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 | Anxiety | I was switched from Lexapro to Celexa as my copay for insurance was much lower. I have been on Celexa for about 3 months at 40 mg/day. I notice that I am very fatigued and worst of all is the short-term memory loss. | I always seemed to have worsened memory since I began taking Lexapro about 4 years ago. When I switched to Celexa and went up in dosage as well my memory loss has gotten drastically worse. This is bad because I'm in graduate school. I am thinking about going off this medication due to this, although it has helped a lot with my axienty. | M | 40 | 3 months | 11/29/2006 | 3 | Depression | Dry mouth, insomnia at night, yawning and drowsiness during the day, slight decrease in libido, decrease in appetite. | F | 23 | 1.5 weeks | 11/24/2006 | 3 | social anxiety,ocd | pressure on my head,feel a little parnoid with my ocd which seems increased, im at 20mg.HAS ANYONE HAD SIDEFFECTS SIMILAR TO THE ONES IM GETTING ON CELEXA AND IF U HAVE PLEASE EMAIL ME | ive been on lexapro before it worked find but i quit because of sideffects which were minor compared to what sideffects i get on antidepressants now | M | 16 | 1 weeks | 11/14/2006 | 3 | Depression | Sparked hypomania for a few months, but works great after that went away. The tiredness went away also. Once you have been on it for awhile, the major side effects subside. The biggest issues for me are the memory problems and the withdrawal. If I go 24 hours without it, I get very very sick. Worse than the flu. It takes 7 days to go away. 7 days of pure hell. I am scared to stop taking it. | F | 30 | 4 years | 11/10/2006 | 3 | suicidal thoughts | insanely crazy dreams | F | 19 | 5 weeks | 11/7/2006 | 3 | | 8/27/2006 | 3 | Anxiety | yawning, jaw clenching, drowsiness, dry mouth, loss of sex drive, Inability to orgasm | I have no anxiety and feel like life is better and I am a happier person. I just can't stand the inability to orgasm / no sex drive. I am wondering if I should drop down from 20 mg to 10 mg. | F | 32 | 3 months | 8/23/2006 | 3 | depression/anxiety | delayed orgasm | Subtle but helpful. Had to get off of it b/c of sexual side effects, which lead to bad anxiety. Tapered off and trying other drugs with a different doctor now. | M | 25 | 2 months | 7/29/2006 | 3 | depression / pmdd | only side effect was inability to have an orgasm | helped with the depression, but the sexual problems were not worth it. trying other meds now, still have not found the right one. | F | 32 | 3 months | 7/28/2006 | 3 | Fibromyagia | drowsiness, extreme fatigue during the day, promptly getting up at 3 am, always hungry, jaw pain.. | Just for over 2 weeks on Celexa, i can say there is a whole lot of difference with my mood. Normally am scared to say "am happy" but this time am sure. I wish i get the side effects out of the way for good antidepressant benefits. | F | 33 | 16 days | 6/15/2006 | 3 | suicidal thoughts above 40mg | To be honest, the only thing I really noticed that Celexa helped with was the urge to self harm. I still did it because it was what I was used to doing, but the celexa made it stop giving me that euphoric rush. However, I was still depressed and very moody and when they put me on 60mg i had the worst suicidal thoughts so now i'm back to 40mg and it's doing better. Paxil (only 20mg) made me cut everyday and have suicidal thoughts so I will stay with Celexa because it's cheaper then alot of them. | F | 19 | 4 months | 5/31/2006 | 3 | Clinical Depression | decreased sex drive, weight loss, trouble sleeping, trouble concentrating, unable to sit still | Celexa worked for to help my depression. The only down fall was the side effects i experienced. I lost weight very fast and the decreased sex drive was terrible. Once i got off celexa my depression became so much worst. The change in 24 hours from getting off the pills was like night and day. | F | 19 | 3 weeks | 5/1/2006 | 3 | anxiety | Pretty bad joint pain. VERY tired almost all day long. | Was on it for anxiety, and it helped quite a bit for it, but I hated being tired all day long, with no energy... Also, I did not like the joint pain. Decided with my doctor to stop taking this and try Buspar- doing a little better. I know many people who have been very successful on Celexa though... you may be one of them. | F | 27 | 1 months | 4/25/2006 | 3 | depression | Chattering teeth, involuntary lip licking and jaw clenching, weird sick feeling | My side effects were due to a reaction that occurred because I took geodon as well as celexa. It was effective for my depression, but the side effects made me go off the drug. | F | 30 | 2 months | 3/24/2006 | 3 | anxiety and OCD | sleeplessness, dry mouth, and major sexual side effect. I am a 28 year old male who is married and has not ejaculated (barely had an erection) from sex or masturbation in over 2 weeks. | M | 28 | 5 weeks | 3/19/2006 | 3 | major depressive disorder, PMS | INSOMNIA, inability to have an orgasm, bruxism, headaches, agitation, heartburn, (I'm breastfeeding and my baby is no longer sleeping like she used to), decreased appetite, lack of affect | I have been on lots of meds. 450 mgs of effexor (no real side effects to speak of) Prozac 100 mgs, no side effects, with these drugs, I reached a point where there no longer worked. However, with Celexa at only 20 mgs, I'm still pretty miserable and cannot sleep, even with Ambien or Lunesta | F | 28 | 6 months | 1/1/2006 | 3 | | 12/7/2005 | 3 | social anxiety | Only side effect is fatigue. Maybe a little anger, less tolerant of people. | Helps with depression well. I'll give it more time for the social anxiety. It may be starting to kick in a little more. I get nervous in meetings for no reason and feel like I'm going to run out of the room or pass out (and that's without contributing in these meetings!). I haven't been calm yet in our large staff meetings (30 people roundtable); no problem in groups of 5 to 8. btw- 20mg | M | 36 | 5 weeks | 12/6/2005 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety, Possible PTSD | Always tired, alopecia, felt horrible every morning after taking med, sore joints and muscles, teeth are breaking down now, sexual desire was gone completely, weight gain (35pounds). | When I first started taking Celexa it took a while to work. I was also taking it with Wellbutrin and should have come off the celexa and stayed with the Wellbutrin. Within a year of taking it, my hair started coming out in patches, then I lost all the hair on my head and now have Alopecia Universalis. This happened on a small dose of 20mgs daily. My joints and muscles hurt more and more each year. I gave up on sex and just took it as normal that I should feel tired all the time and especially bad in the mornings after taking this med. I finally decided to go off Celexa and try the Wellbutrin and thank God that I did. I am no longer tired everyday, I don't feel awful in the morning anymore, I am starting to enjoy sex again, my joints and muscles don't hurt as much and miracle of miracle, my hair is starting to come back - it is very faint and has come in white but I'll take it any way I can get it. I will never, ever take Celexa again!!!!!!! | F | 42 | 4 days | 10/18/2005 | 3 | Major Depression | Agigtation, Occasional loss of control (anger), Loss of apetite, Sexual dysfunction | Initial dosage 20/mg day not effective for depression. At 30mg/day has helped depression, but agitation/anger is nearly outweighing the benefits. Going to try a while longer. | M | 45 | 5 months | 9/28/2005 |