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 |
| 3 | depression | weight gain of 35 pounds, extremely tired all the time, but I've been diagnosed with narcolepsy, after reading comments, maybe it's the med, lack of emotion and motivation. | Worked well for depression. | F | 27 | 3 years | 2/24/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Stress, Minor Depression | After a few weeks of taking the product my focus seemed to be a bit off and I became more and more irritable. The product does work and there were no severe side effects, but because of the irritability I had after taking the product I have tried to cut back on my dosage per the doctor's recommendations. Celexa 20mg pills/pink caplets. | M | 27 | 60 days | 6/3/2004 | 3 | depression | MAJOR weight gain!! Can't stand it! Sleepy, but Insomnia. Leg pain. loss for words, memory problems. Horrible withdrawl if I forget to take it for a few days....elecrical shock feeling through my body. did i mention i gained a TON of weight...(now i am more depressed) | it has made me easier to deal with for my family. less moody most of the time....but now i am FAT!!! | F | 27 | 3 years | 10/18/2004 | 3 | social anxiety, generalized anxiety | increased anxiety and inner restlessness | I've only been on it for 3 days but I don't think I can keep taking it for a few more weeks waiting for it to 'kick in'. I went to a restaurant on Day 3 and I felt so much inner agitation and anxiety and I felt like I could climb the walls and I wanted to run out of the restaurant and go home, the only reason I didn't was because someone else was with me and they didn't want to leave. SSRI's don't agree with me, they make me more anxious and tense physically than when I'm not on them. I was on Lexapro before and I also had a lot more anxiety and tension the whole time I was taking it - for 4 years. The constant tension and anxiety didn't go away until I weaned off of the Lexapro. | F | 27 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/28/2011 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Within an hour of taking the drug I had a BAD panic attack, for the next few days I continually had more panic attacks, not as bad as the first one though. Dizzyness, sickness, diarrhea, loosing my train of thought easily, loosing balance, apathy and euphoria all at once, and the classic zombie like state. | Took it 4 times over 5 days. On the fifth day doctor called me back said don't take it anymore and come in next week. I hear a lot of good things about this drug, maybe it was the batch I got was weird, maybe it's just my body chemistry. But apparently I'm one of the few who had an adverse reaction to it. | M | 27 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 3 | Celexa | Crazy nightmares/dreams. Insomnia. I can fall asleep but wake up every half hour. Dazed feeling. Delayed orgasm...hehe good thing. Trouble getting up in the morning, probably cause I can't sleep well. | Seems to have alleviated some anxiety but feel spacey and the nightmares and sleeping suck. Thinking about stopping it. | M | 27 | 20 days | 11/30/2006 | 3 | Depression & anxiety | Major lift in my mood. I actually was really horny on celexa lol my husband didnt mind this lol. I Did feel brain zaps & like muscle tightness. However I did stop the medication because I felt lile I was getting better & I was & overall I didnt feel like myself on this medication it made me feel different but it did het me through a hard time my life | F | 27 | 1 months 20mh | 9/22/2019 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | Anxiousness 2 hours after taking it. Nausea and diarreah got progressively worse until I vomited at my desk and had to go home after being on it for a week. | My mood has lifted tremendously but the diarreah and vomiting is a big problem. If I can't function normally, how can I enjoy my happiness? I took it 4 yrs ago and don't remember these problems. It might be that I'm on the generic. I still have a hard time getting out of bed, but once I do I'm good. I laugh more now than I have in months. It will be sad to have to change medications if these problems dont cease. | F | 27 | 8 days | 2/13/2008 | 3 | PMDD/depression/anxiety/panic | INSOMNIA, hyped up,loss of appetite, fear of dying, panic, headaches | I started having bad side effects from effexor after a stressful situation. I just tried celexa for a week and I am only taking 5mg and working my way up. But even with the very low dose, I am super anxiety, cannot workout because my system is so charge up. I have been taking colonapin at night just so i can sleep and calm my nervous system down. I hope that all of this anxiousness fades after the first couple of weeks :( | F | 27 | 1 weeks | 4/11/2007 | 3 | Depression/OCD | Tiredness, lack of energy | The OCD was assisted with celexa but I was really tired all the time. I was put on this after I had severe side effects on Paroxetine - just not the drug for me. I am trying Prozac at