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 |
| 4 | Major Depression | Decrease in Libido, Apathy | Difficult to have an orgasm. I am satisfied with this medication; it's a great treatment for Depression, and I discovered that it greatly decreases the severity of my O.C.D. Sometimes I feel apathetic, but the Benefit far outweighs the side-effects. I would definitely recommend this medication; it really has stabilized my mood and OCD. | M | 44 | 8 years 40 MG 1X day | 4/6/2012 | 4 | Depression | Weight gain tiredness loss of sex drive | This medication helped the depression more than any other medication I have tried. I felt normal, like I could deal with life and the negative thought processes stopped. I stopped taking it though because of the weight gain. Even exercising daily and counting calories I could not lose it. It bothered me enough that I stopped taking the celexa to try something else. If nothing else helps I will come back to the celexa. | F | 29 | 1.5 years 20mg 1X day | 3/23/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | At first, this medication made my anxiety horrible! It also made me really depressed and kinda irrational. I had a hard time ejaculating and I also couldn't sleep at night, I put on a ton of weight in such a short period of time. MUNCHIES! I can't even fit into any of my pants! Not only that but it makes me extremely lazy during the day I have no motivation what so ever! | BUTTT I feel like the longer I take it the better all of these side effects are getting. (except for the lazy thing) My anxiety has gotten so much better, and I'm feeling a little happier. I'm going to give it another couple of weeks to see if I get my energy and ambition back, otherwise I'll see if I can try something like Lexapro. These drugs are completely different for each person so don't let the side effects discourage you!!! Chances are you aren't going to find the right one right away. It's all trial and error. My biggest suggestion is to keep track of what you're eating! Count those calories! | M | 24 | 32 days 20 MG 1X day | 3/20/2012 | 4 | bipolar/borderline | F | 29 | 6 years 30mg | 3/20/2012 | 4 | Depression | During the first few weeks I had genital numbness and headaches the third week I discovered that if I took the med just before bedtime it took away the numbness and the headaches also went away. However, I did notice that the caffeine headaches went away | I'm pretty happy with the pills but I am scared of weaning off due to the withdrawals of anti-depressents | F | 50 | 3 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 12/29/2011 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety & OCD | Nausea for the first 24 hours of first dose and none after that. Sweatiness and would easily overheat for the first month. Hiccups for the first week. Yawning during the first 2 weeks. Worsened anxiety in the mornings for the first month. After the first month, the only side effects that stayed were jaw clenching (Bruxism - worst in evenings/early mornings), dilated pupils (highly sensitive to bright lights), and delayed orgasm. | Celexa did help me feel happier. My OCD calmed down quite a bit. I still had mild anxiety but that's a lot better than the severe anxiety I had before I started Celexa. I don't know if the drug had anything to do with this, but I used to dress like a frump but now I am a fashionista and get compliments almost every day! :o) I used to just pull my hair back in a ponytail every single day but now I have motivation to actually do my hair everyday. I guess when you're feeling happier, you have motivation to do more things! | F | 25 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 11/21/2011 | 4 | High Anxiety | At first: slept 10 hours a day, sweat very easily, very detailed dreams, felt sick (fever for a few days). Now: still have very detailed dreams, sometimes feel numb, takes a little longer to orgasm, zone out sometimes. | I have very high anxiety in general and even higher social anxiety. Celexa has helped with the non-social anxiety tremendously. I'm not stressing as much about everyday things. My social anxiety, on the other hand, has only been helped a little bit. Maybe a higher dose would help. Please don't look at ratings on here from people who have been taking this drug for a month or less. The side effects of the first weeks are totally different than the side effects afterward. | M | 21 | 9 months 20 1X day | 11/5/2011 | 4 | post neuralgia from shingles/anxiet | some euphoria, vivid dreams, sweat alittle | Not bad so far, I havent really felt pains in my head which is a PLUS for post neuralgia symptoms. I used to yell all the time, but that has really stopped. Im quite pleased with this medication. I can focus and do more things and I sleep very good. Sometimes I feel sad, but thats because Ive had