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 |
| 2 | severe depression, anxiety, cutting | I experienced an INTENSE urge to constantly cut myself. I was taking it to STOP cutting myself yet it made me want to do it ALL the time. I also got increased anxiety and the urge to hurt others as well. My depression felt no different. It may work for some people, just didn't work for me. | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 4/5/2007 | 2 | Anxiety | Exaggerated startle response, getting startled by everything, even expected noises. | Tried this as an alternative to Paxil due to sexual side effects and weight gain. Did not work for me at all even at 60mg, quickly slid back into anxiety and panic. | F | 25 | 6 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 2 | Depression, PTSD | YAWNING constantly! Frequent headaches (several times a week), drowsy, increased appetite, feel like I'm in a fog all the time, work productivity is way down, feel generally less intelligent (don't really track conversations, hard time grasping concepts, can't find the right words to express myself, etc), difficulty falling asleep but once I do I sleep more than I should (sometimes as much as 12 hours), apathetic, night sweats, mood swings. | It's hard to say whether or not this drug is helping my depression. I don't really feel as acutely depressed but I also feel kind of out of it and numb. | F | 25 | 6 weeks | 4/30/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Tired, jaw clenching, sweating, headaches, nausea, depression, angry, no sex drive at all, tired but CANNOT sleep. Excessive yawning, dizzy, foggy, blurred vision, weight gain, dry cotton mouth. Posture as gotten bad. Body aches, feel sick all of the time. | I didn't worry about house cleaning, bills, work, anything. All of my worries were gone! Ooops! Still have to pay the bills, still have to clean the house, but it didn't bother me. I gained weight, so I felt depressed now, which wasn't worth the trade. I went off of celexa about 2 weeks ago and it has been terrible! Dizzy, unclear thinking, headaches, nausea, day dreaming, body aches, chills, cold hands and feet, numb fingers. Very strange. Has anyone experienced this? | F | 25 | 3 months | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | YAWNING, YAWNING, YAWNING! It went away after about 3 or 4 weeks. My head felt like it was floating. Headaches, nausea, very tired. No sex drive. Loss of appetite in beginning, but gradually gained a huge appetite along with a lot of weight. | I had lost over fifty pounds and maintained that weight for about 3 years until I started celexa (citalopram) 20mg. Now I have gained back about 20-25 pounds and cannot drop it. I went off of Celexa about 3 weeks ago. WOW!! Major dizzy spells, sick, HEADACHES!!! I hate this crap. I would never recommend it. I'm going to therapy now, trying to control my anxiety that way. My therapist is checking my hormone levels to make sure they are where they should be. I get anxiety about 2 weeks prior to my period. I get headaches, leg ahces, and very cranky until I start my period each month. My poor husband and kids. They must think I'm nuts! =) I'm guessing it's hormonal. For anyone thinking about going on something for anxiety or depression or anything else, please go to the right type of Doctor. Go to a specialist..... a therapist. I'm feeling a lot better just being off that crazy drug. | F | 25 | 4.5 months | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Depression | Hair line gone back, hair fell out in bunchs, sweaty, slow, manic, weight, anger, paranoia, psychotic, vision issues, sick feeling, low motivations, immume system shock, lazy, delusions way to many | This rubbish is what made me lose my mind I ended up walking out on a job cause this stuff made me so crazy Dont go near SSRIs rubbish stuff made my scalp sore to total crap led to mw using crap rogaine hair foam utter trash avoid this damages organs I over dosed sometimes also never take it lightly please | M | 25 | 3 months 40MG | 12/22/2015 | 1 | depression | BLEEDINg!!!! stomach pancreas vaginal | A good friend of mine had a massive cerebrial bleed and died while taking this drug. After all the problem I had with it I could have warned him about this. I am WARNING you now don't take it. It may be fine for some people and not others like him it is too late when you are dead I urge you find some other way to deal leave the drugs in the store. | F | 25 | 4 years | 9/3/2008 | 5 | Social anxiety, OCD | Some lethargy, sleeplessness, nausea, difficulty to reach orgasm, general anxiety. | I've suffered from anxiety related disorders my entire life. I'm pretty sure it has a purely genetic origin as I have not suffered through traumatic events prior to developing these disorders. When I was 2.5 years old my mother remembered me reacting unusual to normal situations. Officially I have been diagnosed with OCD and Avoidant Personality Disorder, which is an extreme case of Social Anxiety. After intensive research for 2 months into solutions I asked my psychiatrist to prescribe me a SSRI (anti-depressiva). She prescriped me Citalopram (generic) 20 mg. I had a response after about 3 days. Anxiety was still mostly present though. Side-effects weren't too bad, occasional lethargy, bouts of insomnia, some general anxiety, nausea and inorgasmia. Most of them subsides after a few weeks. After 3 weeks of 20 mg I asked to be put on 40 mg. This dose worked even better, I felt even more secure and less anxiety in all kinds of situations. If I had to put it into a figure, | M | 24 | 2 months | 8/21/2008 | 5 | Major depression/schizophrenia | Yawning, Tiredness, Groggyness, Detatchment from reality, Dizzyness, Migraines. All in the first 2 weeks only. | Celexa has given me my life back. Without it I am a horrible, depressed, manic person. I only had a few side effects in the beginning (like first 2 weeks), after that I was fine. Though if I miss a single pill - all hell breaks loose. I get anxious, agitated, go in to psychotic episodes, etc. I am on 