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 | Migraine, anxiety | Awful! Insomnia, dizziness, headache (using for migraine), nausea, sweating, uncontrolled muscle spasm, indigestion, racing pulse, anxiety, total zombie feeling. | Taking lexapro before which was awesome. HAP insurance made me switch to generaic, no generic for lexpro, forced to use celexa. Only been on it for 10 day, first at 40mg then up to 60mg after one week. I will be stopping today due to negative side effects. | F | 30 | 10 days 40 - 60 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 1 | anxiety, stress | could not sleep, nausia, my whole body was shaking for hours, rapid heart rate, dry mouth, scared, feeling nervous, crying, hot hands and feet, felt like i had to go to the ER | The first night i took this medication i had all of the side affects right away. i am taking Xanax .25mg and the doctor recommended to switch me over to Celexa 20mg. The way my body reacted to this medication was unbelievable. My body could not stop shaking i thought i was going to have a seisure, i had to take Xanax to stop shaking. The next day i still felt very nausiated, did not want to eat, i was crying most of the day, this stuff was making me nutts. I dont know how anyone could take this medication, i have never felt this badly ever in my life as i did with this medication. I will never take this stuff again. | F | 30 | 1 days | 12/8/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Loss of sexual appetite, hard to achive orgas, floppy | Horrible, Doc recomended it becuse I was stressed at work. Took the first pill and felt stoned all the time. I then cut it in half, it was a little better and then went to a fourth of a pill, 5mg for a week or so and just stopped 2 days ago. I have been lightheaded ever since.. Yawning ALL the time and just feel spacey. I quit as soon as I found out that the sexual side effects can be permanent!!!!!!!!!!!!! Canada has pulled it from the shelf and you should do some SERIOUS thinking before taking it. I want to punch that doctor. | M | 30 | 15 days | 7/25/2006 | 1 | OCD, Anxiety, CPTSD | Please think very carefully when you're considering taking these drugs. They are an outdated, 1 fits all, personality altering, life destroying nightmare. SSRI's should be illegal. I was shoved on them by the GP when I was a child and have been on and off ever since. They make you an emotionless, loveless, unmotivated Zombie unable to engage with life. I was abused as a child and THIS is my problem. Not a flipping chemical imbalance. If only someone had helped me in the way I needed then this would never have happened. I now have to spend about 6 years tapering off these drugs as the withdrawals are a disaster. Please please consider other options. Find the root cause of your suffering and wherever possible stay away from your GP's. There is so much hope out there, so much information and new evolving trauma healing by modalities. You can heal organically you just have to become your own doctor! | F | 30 | 3 days 20mg 1X day | 7/18/2023 | 1 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Lethargy, Extreme Hunger Pangs, Diarrhea. Side effects subsided quickly, but it didn't relieve my anxiety. | M | 30 | 3 months 20 | 10/17/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | Sexual disfunction | I think the reason I really did not give this drug even a remote chance was right after I started taking it I lost all sexual desire. More than that I literally could not get even rometely excited during sex. It was like I had been castrated. no feeling at all when having sex. About a week after I stopped taking the meds everything returned to normal. But it was a scary few weeks. | F | 30 | 2 months | 1/5/2009 | 1 | depression/anxiety | jaw clenching, vivid nightmares, inability to orgasm, zero sex drive, insomnia | did not help with my depression/anxiety, could not handle the side effects | F | 30 | 3 months | 10/19/2007 | 5 | depression | No problems getting out of bed but it's hard to actually wake up. No appetite in the morning and even the most bland foods make me nauseous. Have started chewing on my nails. I feel a little spacey but not too bad. My heart has been pounding off and on and it is at these times I find myself having a hard time concentrating. | I have never been on antidepressants before because I was one of those lucky people who didn't need them. A break up that should have just been sad and confusing got messy and I found myself not feeling like myself. Completely out of control. Crying at my desk at work. I started Celexa two days ago and I've already noticed I'm sleeping better and feel a little more even. My sad thoughts aren't pushing me over the edge and I'm getting my work done and my house clean and myself fed. I am concerned that this has affected my appetite in a negative way since I've already had a problem with that. And the jaw grinding- I have suffered from stress related TMJ in the past. So far I haven't had that problem but it does worry me a bit. Overall, though, I think this is going to be a good thing and will help me get through the holidays and dreary winter. | F | 29 | 2 days | 11/8/2006 | 5 | Depression and Anxiety | Dry Mouth | I've been taking celexa for 5 