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 |
| 3 | a | a | a | F | 19 | 25 days | 5/16/2007 | 3 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain, night sweats, jaw clenching, menstrual irregularity, acne; during first month insomnia and yawning | I am concerned about the weight gain, and am thinking of titrating down from 40 mg to a "maintenance" dose of 20 mg. | F | 46 | 8 months | 5/4/2007 | 3 | chronic headaches | somewhat sleepy, vivid, detailed dreams, increased sweating, calmer thinking, more focused thoughts, able to relax & stop thinking about the day when trying to go to sleep, more interest in sex & still achieving orgasm at this time, decreased appetite in the evening (last 2-3 days), slight nausea | I was afraid to take an antidepressant because of the possible side-effects. I have been struggling with chronic daily headaches and periodic migraines for over a year now and it was recommended by my doctor that Celexa might help me not to be as sensitive to the pain. Antidepressants was something I had not tried for headache treatment. I was worried that I would be tempted to commit suicide because of comments from other people and although I thought about it (not doing it, just concerned I might start feeling that way) I have not felt the urge to do it. I just hope that I can get some relief from the headaches. Another reason for taking Celexa was that I was getting depressed from going to different kinds of doctors and trying different treatments and not getting any relief. I still have concerns about Celexa, but am trying it anyway. I was prescibed 20 mg, but cut them in half and take 1/2 pill daily in the a.m. I also take Darvocet 1-2 times daily for headache pain. | F | 37 | 14 days | 4/19/2007 | 3 | PMDD/depression/anxiety/panic | INSOMNIA, hyped up,loss of appetite, fear of dying, panic, headaches | I started having bad side effects from effexor after a stressful situation. I just tried celexa for a week and I am only taking 5mg and working my way up. But even with the very low dose, I am super anxiety, cannot workout because my system is so charge up. I have been taking colonapin at night just so i can sleep and calm my nervous system down. I hope that all of this anxiousness fades after the first couple of weeks :( | F | 27 | 1 weeks | 4/11/2007 | 3 | Depression | Immediate weight-gain of 25 lbs. Need for at least 10 hours of sleep to feel wakeful. I have very mild sexual side-effects on Celexa--slight difficulty in reaching orgasm sometimes--but less than on Paxil (never any problems with my sex-drive on any medicine, though). The following symptoms increased over time: Brain fog. Short-term memory problems. Problems with clear thinking/creative work. Difficulty in making word-choice (malapropisms or aphasia?) Difficulty in motivation toward activity. I sometimes sleep as much as 12 hours a day. | On the one hand, this medicine all but eradicated my feelings of sadness and moderated my anxiety. I am an incredibly happy person now who can appreciate all the wonderful things in my life. On the other hand, I am starting to find the memory and energy problems extremely problematic. As a PhD student, if I don't find another solution, I may have to drop out of school. And I don't know how I'd manage a full-time job on this medicine. I take it with Wellbutrin and Trazadone. | F | 32 | 2.5 years | 4/10/2007 | 3 | depression | first day-diahreha (sp?) next few days-headache, jaw clenching, tired. next weeks to come and still....TIRED!! It is effecting my daily life being so tired. | I need to know if this tired feeling is going to go away. I used to love to exercise daily. I looked forward to it. Now I have to FORCE myself to run on the treadmill. I don't even want to run outside. BUT...I do feel better. No more suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of hurting anyone else (i.e....husband). | F | 34 | 3.5 weeks | 4/3/2007 | 3 | Bipolar, Post Traumatic Stress | nausea, low-grade constant headaches, vivid freaky dreams (sometimes violent & scary), sleep disturbance (waking several times a night), night sweats | Started taking it after a traumatic event that threw me into a tail spin. My Tegretol was no longer keeping me stable and I began having roller coaster highs and lows and suicidal and self distructive behaviors. Have been on Celexa for 2 weeks now ( along with Buspar & Trazadone. Also Ativan & Ambien as needed). Don't like the nausea and headaches, am hoping this subsides, but the dream are very troubling. I am starting to get anxious about sleeping as some of the dreams have been very violent and disturbing. Will try to give it a few more weeks and see. | F | 36 | 14 days | 3/14/2007 | 3 | major depressive disorder | low sex drive | It has been great but its stopped working. I've been taking 60mg for 3 years and now the depression has returned big time. I've already become tolerant to effexor, prozac, and wellbutrin made me angry, so don't know what to try next. | F | 56 | 3 years | 3/7/2007 | 3 | depression, some anxiety | Jaw clenching, jitters, nausea, headache, trouble sleeping, kind of weird dreams | My doctor just increased my dose a couple days ago, so it's like starting all over with the side effects, especially the nausea and the jaw clenching. Dry mouth is also driving me nuts. | F | 35 | 40 days | 2/28/2007 | 3 | for my depression. | no side effects | I still am depressed and need another type of med. | F | 32 | 8 months | 2/25/2007 | 3 | depression | weight gain of 35 pounds, extremely tired all the time, but I've been diagnosed with narcolepsy, after reading comments, maybe it's the med, lack of