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 | could NOT tolerate prozac | None. | Celexa/Citalopram was prescribed as a replacement for Prozac. For me, Prozac was an F- while Celexa/Citalopram was an A+ | F | 55 | 1 years | 4/29/2008 | 5 | menopause induced depression | none | Symptoms attributed to depression turned out to be caused by my menopause. No more night sweats. No more hot flushes. No more weepiness or sadness. My doc said other menopausal patients have had the same results. I take no hormone therapy. Just celexa. | F | 55 | 3 years | 12/27/2008 | 5 | depression | dizziness,yawning | I was unable to function I was so depressed. Now after two months I am able to do all of the things (inside and outside of work) that I am accustomed to doing. I am able to laugh again. | F | 55 | 60 days | 6/18/2002 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy & Depression | No side effects | Not as good for peripheral Neuropathy as Effexor, but not side effects | F | 55 | 6 weeks | 7/22/2002 | 5 | anxiety, insomnia | Sleepiness (took before bedtime to address this), some minor discomfort during first week of taking it as I adjusted to it then went away. | Great drug for me. Took 2-3 weeks to kick in but worked well. Relieved my terrible anxiety which in turn allowed me to sleep. Took an hour before bed as it made me sleepy. Put my mind into a calmer state but not overly so. Took for 2 years and weaned off over 2 week period with only minor discomfort. Took 20mg for year 1 and 10mg during year 2. | M | 55 | 2 years 20 1X day | 5/6/2016 | 5 | Anxiety | Severe dizziness and anxiety, unable to function but I stuck with it and now have no anxiety and am able to return to work and feel like myself again. Please stick with it. Getting off it is another story. I have tried. I’m resigned to this but I’ll take it. | Do NOT go off this medication without doctor supervision. It made me suicidal. | F | 55 | 16 days 20 1X day | 7/19/2022 | 5 | depression/suicidal thoughts | none - no dizziness, no thirst, no anything other than I immediately felt better after two days @ 20mg per day. Have been taking roughly 3 years now. My doctor said not to worry if I need to continue. | Like so many others, truly saved my life. I tried weaning down but it seems everytime I do, the brain kicks out, stress arrives bigtime, tension ,nerves, etc, oh yes, no sleep, maybe 3 interupted hours a night. | M | 55 | 3 years | 2/8/2007 | 4 | Depression, hypersensitivity | Celexa is a good drug, but I have had some minor but worrisome memory problems since I started taking it. They're noticeable to others...I'm a teacher, and have a harder time recalling the last names of my 150 students (30 in 5 classes per day). A little bit of aphasia, reaching for words...for those of us who make our livings with language, this can be scary. I've had trouble finding literature on short term memory loss as a side effect. Does anyone have any information on this? | F | 55 | 2 years | 7/17/2004 | 4 | anxiety, sleep problems | Some weight gain, delayed orgasms (a good thing!) | Works well but clips off emotional highs and lows. Withdrawal symptons are unpleasant (mostly vertigo). It took me 3 months to taper from 20mg to 0. | M | 55 | 2 years | 9/19/2004 | 4 | anxiety and depression | Sleepiness. More anxiety first week, then that tapered off. Some of the generics gave me nausea. | This is a really great drug if you have combined anxiety and depression because it does not make you hyper. It can make you sleepy though so I take it at night before I go to bed. This makes me much less foggy in the morning. I have been taking it for 3 years and I think I will probably take much longer because I couldn't function without it. | F | 55 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 4 | bipolar disorder | 20 lb weight gain in 8 months | I had severe depression and suicidal thoughts for years. However, since taking Celexa I have felt free of any depression symptoms. It may be worth the weight gain. | F | 55 | 8 months | 9/5/2009 | 4 | anxiety | none | Taken with wellbutrin. Reduced anxiety and depression episodes | M | 55 | 4 years | 1/23/2009 | 4 | depression, anxiety | Dizziness, balance issues but withdrawal is the big. I have been taking a very small dose, 10mg daily for years and I feel normal enough to take it for years to come. My dog bites people so a couple years ago I started giving