years and I am SO grateful! I feel like a happier, friendlier me and I want to stay that way :) | F | 29 | 5 years | 3/13/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and panic attacks | Mainly vivid dreams, loss of libido, difficulty sleeping. | This drug has been extremely helpful with reoccuring panic attacks and anxiety. | F | 29 | 1.5 years 15 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 5 | depression | limited | better than prozac and wellbutrin both of which it reid and had terrible side effects | F | 29 | | 8/20/2001 | 5 | binge eating and ocd | loss of appetite; severe insomnia; some night sweats | Prior to starting CELEXA I had a binge eating problem that seemed to be growing increasingly worse. I've been very healthy and thin my entire life so the whole binge eating problem was surprising and seemed to come out of no where. I knew I needed help and was put on Celexa. It's completely curbed any desire to binge eat and has actually supressed my appetite completely. I'm curious to see how long it lasts... | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 11/22/2005 | 5 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Loss in Sexual Desire. Weight gain. | 6 months ago my insurance switched to the generic version. After about a month I was suicidal, a week and 1/2 after switching back to Celexa I was myself again. I've tried Zoloft, Serzone and tricyclic anti-depressants but Celexa is the most effective in that it doesn't make me feel like a zombie. I have feeling/emotions but not the depths of depression. Unfortunately the sexual side effects are severe but after experimenting with other drugs, I couldn't find anything that would restore the sexual desire. | F | 29 | 8 years | 8/6/2006 | 4 | post partum depression | I really did not have any side effects starting up. It was such an improvement in my life compared to the depressed state that I was in. After about 6 months I started realizing that I was not taking the medication for being depressed any more but I was taking it for life ups and downs. My doctor first tried to put me on a lower dose of a different medication and it made me a little loopy and I had to switch back to celexa. I finally weaned myself off and a couple of weeks after my last dose started taking a long acting form of St. John's Wort.(St. John's wort and Celexa do not mix and you need at least two weeks before moving from one to the other) It is definately not as strong and I am forced to deal with life's ups and downs the old fashioned way but I am getting there. As for celexa, if you need it take it. It really saved me in a awful time that I would never wish on any one. Take your time to get off and if you still need it just don't stop, your life is worth more t | F | 29 | 8 months | 1/2/2007 | 4 | bipolar/borderline | F | 29 | 6 years 30mg | 3/20/2012 | 4 | Depression | Weight gain tiredness loss of sex drive | This medication helped the depression more than any other medication I have tried. I felt normal, like I could deal with life and the negative thought processes stopped. I stopped taking it though because of the weight gain. Even exercising daily and counting calories I could not lose it. It bothered me enough that I stopped taking the celexa to try something else. If nothing else helps I will come back to the celexa. | F | 29 | 1.5 years 20mg 1X day | 3/23/2012 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Trouble sleeping at first. Decease in sexual desire and climax. | F | 29 | 6 months | 4/18/2001 | 4 | Depression | Loss of libido and ability to orgasm, weight loss, vivid dreams, sleep changes | Celexa really helped me recover from depression. After a week I went from severe depression to mild and was eventually symptom free. I actually like the side effects EXCEPT for the sexual ones. Now that I am in a serious relationship I am quitting celexa b/c of the sexual side effects and switching to Wellbutrin | F | 29 | 2 years | 11/9/2006 | 4 | GAD and slight depression | Jittery brain, hands shaking, sweating palms, overal fog for first few hours after taking the pill. The drugged feeling is wearing off now on day 3. | I'm only on day three right now but felt I should add my experience here. Day 1 was 20 mg and I took it in the am as my doctor said it might keep me up if ZI took it later in the day. I was shaky, jittery, palm sweating, dry mouth and very foggy. That night the drug was wearing off a bit and I started to feel good. Sleeping night one was terrible...my mind felt a little stimulated and it was wondering all night. I reduced my dose by 1/2 to 10mg day 2 and was even worse, but I did start to feel the claming effect of this drug even though it was only day 2. I took the medication both day 1 and 2 without havin eaten first and on day 3 I feel the same effects but not nearly as exaggerated since I ate breakfast before taking 10mg. I hope next week all these side effects wear off / calm down b/c even though all these effects suck, I think the drug is going to work help my anxiety and contstant worrying about nothing all the time. I hope I can begin to concentrate better. | F | 29 | 3 days | 11/2/2006 | 4 | depression | sleepiness, decreased libido, difficulty reaching orgasm | F | 29 | 4 weeks | 6/13/2005 |