40 mg per day, and will be on Celexa for life! | F | 24 | 3 years 40 mg 1X day | 5/15/2014 | 5 | post partum depression | increased tiredness, emotional numbness | I got on Celexa 20mg after my daughter was born because I suffered intense PPD. I would cry at everything, got frustrated very easily, screamed at my hubby ALL the time, etc. A couple weeks into taking Celexa, my symptoms were GONE and they have been since! Ive been on it for about 5 months now and I cannot say enough good things about it! Im a lot more calm and even more outgoing than I used to be. Things just don't bother me like they used to before. However, I am a lot more tired than I used to be. I could sleep 9+ hours every night and still wake up feeling like I hadnt slept enough. Other than that, though, it has been great, I would recommend it. | F | 24 | 5 months | 10/12/2009 | 5 | Severe anxiety & Severe major depre | Initial side effects wore off after a couple weeks. I continue to notice brain fogginess and confusion, I've become quite forgetful and have a hard time focusing. It's quite frustrating but the medication has done me wonders. | Give it a shot, the initial side effects will go away and it will likely help a lot. I've been happier and more energised since I started taking it, it's only my mind that is a bit less sharp (adjusting my dosage to see if it helps). | F | 24 | 1 years 20 MG | 11/23/2016 | 5 | mild depression | tingly numb toes, loss of appetite, insomnia for first month | This drug has given me my life back, I was terrified to start taking it, but now I feel much better and am so grateful, this saved my relationship and has renewed my interest in life. | F | 24 | 3 months | 4/4/2005 | 5 | OCD, bipolar, anxiety, panic attack | weight gain! some tiredness and some loss of sex drive | I have been using celexa for almost a year now, but used it for two years about 3 years ago as well. Of course I tried to go without the medication, because I thought I could for a while. It isn't that I NEED it, it is just that my life has been improved dramatically by taking it. I never realized how depressed I was until I started taking it, and this was the first symptom to change. My OCD has improved by probably 35-40% at a dose of 60 milligrams. Started taking it again because of a panic attack, and have not had one since, nor any phobic thoughts associated with panic symptoms. Have taken other SSRI's and celexa has helped the most with the least amount of side-effects. When withdrawing, I had some withdrawal symptoms, but they were managable. I definately recommend this medication. | F | 24 | 3.5 years | 2/5/2005 | 5 | anxiety and panic disorder | VERY drowsy but went away within a few weeks. Loss of appetite in the beginning. | Celexa has really helped me. My doctor prescribed this to me for panic attacks and anxiety and I haven't had a panic attack since I've started taking this medication. I took it in the morning at the beginning but was very tired throughout the day so it was recommended by my pharmacist that I take it at night. So far, it has worked great for me!! | F | 24 | 5 months 20 MG 1X day | 8/24/2012 | 5 | Bipolar/Depression | so far none at all | no side effects. been threes days but been good so far | F | 24 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 5/6/2012 | 5 | depression | Standard side effects, don't even remember. When changing meds I got the same side effects again. Withdrawl. | Nervous breakdown at 16, had therapy, no meds. Second breakdown at 19 tried Zoloft. Didn't work. Tried Celexa. Works but had another breakdown 2 months ago. Definitely doesn't work for anxiety. Tried Paxil for a little while for depression and anxiety. Didn't work so I'm back on Celexa. I just deal with the anxiety. | F | 24 | 5 years | 4/2/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/panic attacks/depression | The first few weeks, my anxiety became worse. Had I not read up on celexa, I would have stopped using it immediately. I kept telling myself that it was just a side effect and to keep taking the pills daily for at least a month- I am SO thankful I did! All of a sudden during my third week on the drug, I felt relief. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd have the ability to feel "normal" and it is just terrific. Other side effects that subsided included vivid dreams and jaw clenching. My libido hasn't changed and I haven't experienced weight gain thus far. | F | 24 | 1 months 20 mg | 5/1/2013 | 5 | OCD, anxiety, depression | None | I took Celexa previously for about 2 years for depression, OCD, & anxiety. It was the first one I had found that worked for me. I had no negative side effects and it helped me greatly. I ended up going off of the pill for no reason other then wanting to be happy without an prescription drugs. I did not have any withdrawal side effects when I stopped. During this time I had also picked up a pretty heavy exercise routine, which may have helped balance me out though. Now, several years later, I am back on celexa. I started it back because of the horrible anxiety/panic attacks I was having from withdrawals from quitting Yaz. I've now been on it for about 2 weeks and it has helped me cope with all the anxiety while coming off Yaz. | F | 24 | 2 years 20 MG 1X day | 6/27/2012 | 5 | Depression and Anxiety | Very few side effects. Some teeth grinding, and occasional sleepiness. No sexual side effects, not negative ones anyway. I actually think it might help as far as that goes. | Great stuff, at least for me anyway. The only anti-depressant I ever took that did anything. I take 60mg once a day. Helped my depression a lot. Also totally cured my social anxiety. Much easier to deal with the ordinary problems of life. Too bad I didn't start taking this years ago. | M | 24 | 3 months | 1/29/2010 | 5 | OCD, anxiety, MDD. | mild drowsiness. | it's just amazing. a life-changing drug. the only one that has deleted my "chest anxiety" and worries. OCD is really really better, my life is a new one. thanks Celexa. | M | 24 | 2 weeks 60 mg. 2X day | 6/29/2010 |