emotion and motivation. | Worked well for depression. | F | 27 | 3 years | 2/24/2007 | 3 | depression | I can't sleep or if I do sleep it is briefly, tossing and turning most of the night waking up every hour on the hour it seems. I am going to see if my doctor can give me something to counteract this side effect. I have no sexual desire or the ability to achieve orgasm has greatly diminished. | For me it has dulled my emotions. I still have thoughts but this medication basically does not allow me to react or become upset. | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 1/30/2007 | 3 | depression anxiety | Nausea, insomnia, mood swings, apathy, extremely tired, slight hand tremors, and I'm seeing lots of black spots. | I'm really getting quite a buzz from the celexa. I'm flying higher than a kite. Very spacey and it's hard to concentrate. It has helped me relax though. Although I can't sleep more than 4 hours unless I take Ambien CR with it. I hung up on a customer and started bawling at work today and that's not really helpful to me. I'm giving this two weeks and if I don't feel better by then I'm switching to something else. | F | 35 | 4 days | 1/11/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, PTSD, mild depression | I've only taken this mediction for 2 days. I've felt a bit glazed. I'm on 20 mg currently and am supposed to go to 40 mg within a week. This is the first ssri I've taken. I've been sleepy, nauseus and my hands shake a bit. I hope these side effects pass soon. I know it's probably too soon to comment on the side effects-- hopefully things will improve over the next week or so. | M | 45 | 2 days | 1/7/2007 | 3 | dystimia | Seemed to help with delaying ejaculation and increased arousal which were a benefit needed. However, I have experienced sleep problems: insomnia and especially daytime sleepyness. Like alot of the comments I have read, I will sleep a long time and still be sleepy during the day. Very aggrivating and frustrating as it affects all areas of my life. I just can't get to the point that I can accomplish things I would like to do----increase my income, take better care of myself like going to the dentist or exercising.This has been going on for 6-7 years now. I have been to sleep medicine centers where I was treated for sleep apnea--cpap was horrendous---next came the surgery to remove tissue in my throat and increase space in my airway. Nothing has worked and I now suspect celexa might be the cause of this. Am looking into options. Comments? | It does help with dystimia (long term low grade depression)and keeping my mood level. I don't have bad lows. If it wasn't for the sleep issue it would probably be ok. No effects like weight gain, panic attacks, etc. | M | 60 | 6 years | 1/4/2007 | 3 | Panic attacks, Anxiety | About 3 years ago I worked a very stressful job. Had my 1st panic and they put me on a poison call PAXIL (Beware)Side effects were terrible but once on was great. Took for 1 year and labido left me. Got off it and didn't have panic attacks for 1.5yrs then all of a sudden here they are again! Have been on Citalopram (Generic for Celexa) I take 1/2 of a 20mg pill and have been for 15 days. Panics are 75% less but I wake up at 5:30am with chills a anxiety feeling for the last mo (Not related to Celexa) It has not taken this away? Should I up it to the full dose? | M | 34 | 15 days | 12/27/2006 | 3 | Depression, anxiety | nausea, headache, insomnia, yawning, jaw clenching, lack of emotion, loss of appetite (good) | Had previously taken Paxil in the past and it worked immediately and very well but I gained 50lbs and cracked teeth with the jaw clenching. It's been 2 weeks on the Celexa and the side effects are starting to wear off some. I feel marginally better - more appropriate to say I feel "less horrible". Sometimes zombie like and medicated. Since the side effects aren't as pronounced now as they were the first week I will continue to take it and if I don't have a marked improvement at the end of this prescription run, will ask for something else. | F | 47 | 14 days | 12/18/2006 | 3 | depression | a little tired | was on effexor. that killed my sex drive and made me very tired. the celexa so far has not made a huge impact yet. have read it could take 3 weeks to show a diffrence. because it made me tired i switched from taking it in the morning to taking it in the evening. my last dose was at 7:30 am on Sat. i didnt take anything until Sun. at 6:00pm. i noticed that at around 2:00pm Sun i was easily pissed off. I had absolutely no patience for anything that i would regard as a stupid question or comment. said a few things to my wife that i normally wouldnt say. might have thought it but certaintly wouldnt say. i'm hopeing that in another week or things will change for the better. not that they'er really bad i just have not seen a huge diffrence with this so far. | M | 36 | 5 days | 12/11/2006 | 3 | Celexa | Crazy nightmares/dreams. Insomnia. I can fall asleep but wake up every half hour. Dazed feeling. Delayed orgasm...hehe good thing. Trouble getting up in the morning, probably cause I can't sleep well. | Seems to have alleviated some anxiety but feel spacey and the nightmares and sleeping suck. Thinking about stopping it. | M | 27 | 20 days | 11/30/2006 | 3 | OCD/Anxiety/Mild Depression | Weight Gain, Nausia, More sever menstrual cramps, inability to orgasm, loss of libido, dizziness, anxiety attacks, insomnia, vivid dreams, over-sleeping. | Was amazing for the first two weeks, I was very active and happy, but then it started to decline and I became lethargic and overly tired. | F | 20 | 2 months | 11/29/2006 |