with things that my mother doesn't approve of ... they make me laugh, can't help it - and life is just too dang short! | F | 35 | 4 months | 4/24/2006 | 4 | Mood stabilization | Very mild medicine side effects wise. I was given it instead of Paxil, which I could not overcome the initial rollercoaster from hell. Leveled my emotional state and, as a beneficial side effect, eliminated my agrophobia/vertigo! Going off Celexa lead to a rather severe and easily triggered sense of vertigo dizziness. Could not drive a car for 10 days because of this. | Halfway through the three months, I went from Celexa to Lexapro as they phased the isomer out because of the patent lasping. American pharmaceutical companies aren't fooling anyone whose principle welfare they're concerned with. | M | 35 | 3 months | 4/7/2004 | 4 | Anxiety | headaches, night sweats and prolonged ejaculation | M | 35 | 5 weeks | 3/15/2004 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | EXTREMELY TIRED, lethargic, no sex drive | F | 35 | 3 years 40mg | 11/28/2013 | 4 | severe pms | F | 35 | 9 months | 11/18/2002 | 4 | anxiety | Somewhat depressed sex drive, somewhat depressed creativity, sleepiness/brain fog, short term memory loss. | I was having debilitating anxiety, and opted for Celexa over Lexapro because I am very sensitive to medication and the Lexapro didn't offer a small enough dose. At 20mg I was falling asleep at work and couldn't remember anything. I am an artist and couldn't make work. Sex was out of the question. Reduced dose to 10mg, felt much less sleepy, and developed coping strategies at work so I don't have to remember as much. Sex drive came back. Over time developed new ways of making artwork, now feeling more productive than ever - it's a creativity with fewer flashes of inspiration, but also a lot less fear of being incapacitated at any moment by anxiety. At this point, the 10mg is no longer completely controlling the anxiety, though. I'm going to make lifestyle changes before changing medications, because this one has been pretty good for me. | F | 35 | 3 years | 6/25/2007 | 3 | depression, some anxiety | Jaw clenching, jitters, nausea, headache, trouble sleeping, kind of weird dreams | My doctor just increased my dose a couple days ago, so it's like starting all over with the side effects, especially the nausea and the jaw clenching. Dry mouth is also driving me nuts. | F | 35 | 40 days | 2/28/2007 |