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 | depression | nothing much, particularly when compared to Aropax | I was on 60mg for about 8 weeks after coming off Aropax. I ended up the worst I have ever been. I now take 20mg in combination with 150mg of Desipramine. Citalopram apparently increases levels of desipramine by about 50%. | F | 24 | 4 months | 9/29/2001 | 2 | depression | inability to orgasm | The only change I felt while on Celexa (good or bad) was suddenly not being able to orgasm when I have never had a problem with this before. The problem started immediately upon starting the drug & stopped (thankfully) as soon as I came off of it. | F | 24 | 2 months | 10/20/2007 | 1 | Depression | Genital anisthesia Loss of sex drive racing thoughts Excessive weight gain Retlessness Loss of emotions Severe changes in personality | This drug literally ruined my life. To quickly sum things up. Before Celexa A smart and creative teenager with a passion for life. After Celexa Obese recluse with flat emotions and no sex drive. Ps. After taking this drug i developed a iatrogenic sexual dysfunction caused by the medication called PSSD or Post SSRI sexual dysfunction. If you have PSSD after having used an antidepressant you are welcome to join our support group at this website. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ssrisex/ | M | 24 | 4 years | 5/27/2007 | 1 | anxiety | diarrhea,intense heat flashes (skin burning) and vomiting | I took this for 4 days and had awful side effects and had to stop it. The burning skin and nausea and vomiting were too much for me to handle...and I didn't want to deal with it any longer so the doctor told me to stop taking it. | F | 24 | 4 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Insomnia, complete loss of appetite, pins and needles sensations in arms and hands, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depressive waves of thought never experienced before, irritablity, jittery, spaced out, feeling out of control | Antidepressants do seem to help some people and benefits apparently do not show until a few weeks but the side effects were completely intolerable for me, Gave me worse anxiety than I had ever experienced before and worrying depressive thoughts. For me these were not the answer... it also worries me that doctors don't even understand properley how they work. | F | 24 | 6 days | 11/12/2009 | 1 | anxiety | Hair loss, vison haze, heart palps, lazy | This was the start of my downfall i lost all my hair from it and lost my life slowly avoid this crap as its led me down a path of destruction | M | 24 | 3 months 40 | 10/2/2015 | 1 | had a baby | When I go off celexa Im irritabie,and my headake is sooooooo bad I have too take my pills,I dont kuow how long it will last but a week was way more then enough..... | Bad,bad,bad i can not stop taking celexa,I get way too sick.Im at the point were I dont even know if I need too be on it.I dont know what too do,I hate it soooooooo much,never ever take this DRUG ever never never! | F | 24 | 4 years | 8/2/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Difficulty concentrating, zombie-like feeling, teeth grinding, difficulty sleeping, increased anxiety, constantly on edge | I cannot deal with the side effects of this drug...i suffer from GAD and this stuff is making it even worse. I feel like i am stoned all the time and i wake up sweating in the middle of the night. My doc says it takes up to a month for the side effects to go away but that is just too much time. I am not depressed but this zombie like feeling is starting to make me that way so i'm going back to xanax. | M | 24 | 1 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | forgot to mention that i took xanax .25 mg twice a day for 2 days prior to starting the celexa and my anxiety all but disappeared. after a week on celexa 20 mg i feel like i am losing my mind and anxiety has completely returned. DO NOT take celexa for anxiety!!! | M | 24 | 1 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 1 | postpartum depression | Panic attack (felt like a heart attack), severe dry mouth, severe dizziness, nausea and shaking. | I was a new mom going through the blues, and was put on celexa.7 days after taking, I just woke up one morning very dizzy and then everything happened so fast-could not walk and I thought I was dying of a heart attack.I called an ambulance and thought that would be the last time I would see my baby.Celexa is the worst thing that has ever happened to me.All of that and they just call it side effects!!??Be careful. | F | 24 | 7 days | 12/16/2005 | 5 | Depression, anxiety | none | Celexa has helped me a lot. It gave me the push I needed to change my life, and I have never felt this good. | F | 23 | 1.5 years | 3/20/2007 | 5 | Depression | For first few weeks yawning, drowsiness, dry mouth, nausea - all stopped within a few weeks. Still sleep more than I used to but i dont get drowsiness if i take it in the afternoon or evening. | It has helped me so much. I was severely depressed when I started taking it and it made me feel better within a few weeks like i was coming out of a black hole, but as the months went on I felt better and better and have realised I was depressed for a lot longer than I thought. I had forgotten what it was like to feel normal, and this drug has made me feel normal again - which is wonderful. It hasnt numbed my feelings, but I am now a happy person with positive thoughts and rational emotions and feel i can cope very well when i couldnt cope at all before. | F | 23 | 8 months | 3/11/2004 | 5 | depression | The initial week I'd wake up at night just totally wired and uncomfortable, grinding teeth and tossing and turning. It felt pretty terrible but I stuck it out. Side effects went away fast but these past few weeks I'm starting to notice I have no sex drive and early-waking insomnia again. | Within a week of starting this drug my boyfriend said I was definitely becoming more cheerful. It's nice to have someone else monitoring my behavior because I usually have troubles recognizing when I'm declining/improving... I might have gone off it and I'm glad I got the first weeks over. Now if I forget to take them for 2 days or so MAN you can tell. It's a good drug for me, when I was on Prozac I felt so "leveled out" that I had no highs and lows but with Celexa I feel like myself... good sense of humor, happy, interested, still capable of experiencing frustration but I can work through it. Unfortunately now I'm having early waking insomnia and I haven't wanted to get it on in weeks. Crud. :/ Hoping those two things are related to something else but I suspect the drug... | F | 23 | 5 months 10 MG 1X day | 4/19/2011 | 5 | Anxiety | Headaches when increasing doses | F | 23 | 3 years 40mg | 5/13/2016 | 5 | Mild depression after major injury | None | After a major injury I was reluctant to 'get up and go' on a daily basis. I was emotional at small things and for no reason. After Citalopram I am a very level realistic and optimistic person, I have tried a couple of times to come off of it thinking I don't need it with no problem addiction-wise, however I go back to being emotional and feel like I am a better person for all around me when I take it :) | F | 23 | 1 years 20mg | 5/9/2017 | 5 | OCD, anxiety. | drowsiness, lethargy, but no notable changes in sex. strange fr a ssri. | miracle drug for anxiety. i take it with wellbutrin, and i feel more more relaxed and less impulsive. | M | 23 | 1 months | 1/3/2010 | 5 | I was very depressed. | Decreased libido for a while, but it eventually went away. | I took Celexa for depression about 3 or 4 years ago when I was 18-19. At first, it stopped me from my bouts of random crying but I still felt depressed. I told my therapist the medication was just "masking" my depression. But eventually and gradually, my depression went away with Celexa and weekly meetings with a therapist. I was on the medication for a couple years before I went off it. | F | 23 | 2 years | 12/29/2007 | 5 | Anxiety,panic,Bipolar & depression | Nausea the first week, itching, yawning. Trouble sleeping and apathy towards food. | Fantastic drug for me.Stopped the horrible thoughts & mood swings,lifted mood greatly, anxiety level very low now and less social phobia.Only been on 20mg for two weeks!!Kicked in straight away!Have not been so well in years! Will keep you updated. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 3/22/2008 | 4 | Depression | None | I took this for just over six years after I had a seizure on Prozac. It was really good, improved my mood (it definitely didn't cure me, but I was able to live my life) and no side effects. Eventually the effect of the drug seemed to wear off, but I got a good 6 years out of it! Am now on venlafaxine which I haven't reacted to as well. | F | 23 | 6 years | 2/17/2009 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | In the beginning I had nausea, drowsiness, and bruxism. I took a half tablet for a month then upped it back to 20mg. Side affects have (mostly) disappeared. | I was skeptical about this medication at first, but after about 6 weeks, my panic attacks went down a lot. I'm very happy with the results so far. | F | 23 | 2 months 20mg 1X day | 9/19/2010 |