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 | Depression | I began taking Celexa first thing in the morning. It gave me great anxiety, a feeling of dizziness, shaky hands, slight nausea, sleeplessness at night with sleepiness during the day, and extreme cotton mouth. I decided to take it at night to see if side effects remained. I had slight sleeplessness at night for about a month afterwards. And more than two years after taking the drug I still have cottonmouth - so I cary breath mints or gum to combat it. The other side effects disappeared after a week of taking it at night. | I still take it at night. I was on it for two years at 20mg/day and it suddenly stopped working. This is often referred to as "prozac poop-out". I was prescribed 40mg/day instead. For about two weeks I was unable to sleep. After the initial two weeks my depression went away and I'm felt normal again. I can function on this drug. I have normal range of emotions. I anticipate having another "prozac poop-out" in the future, but for now this drug works, and it's saved my life. :) | F | 28 | 2.5 years 40mg 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 5 | Depression and Severe Anxiety | A little nausea and some tiredness the 1st week taking it, but then it went away. | The 1st week I noticed a big difference in my mood. Started having more energy again, and by the 2nd week I felt back to my normal self. I used to be afraid to take an anti depressant because of horror stories I've heard or read about, making people worse or hurting people, but I was feeling so down and miserable I felt I had no choice but to try it. I'm so glad I did because I'm finally living my normal life again. | F | 28 | 2 months 10 mg 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 5 | depression, ptsd, boarderline | none | Great Drug! I had no side efects | F | 28 | 3 years | 4/28/2003 | 5 | bipolar II, anxiety, panic attacks | No bad side effects noted | I love this drug. I am on celexa (30mg) as part of my crazy-cocktail. I've tried 3 different antidepressants, but celexa is by far my favorite. It is the only drug that both worked and did not zombify me. On Celexa, I can still cry, be extaticaly happy, get angry, laugh.... be the motional person i really love. No more cutting, no more anger outbursts/crying fits, no more thought of suicide, no more (unjustified) feelings of guilt... In otherwords, i feel myself and not the medicine. of course, every drug is different for everyone, but i do suggest you try it if you haven't | F | 28 | 2 months | 5/29/2008 | 5 | Depression | The first few weeks were tuff: fatigued couldn't stay awake, shaking, depression, no motivation stayed in my home constantly, lowered appetite, felt like my brain was growing, one morning I even felt so weird n bad I hit my knees n prayed feeling I was about to die. I quit due to later gaining about 20 lbs and nothing I did excercise or watching what I ate was making a difference | Finally after about 3 weeks I awoke to a brighter day! Felt more normal than I had in all my life. Was excercising early in the morning when I'd never gotten up early before! I was running n the evening, smiling, laughing, things didn't get to me as bad, people couldn't help but just smile and laugh with the new me! | F | 28 | 4 months | 12/6/2009 | 5 | anxiety, depression | the most noticeable was incredibly vivid dreams. i also felt like i was literally watching/feeling the drug untangle my emotions/etc. i didn't notice any sexual side effects, and i actually lost some weight bc it was harder to eat on the drug- food was not so appealing and my sense of taste seemed slightly altered. it wasn't much weight at all, and i'm a pretty light eater in the first place. | i started at the lowest recommended dose and started to feel better immediately. unfortunately i started therapy while taking this drug, and my therapist turned abusive, and i became ashamed, and long story short i stopped taking it and seeing *any* doc for about 6 mos. until i could face it. over that time i had slowly been increased on the dose by my pcp bc the results were so encouraging. i think the higher dose was a mistake, or it could have just been the circumstance, but eventually i just numbed out and so i stopped taking it. | F | 28 | 1 years | 12/22/2009 | 4 | Depression | Nausea, dry heaves, diarrhea, delayed reaction time | All of the side effects I experienced subsided within 4 days. I started on 10 mg and am now up to 20. This medicine has helped me so much. I don't think I knew just how depressed I was until it kicked in. I feel great. | F | 28 | 7 days 20 1X day | 7/14/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | Mild fatigue, mild dizziness, and difficulty reaching orgasm. After the 5th day all of that went away, sex was great! | M | 28 | 7 days 20 mg | 5/19/2014 | 4 | depression | F | 28 | 1 days 40 mg | 11/4/2014 | 4 | major depression/anxiety disorders | dry mouth (not bad and not consistent)sexual side-effects: orgasms very rare | not a complete solution to my problems, worked much better for anxiety symptoms than depression; sex side-effects can be frustrating, but overall MUCH better tolerated than Paxil or Serzone which I tried first. | F | 28 | 2 years | 4/26/2002 | 4 | anxiety;PMS | Initially on 20mgQD,I was a zombie! Almost so bad that I couldn't drive, function at work, or even think straight!My physician suggested I try 10 mg, which seemed to improve the situation,but I still exp. side effects for up to almost a month.After that I began experiencing