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 | M | 44 | 6 years | 6/17/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, Stress, Minor Depression | After a few weeks of taking the product my focus seemed to be a bit off and I became more and more irritable. The product does work and there were no severe side effects, but because of the irritability I had after taking the product I have tried to cut back on my dosage per the doctor's recommendations. Celexa 20mg pills/pink caplets. | M | 27 | 60 days | 6/3/2004 | 3 | depression | weight gain! gained 15lbs in 2 months which was depressing in itself. tired, sleeplessness, dry mouth | celexa did improve my mood. i felt a calmness where i was feeling panic before. things felt more hopeful. i quit after 4 months though because i couldn't handle the weight gain. my doctor is talking to me about trying wellbutrin but i haven't decided yet | F | 36 | 4 months | 4/16/2004 | 3 | depression, panic attacks | Severe nausea for the 1st 3 days. This has reduced to mild nausea every now and then. Insomnia for the 1st week. Some mind racing. Dizzyness that is still constant. Weakness and developed weird head swimming feeling | F | 31 | 2.5 weeks | 4/13/2004 | 3 | had dep from brain surgery | irritability, anger, dry mouth, low sex drive | It was great in the beginning. It helped me cope with my irritability. But after being on it a yr, taken off it because it was causing some of my anger, irritability. I don't know if I will ever have to go on it again, but I hope not. Even though I still have to deal with daily or weekly problems, it's better than being on Celexa, and lashing out at my family. But I guess different medications affect us all differently. | F | 35 | 1.2 days | 3/21/2004 | 3 | depression and severe anxiety | extreme lassitude, emotional indifference, very little sex drive | Probably on it for between three and four months. Surprised at severity of withdrawal symptoms - not as severe as with Paroxetine, but nevertheless pronounced, un-ignorable and disturbing. | F | 29 | 100 days | 12/4/2003 | 3 | OCD, Depression | Delayed Orgasm, Spaciness, Twitches, High Blood Pressure | It was good for my depression. Helped alot with the OCD. I feel odd all the time though... I'm not myself. :9 Bye bye | M | 16 | 5 months | 11/10/2003 | 3 | depression and chronic anxiety | lethargy, some problems with concentration; COUGHING! Don't know if the first two are really a consequence of the medication or remnants of the illness, but the latter is certainly drug-related. | Improvementon the horrors of Seroxat. Far fewer side effects. | F | 29 | 170 days | 9/19/2003 | 3 | depression | insomnia, significant weight gain, forgetfulness | Helped with my depression, but am considering switching to Wellbutrin because of weight gain. | F | 40 | 6 months | 6/14/2003 | 3 | depressed | weight gain | F | 43 | 12 days | 6/10/2003 | 3 | fibromyalgia (pain sleeplessness) | not until I stopped it , then withdrawal was tough!!!! | When I stopped taking it after having been on it for about 2 years I experienced dizziness, flu symptoms and near blackout episodes. I was slowly weaned off of it but even then the side effects continued for almost a month after I had stopped taking it, if you stop taking it talk to your doctor first! It can be a hard road and you may need to go slowly or start some longer acting drug like prozac near the end. | F | 27 | 2 years | 3/15/2003 | 3 | depression | sleepy, low sex drive and abilities | M | 39 | 6 months | 12/22/2002 | 3 | depression | Massive night sweats, 5 lb. weight gain over 6 months time (which is a lot for me). Severe headaches, nauseated feeling,weak when stopping the medication...was in sheer hell for 2 weeks. Night sweats have stopped now that I'm no longer on it! Also, killed sex drive and ability to have orgasms. Celexa helped my depression, but not worth the long term side effects. | F | 30 | 1 years | 12/4/2002 | 3 | anxiety | Yawning for 1 week and drowsiness, but now i'm ok | F | 25 | 1 months | 11/6/2002 | 3 | to treat mild depression/severe PMS | Insanely itchy skin! Insomnia worse than other antidepressants. very dry mouth. | F | 44 | 1.5 months | 10/2/2002 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Initial insomnia but after three days or so slept better than I had for years. Hot flashes that were NOT due to menopause, as when I decreased dosage they stopped. Numbness in genital area poor orgasms. | Helped a lot with anxiety/ depression/ sleep. Sexual side effects are now becoming so distressing that I want to quit taking it. | F | 46 | 7 months | 7/31/2002 | 3 | depression | nauseua,cotton-mouth, head-aches | M | 22 | 5 months | 7/24/2002 | 3 | depression | none, really | seems to work average,can tell when i DONT take, but hasn't really given me the results i have had with other medication. | F | 23 | 6 months | 7/14/2002 | 3 | Depresion, Social Anxiety, OCD | First two weeks there was an increase in anxiety and agitation, but that went away. The only lasting side-effects have been severely delayed and muted orgasm and occasional night sweats. Except for that this drug has been pretty transparent. | Helped a lot with depression. Helped only a little for Social Anxiety and OCD. Didn't help with ADHD sympoms but it's not really used much for that. I'm up to 80mg now, but I think it's equally effective at 60. Do NOT take this medication for anxiety UNLESS you get a benzo also. You only need that for the first 2-3 weeks to counteract the TEMPORARY increase in anxiety. | M | 38 | 4 months | 7/8/2002 | 3 | | 4/29/2002 |