the moment and waiting to see if this is the drug for me | F | 27 | 1 years | 8/4/2007 | 3 | fibromyalgia (pain sleeplessness) | not until I stopped it , then withdrawal was tough!!!! | When I stopped taking it after having been on it for about 2 years I experienced dizziness, flu symptoms and near blackout episodes. I was slowly weaned off of it but even then the side effects continued for almost a month after I had stopped taking it, if you stop taking it talk to your doctor first! It can be a hard road and you may need to go slowly or start some longer acting drug like prozac near the end. | F | 27 | 2 years | 3/15/2003 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Sleepiness, Problems having an orgasm. Just didn't help my depression. Slow thought process. | Started out on 20 and that didn't help so the doc bumped me up to 40. You can kiss you orgasm goodbye on this drug. Did not help my depression at all. It did seem to help my aggression. Gave me major tics. I will just be sitting and a part of my body would jump...thought I had Tourette's Syndrome. I am weaning myself off slowly and plan to go back to zoloft. | F | 27 | 6 days | 9/14/2007 | 2 | depression | Some sleepiness, constipation, loss of sex drive. | This drug didn't really have any negative or positive effects. I'd say it slightly reduced anxiety, but overrall it really didn't do anything. | F | 27 | 1 years | 9/3/2005 | 2 | Long-term depression | Mood swings(between hypomania and depression), increased insomnia, hand tremors. | The mood swings became too much for me and i attempted suicide because i believed i would never get better. My psychiatrist increased the dosage (from 20mg/day to 30mg/day) and the modd swings have become more frequent and erratic. My depression is less severe, but it usually lifts around this time of year anyway. | M | 27 | 5 months | 6/27/2001 | 1 | pmdd/depression/anxiety | exhaustion, sluggish, mood swings, suicidal thoughts, trouble with memory | I've only been on the medication a week, but my symptoms have gotten 10x worse. I am also on lithium for bi-polar depression/anxiety etc (amazing drug), but my pmdd has been horrible so my doc prescribed me celexa. He told me I'd have sexual side effects thats it. YEAH RIGHT. I'm awake, then exhausted, then awake, then exhausted. Moody, angry, suicidal, empty, and I eat constantly. Worst drug ever | F | 27 | 7 days 20mg 1X day | 6/6/2011 | 1 | Depression | unsure | My brother took his life on day 27 of taking Celexa, 10mg's daily. He was going through a shameful addiction and in therapy for it when he committed suicide. I encourage you all to seek counseling along with your drug treatment and to stay honest with your friends and family about how you are feeling. There is always hope and you CAN get through this. www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_ID=705F9F6A-F141-B5EB-C8A6B86CA0B2001E | M | 27 | 27 days 10mg 1X day | 8/22/2010 | 1 | Depression | Awful dreams every night, and lots of sweating. | After two weeks of taking this medicine, I could not take the dreams I was having on a nightly basis - usually about animals like snakes and other horrible creatures. I was switched over to Wellbutrin and have been happy ever since. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 11/27/2005 | 1 | anxiety | Hallucinations - voilent aggresive hostile aggitation. Celexa is just plain bad medicine. | Threatend people with a knife and had to be rushed to the E.R. where the doctors thought that my behavior was all because of me and I got admmited to a psych-ward. Thanks a lot Celexa ! | F | 27 | 1 days | 11/11/2004 | 1 | Depression | apathy, lack of motivation, worsened depression, suicidal thoughts, numbness | Had been taking Wellbutrin XL for years when my new doctor decided to try me on Celexa to help with recent anxiety. Boy, was THIS a mistake! My old psychiatrist told me that I do NOT support the SSRIs well, so it's partially the fault of my new doctor for not listening to me when I told him this and prescribing it anyway. As with Prozac, Celexa first made me completely numb and apathetic to the point of not functioning enough to get out of bed. I've had to miss work time because of this medicine, and now that I am coming off of it, I have been so suicidal and have a depression that I haven't had for YEARS (Wellbutrin is AMAZING, kept me out of depression). I'm going back on wellbutrin XL and strongly suggest that people approach taking Celexa with caution. If I didn't have a good support system I would have certainly killed myself because of this drug. | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 5/11/2008 | 1 | Depression | after the first hour my face went numb, i could not focus my eyes or stand straight. very dizzy, felt the "drunk" feeling. could not make a concious decision.called the Dr, said do not take anymore!spaced out feeling for several days after. | not recommended | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/2/2007 |