the beneficial effects of the drug.....decr. anxiety in all areas of my life,PMS less severe, mood swings were much less frequent. I did however exp. what I would call a numbness in certain situations.Like if something sad happens, I would often find myself emotionless, which is very different that how I would normally react. Libido was affected slightly....took longer to reach orgasm. Would sometimes zone out about a half hour after taking the drug. Occasional dizziness and excessive fatigue.....definite slowing of metabolism with some weight gain. | I believe I may be at a point where I can begin weaning myself off of the drug. I am at a stable, established place in my life and am thinking about the possibility of children. I made the mistake of trying to stop the drug cold turkey and had a horrible experience......I thought being on only 10 mgQD would not cause such a problem.....symptoms included nausea, dizziness, irritability, inability to think or speak clearly, chills, aches,and what felt like a head rush, occuring more frequently the longer I was off the drug. I also made the mistake of approaching my PCP about this and his response was..... | F | 28 | 3 years | 4/14/2005 | 4 | depression, anxiety | some weight gain, sleeplessness. if i miss multiple doses, i get brain shocks, like the some other people said. also, if i skip, i get headache and upset stomach and very crabby. i guess thats withdrawal... | i started gradually, from 10 to 20 to 40 to 60. 60 is working. i was originally diagnosed as bipolar by a different doc and given lamictal. i had to wean myself off of that and start this. the difference is drastic. it saved me. | F | 28 | 6 months | 3/20/2008 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | Exsessive sweating, very vivid and disturbing dreams, brain zaps if i forget to take it. | Dont like the side effects but its better than being depressed and anxious, this has calmed me down a great deal. | F | 28 | 2 years | 3/20/2008 | 4 | Anxiety (SAD) | Constant yawning, dry mouth, insomnia, diarhea, stoned feeling, lethargic | This medication is really helping so far. The side effects are not too bad. I am taking 20 mg now. My main concern is waking up throughout the night. I am going to continue taking Celexa for a few more weeks to see if my sleep cycle corrects itself. I would recommend Celexa for anxiety. I tried Ativan previously without any relief. | F | 28 | 7 days | 9/25/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | Late day headaches 3-4 times/week | I was terrified to take an anti-depressant but after 5 months on Celexa I don't think I ever want to go back to not taking it! I can sleep again instead of thinking about work or other stressful stuff at night. I don't cry all the time. I don't pick fights with my boyfriend. I don't feel like a zombie. I still have emotions - just not the violent unhappy reactions to things. SO glad to have found this stuff!! | F | 28 | 5 months | 5/21/2007 | 4 | Work stress, anxiety | Increased anxiety within a few hours of taking it. Insomnia for a few days. At first I had a big increase in sex drive, then it went to non-existent. Difficult to climax. Gained 17 lbs in 3 months. | I was on Celexa when I was 21 until I was 24. I went back on it at 28 because of work stress. I think it helped but I had to take Klonopin the first week I was on it to sleep at night. Switched jobs to get away from stress and psych doc said I could go off it. Tapered down to 10 mg a day for a month just in case and then quit. Withdrawals weren't as bad second time coming off it. I'm having stress and anxiety again now because of external factors. I don't want to go back on it because of the insomnia issues and weight gain. Plus I'm just starting to get my sex drive back. I've only been experiencing the anxiety and symptoms for a week, so I'm hoping I rebound without it. I have been taking a lot of B vitamins and fish oil. It does help with PMS if you experience that. | F | 28 | 3 months | 6/23/2007 | 4 | panic attacks, anxiety | At the start the typical symptoms, I feel very strange, anxiety, problems to sleep. During the treatment ejaculatory delay, lack of desire... sexual disfunctions. | With the anxiety and panic attacks it was amazing, all dissapeared, I've started with 20mg, one month, up to 30mg the 2nd. | M | 28 | 1.2 years | 10/18/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | Loss of appetite. no matter how little I eat, I have to go to restroom soon after. Medicine does calm my anxiety but also adds drowsiness so I started taking later in evenings. With all medicines as such, apathy is a side effect I'm not too happy to have... Go figure | F | 28 | 4 days 5mg | 10/14/2012 | 4 | Depression | Extreme sleepiness/a feeling of being | F | 28 | 365 days | 9/7/2004 | 4 | anxiety | Increased anxiety the first few weeks, start out REALLY LOW ON THIS, don't take 20 or 40 to start out with or it may cause panic, insomnia the first few weeks, rapid heartbeat at first and really sleepy during the day. All side effects have subsided in week 3 except it takes marathon sessions to have orgasmn | Great drug for anxiety, but you need to keep positive thoughts going simulataneously. DO NOT START OUT ON A FULL DOSE OR YOU WILL HATE THE DRUG. See if your doc will give you 10 Klonopin to help you sleep the first week or so. Otherwise the insomnia may kick in. Be patient with the drug...works good, just has some nasty side effects in the beginning. | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 12/23/2006 |