CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (1099 Ratings)

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CELEXA  (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE):  Citalopram is used to treat depression. It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being. Citalopram is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-07-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 1  depression severe nausea and diarrhea. i was completely exhausted and sleeping all the time. i was too tired to even eat, even if i had had an appetite at all. i realize i was not on this medication long enough to really reap any benefits from it. the side effects were just too severe for me to tolerate. i'm now switching to something different. F 30 2 weeks
3/21/2001
 2  Depression and anxiety When missing even a single dose, I would feel weird feeling in my head similar to electrical jolts. Things like moving my eyes to one side, sudden thought coming to mind or turnig my head seemed to provoke them. Besides, my sex drive dropped and I could have erection. Didn't seem to make any impact on how I feel. Just like taking dummy pills. M 25 3 months
40 1X day
6/2/2017
 2  depression Sexual anesthesia, sexual indifference, mild drowsiness, erectile dysfunction Very effective for anxiety relief (causes emotional anesthesia, which is very helpful in severe depression/anxiety). Celexa was just one of several ssris I took. They left me with complete loss of sexual pleasure even after coming off of them. Please, look up Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction before starting these medications. M 37 3 months
20-40 mg 1X day
12/4/2016
 2  Depression and anxiety Dry mouth,insomnia,drugged feeling, no appetite, lost 12 lbs since on it. Still have some depression. If I knew how bad a would feel I would not have started it. M 70 2 weeks
10mg
4/4/2016
 2  Depression/anxiety Anger, weight gain, completely detached, no drive, lost all interest in things I used to love. Lost friends due to some of the behaviors, so unlike myself. F 30 4 months
10 mg
8/6/2015
 2  anxiety frequent urge to urinate during night Almost immediately after taking 1st dose noticed could not sleep thru the night. Every 2,3 hrs had the urge to urinate as if I had a full bladder but only very small stream, if any at all. I did not have this effect during the day only at night and I would take my dose at 10AM. Also experienced back ache. I have stopped taking celexa and will see if my symptons stop. F 60 5 days
10mg 1X day
3/30/2015
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 2  anxiety after a hysterectomy Took it Saturday afternoon and woke up Sunday feeling nauseous wasn't vomiting stopped then started taking it today because my doctor said there wasn't anything else he could offer me so I have tingling sensation in my arms and a headache I'm scared to take medicine period but are these normal side effects F 38 1 days
10
3/11/2015
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 2  anxiety and panic Made me more depressed and so tired and definitely more anxiety Felt better on zoloft F 29 1 months
40mg
1/5/2015
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 2  depression cold sweats, blood pressure change, weight gain, fogginess, out of touch, extremely hot, felt like i was on fire in waves weaning off is difficult. dont take this. F 20 90 days
20 mg 1X day
10/1/2014
 2  Depression, anxiety Nausea, stomach pains, drowsiness, feeling out of it, too relaxed to care about anything. The first two days were great! I took only 2.5 mg and had lots of energy, felt euphoric, upbeat and optimistic. From then on things got worse. I took 5mg at night which made me relaxed and sleep well but the next day was a nightmare. I felt like I was in a fog and couldn't get through it no matter what. Felt very lazy and lost all motivation, just felt content. It just makes you blissfully happy and ignorant about the issues that made you depressed in the first place. F 37 16 days
5 mg 1X day
12/11/2013
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 2  Major Depression Nausea, no libido, spacey feeling, panic attacks for the first few doses Took the edge off of all my emotions - including the good ones. My lows were higher and my highs were lower. Everything was just kind of - blah. I wasn't really happy but I wasn't exactly depressed, either. It wasn't a good feeling. When it comes to severe depression, I've found therapy to be the most helpful treatment. Drugs can only do so much when your depression is being caused by an underlying psychological problem. F 19 8 months
1X day
7/22/2013
 2  Anxiety and Depression Lost interest in hobbies and stopped caring about the things I ought to care about. Increased urged to drink alcohol. Doc increased dose to 30 and the urge to commit suicide began until I actually attempted it. I weaned myself off of it and have been fine since. Use it for a limited period only and don't let any doc tell you it's a "chemical imbalance." There is no medical test for so-called chemical imbalances and they are using you as the guinea pig. Be careful. F 52 10 years
20 to 30 1X day
4/4/2013
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 2  Depression, SAD/OCD None. Not even sexual dysfunction like other SSRIs! Caused no side effects, not even sexual dysfunction typical of SSRIs, but it did not help my depression, anxiety or OCD either. Sugar pill for me. M 18 3 months
20 MG 1X day
1/1/2013
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 2  anxiety, panic attacks Worst side effect was teeth grinding, which gave me headaches.had vivid dreams at first, very low libido, twitchiness in eyes Had to wean VERY slowly. Was taking one quarter of a 10 mg pill every other day the final few weeks---that is how gradual it was! Took me probably 3 months for the weaning process. Had very strange sensations during weaning, worse at night. had nausea, more eye twitching than when I started the med, felt low, antsy, restless. Felt much calmer and better after I was fully weaned. F 40 8 months
10 1X day
5/3/2012
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 2  Sleepines Tiress really tired, mad,super slepining and lack of energy. F 37 1 weeks
40
5/3/2012
 2  Anxiety and panic attacks Rapid heartbeat, tingling in hands and feet, insomnia, shaking, weakness/restlessness in legs, making anxiety worse, making panic attacks more frequent. F 23 1 months
10mg
4/20/2012
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 2  Anxiety and mild depression For the first month I had little appetite and fluctuated between feeling quite sick and feeling fine.. But my mood swings definitely lessened. As times gone on I feel it's supporting me less and has done nothing for my anxiety, and although I have no side effects anymore I feel that I need to talk to my doctor about upping my dose or switching to another medication. F 20 3 months
10mg
2/20/2012
 2  Anxiety Sweat, weight gain, lethargy I took this for anxiety. I would wake up in sweat..not soaked in it, but enough to be uncomfortable. I would sweat doing simple things like sweeping. In only 6 weeks, I gained weight. I read the reviews on here & told myself I would control my eating habits, which I did. I didn't change what I ate...in fact, I exercised more often and still gained weight. No matter what I ate, I could not lose the weight. It helps with anxiety, but at a cost. I'm going down to 10mg per day to see if that helps. If not, back to Prozac I go. M 21 6 weeks
20 1X day
4/15/2011
 2  Stress relatex anxiety Almost immediate reduction of libido. At 20mg not so bad, at 40mg I didn't even remember that I liked sex. Lack of sleep at first but just needed to adjust when meds were taken. Getting off of Celexa was the hardest part, extreme fatigue and dizziness. Overall I could feel and experienced what celexa was designed to do. I was mellow to the point that I did not care. Nothing seemed worth the effort to get worked up about. Even things that I should have cared about just were not that important. I was sort of just 'there', not for better or worse, just taking up my space on this earth. I was numb yet nice, caring and understanding but never truly felt a euphoric happiness that you would expect taking antidepressants. These were the reasons I stopped taking the medication. I missed the passion of life, love and anger; I missed myself. M 31 5 months
40 1X day
3/25/2011
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 2  Depression/anxiety maybe BPD Lack of self-respect regarding to what i ate (am usually health conscious, that went out the window), slight increase in comfort level in social situations, brain dead-ish (never could find the words or how to react to ppl), sex drive dwindled Very weak affects in comparison to my paxil experience..more gradual but definitly noticed slight improvement in anxiety levels. Just was not the drug for me - i could see my behavior becoming destructive again. F 21 1 months
20 1X day
3/15/2011
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