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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Anxiety | At first, like any antidepressant, it was hard to adjust. It make me a little nauseous, sleeping was effected, no weight gain at all, worked for anxiety, if I took too much I couldn't orgasm. But I am on such a low dose that its not working enough for what I need it to but I dont want to lose sex drive and now after all this time on it I am having memory issues and feeling like I just can't think, like I am straining my brain. I want to try something else. If you're not worried about your sex drive, take it bc it works. Now Lexapro didnt effect my sex drive at all but it made me gain weight and I was tired ALL the time. So I am going to try a new med called Fetzima. I am hopeful. | F | 43 | 2 years 10 1X day | 1/6/2015 | 3 | Anxiety and depression | Heightens anxiety to start with, nausea and loose bowels, very reduced appetite, fatigue. Plus side helps me sleep. | F | 48 | 2 months 20mg | 6/7/2014 | 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 | 3 | ocd and depression | sleepiness probably from the medication, possibly sexual dysfunction | It helped to some degree for ocd and depression but it helped partially and I was sleepy all the time, slept 12-14 hours every day and still was exhusted. doctor said it wasnt the medication casued me to be sleepy but i didn't have any other cause for it. I took up to 80 mg and played with the dose up and down because of sleepiness... I would like you to comment me on your experience with this and other antidepressant- Does other ssri was not made you sleepy? does this medication made you sleepy? | M | 25 | 4 years 80 1X day | 1/6/2014 | 3 | OCD | Increased anxiety; hyperactive | Was prescribed for severe anxiety from OCD. Have been on it since 2003 after 4 years of Paxil (20 mg) which worked well but was flattening. Celexa is NOT flattening and when I have an episode, my anxiety is WORSE than before I ever took anything. Episodes last 2-3 weeks but they are debilitating. When they occur, I almost can't bear my own existence, not in a self-pitying, suicidal way (I'm not depressed) but as though I can't stand being awake because everything around me is too much to handle. I become somewhat combative with family members when noise-related annoyances startle me (ie coughing, sneezing) and I will lash out in ways that are uncharacteristic of my calm, "normal" self. | M | 32 | 10 years 40 1X day | 11/4/2013 | 3 | Mild depression | None | M | 72 | 3 years 20mg 1X day | 5/5/2013 | 3 | Depression | 1 days | 10/16/2012 | 3 | Depression, mood swings | Side effects ive experienced are mild increase in sweating, vivid dreams as well as waking up in middle of night. I fall right back to sleep not a big deal. Some drowsiness during the day and decrease in appetite. Biggest side effect are the sexual ones. Harder to maintain an erection and much harder to finish. Also libido is decreased. As far as effectiveness of the drug i dont feel as depressed and i feel more evened out. Dont lose my temper anymore. Hoping the sexual side effects wear off somewhat to me seems like a big price to pay. | M | 32 | 1 months 20 mg | 7/19/2012 | 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 | GAD, Depression, paraesthasia | Works well but side effects are bad. Apathy is one of them. Weight gain, sexual disfunctions and other stuff can be tolerable but feeling like a zombie cant so I am going to wean off of it and if will try something else if need to | M | 32 | 8 years 40 mg | 4/19/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | Nausea, whenever I first take it. Yawning alot, and sometimes dizziness. Be having headaches now and even racing annoying thoughts. Not suicide thoughts, but other thoughts about where God came from and keep thinking how the earth started, it was just crazy! And I think celexa got me thinking that, cause it started when I took celexa. If these annoying thoughts don't go away, I'm stopping it. I want my normal state of mind back! | F | 20 | 2 weeks 10 | 1/26/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | I went on cipramil (celexa) at the advice of my gp, after some side effects like gas, severe sweating and tiredness, i started to experience a lighter more carefree state of mind. Unfortunately over the years i couldnt find a balance, when i took the drug i was manic and when i stopped i would have massive withdrawals, so i changed to a different drug that was more calming, and since gave up on that and am now drug free. My advice is - its very effective, like all ssris, but it WILL change your personality, and you dont know how you will react. It also impaired my memories of an important time in my life. | F | 25 | 3 years 20mg/day | 1/23/2012 | 3 | post partum, anxiety | tiredness | F | 26 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 3 | I had it for only very short period of time. However, after taking it for about two weeks, many of my finger joins started hurting and bending. Then, I decided to stop taking Celexa. Don't know if it is related to Celexa. Now, there is no pain in my finger joins anymore, but two little finger joins are still bending a little. | F | 54 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 10/10/2011 | 3 | Depression | At the beginning and end: nausea, diarrhea, constipation, anxiety, sweating, dizziness | I have been off and on anti-depressants for over 7 years now. I started Celexa in June 2007 due to the job I had at the time. It was extremely stressful. When I'm depressed I have a hard time sleeping, I constantly feel sick etc. I got married at the end of August 2010 and realized a day before we left for our honeymoon, I would run out of pills before we returned (I didn't have any remaining refills). The Dr being the lovely person she is would not call in 10 pills for me until I was able to get in to see her when we returned. Needless to say, on our honeymoon I was splitting pills so I wouldn't go completely without. When we came home, I was so irritated I decided not to go back to see her. A very long month afterward I was completely medication free. I still to this day, do not take anti-depressants and I'm fine without them. I think I had a dependency on them because I used them for so long. During the month I was very ill. I had vertigo, I had constant nausea to the point where I wouldn't get out of bed, I had severe headaches, cold chills etc. Someone compared the withdrawal of an anti-depressant to that of a heroin addict. It was bad enough that I can imagine how he came to that conclusion. Celexa was a nice $4 alternative to a $50 co-pay per month. | F | 26 | 3 years 40 mg 1X day | 8/9/2011 | 3 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Trouble sleeping and nausea and dry mouth | I just started taking this med cause zoloft made me a zombie. I have problems sleeping at night and I also have nausea and have lost alot of weight. It's hard for me to eat because of the nausea but I'm hoping all of this gets better likeeveryone is saying. I do feel a little bit better and I hope it continues. Overall I am hopeful that I can get better and feel better than I have for a long time . | M | 40 | 5 days 10 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Soaked in sweat first thing on a morning, funny feeling in throat (a bit like anxiety) | I have been taking celexa for abot 12 weeks and decided to come off cold turkey. The first week was fine, although a little tired and then bang, really strange feelings in head, anxiety, emotional, and dreadful morning sweats, this is going into my 4th week now, i have read lots of posts and they say all these are withdrawal symptoms and it just takes time, what a powerful drug! I know i should have weaned myself off them. Has anyone had similar experience. thankyou | F | 54 | 12 weeks 20mg 1X day | 7/12/2011 | 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 | bipolar and severe depression | yawning-cant sleep well and trouble remembering lol not funny but am somewhat giddy and laughing now-mind says lets go but body says no???? weird feeling and dreaming more now | I am researching and so far I feel better for the most part. I was perscribed lithium also but do not feel comfertable taking that at this time ugh!!! my head is a wee bit foggy and my appatite has increased.Im a very fit 200 pounds and very active person normaly so not to worried about that now. still very early but for me so far so good.going back in morning to see about getting lamictal instead of lithium?? HAD TO DO SOMETHING AND SO GLAD I SEEKED HELP!! THANK YOU GOD AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!I am just starting my journey and special thanks to KAYLA/she has been so helpful and special thanks to my aunt and uncle for letting me stay with them till I get this sorted out. this and many other web sites have been of great help in learning about my desease and treatment options | M | 38 | 4 days 20 1X day | 3/20/2011 | 3 | Depression | Dizzy, tired, sleeping all the time, weight gain. Felt like a slug. Added 5 mcg's of Cytomel which defeats the tiredness. Good combo. | After trying 25 antidepressants, my doctor put me on 5 mcg's of Cytomel with the Celexa, and later Paxil CR (both sedating and good for anxiety). After 15 years of depression, it went away in one day with Cytomel. It was like someone turned on the life switch. My thyroid tests were and are still normal.'I don't think big pharma has depression quite figured out yet. Try Cytomel!!! Read the testimonials on here, they are the same as mine. Start low and go slow (5 mcg's - 10 mcg's). No more than 10 mcg's per day.'You will feel like a dead plant come back to life! No generics! | M | 40 | 6 months 20 1X day | 3/6/2011 |