him 20mg of my 30mg prescription. It helps him a lot. My husband is also on it, has no dizziness. He takes 40mg a day. With my husband I can tell if he has skipped a couple days of medication, he gets aggitated, anxious but he doesn't seem to notice. I have tried to cut back on my dosage and after feeling light headed, dizzy I decided it wasn't worth it. With my dog I began to wonder if was helping him so over the course of a month I weaned him off of it. He seemed alright. We were on a walk and he bit a girl running by and I wondered about the celexa withdrawal but decided it was probably my fault, and then a week later another bite! I put him back on celexa just in case. I think it tones down the aggression but mostly we are all staying on celexa because getting | My prescription was written by a psychiatrist. I think psychiatrists are necessary when you are treating depression until you find what works stick with them, they need to evaluate your progress. | F | 55 | 12 years | 2/24/2009 | 3 | generralized anxiety/depression | nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, pins and needles, burning skin sensation | I have been on 20mg of celexa for 15 years with no problem. After a very stressful year, panic attacks reoccurred and I upped my dose to 30mg. Anxiety is now slightly reduced, but side effects are worrying me. | F | 55 | 5 days 30 1X day | 6/3/2014 | 1 | Depression | Got up feeling angry. Shaking, very nervous. This sucks. | F | 55 | 10 days 40 mg | 3/5/2017 | 1 | abc | M | 55 | 47 days 30 1X day | 10/21/2010 | 1 | anxiety | sweating,racing thoughts,detatched,didn't to engage in conversation, low appetite, shaking, | i was on this drug for 12 weeks and posted some months ago, after coming off cold turkey, which i now know i shouldn't have, 8 months on still experiencing discontinuation syndrome, although getting weaker it is still annoying. I have found lot of sites with information but i wondered why some people have none or very little withdrawal symptoms and other's have a difficult time. Please read the following it may be because this drug deplete's certain vitamins in the body: Coming off Anti-depressants (SSRI's) needs to be done gradually. Drugs alter body chemistry and it wise to let the body become accustomed to any fall in chemical stimulation. However, if symptoms begin to reassert themselves this is often interpreted as the 'depression' returning. In such cases, most patients continue taking the drugs. They are unaware that depression is a condition requiring time to grow. It creeps up over a period of months, or even longer. It is not instant. The problem with stopping anti-depressants (SSRI's) appears to be a build up of a chemical residue in the body. Components of the anti-depressants lodge themselves in muscles and organs such as the kidney and liver and can take several months to disappear. In the meantime they can still actively enter the bloodstream and mimic the drug's action. As the effect fades any withdrawal symptoms will repeat themselves. But the body is responding to a toxic residue from the drug rather than re-entering a state of clinical depression. | F | 55 | 12 weeks 20mg 1X day | 2/9/2012 | 5 | depression, dysthymia | sexual disfunction, fatigue, insomnia | M | 54 | 2 years | 5/13/2004 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Since my last post, every side effects dissapeared except for difficult orgasm! Going from 20 mg to 10 mg did it seemingly.I almost quit and I don't regret waiting for the second week for the side effects to vanish. | I fing nothing extraordinary about Celexa so far. But I must admit that some depression clearing is evident now and then: more periods of positive thinking. I must state that my depression is very situational. Will comme come back in 2 weeks to report for a 1 month wrap up. | M | 54 | 15 days | 8/1/2006 | 4 | Bipolar_1 (depressive symptoms) GAD | Reduced libido. Anorexia. Memory problems that i had both before and after starting this med. Maintaining focus on task at hand. | I had previously experienced an acute and severe manic episode on Desvenlafaxine. Warning: if you have Bipolar 1 be wary of Desfenlafaxine! Avoid alcohol. >> Was then switched to SSRI WITHOUT Noradrenergic effects >> Ciprazoloam-GA (Celexa) =much better for me. Reduced depression and also bonus of some reduction in GAD symptoms. | M | 54 | 30 days 20 1X day | 12/17/2012 |