a very bad year and am slowly coping. | F | 59 | 2 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 11/4/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | Mild dizziness, night sweats in the first three days. One mild hallucination in the first week. | I have had anxiety on and off for most of my adult life. With some new changes in my job, the anxiety had become overwhelming. The celexa has made me much calmer, rational, and less irritable. I do feel much more apathy towards some things that used to matter a lot--- yet I think this is how people without anxiety issues function and this is a very good thing. My husband thinks my overall perspective on things has gotten much healthier. I am easier to live with. I do feel a little numb, but this is much better than being constantly worried. I also find myself much less concerned about what other people think. Starting to be able to tune out minor issues that used to make me freeze up and not be able to funtion. Before starting the medication, I was constantly on the verge of tears at work or flying into a rage around my family over stupid things. I am also seeing a counselor. However, I don't think that I would be able to do any of the stratagies the counselor suggests without the aid of the medication. I don't feel like myself --- but this is a very good thing! I feel much more confident and in control for the first time in years. | F | 33 | 15 days 10 1X day | 9/29/2011 | 4 | depression | Celexa did work for me, but between taking it and Mirtazine I gained 75 pounds! | While taking Celexa I was also taking: Lamictal, Mirtazpine, Klonopin. I guess the combo of all the meds I was 'good' for a while. | F | 42 | 1 years 300 1X day | 9/4/2011 | 4 | depression | is it age, maybe. longer to awaken a certain part of my body, which does not matter to me, maybe my spouse at times. | I take 20 to 40 Miligrams a day, depending upon how much sadness is around me... like a family death or serious illness in my family but usually 20 MG. a day.(thank God) I took Zoloft for a month- I got angry, got a lot out of steam off my mind and my period was coming every 16 days and continued each time for around 7 days. When I started on Celexa...I have not had a period after my full first month of taking it. (relief so far) because I thought I was going to have to have a hysterectomy or something, so it does seem to effect my hormones, which is a good thing now. I was crying at the drop of a hat until I started taking the Celexa, so has been a life saver in my opinion. I cry rarely on the 40 mg. It has really helped me, I prefer the white oblong shaped ones, I had originally used the white football shaped ones but being generic, they must be more expensive? But still work after 12 years. I am more laid back and seldom get angry. Life saver for me. | F | 58 | 12 years 20 - 40 MG 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 4 | Social Anxiety | Very detailed & vivid dreams that seem too real (I sometimes can't figure out whether something actually happened or if I dreamed it, the dreams were THAT detailed). Tiredness. Takes longer to ejaculate, but I still get horny. | I love Celexa. It helps keep my anxiety at bay so much. I feel more social and don't have as much nervousness when meeting people & going out. It makes me drowsy but it goes away. It also messes with my sleep a little, but it's not that bad. When I was on Prozac, my sex drive was completely gone. On Celexa, I got my sex drive back, but it takes a while to ejaculate. I'm upping the dose soon to 20mg and I hope it helps even more. Anyone who has had issues with anxiety and can't find the right SSRI, look into Celexa. Prozac and Buspar weren't good for me, but this is. I'm also prescribed Ativan, which I haven't had to take as often because of the Celexa. No weight gain so far. | M | 21 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 6/9/2011 | 4 | anxiety | It helped a lot with the anxiety, but I noticed that my short term memory is badly affected by this drug. | it's a lot cheaper than Lexapro | F | 53 | 8 months 40mg 1X day | 5/21/2011 | 4 | major depressive disorder | First couple of weeks I was still depressed but it got better with help from therapy. | It has personally helped me. I started taking it in mid. Feb of 2010 and by June I was much better. I am still better, though now i have to be check since I started to hallucinate and my depression is coming back. | F | 18 | 1 years 40 MG 1X day | 4/30/2011 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety, Maybe BPD | Sluggishness, vivid nightmares beyond anything I have ever dreamt before, early morning insomnia, i'd wake up at 4 every morning, maybe weight gain? | I'm still taking Celexa, and will continue for a year ish but so far it is good. I'm extremely sluggish and always want to sleep but when I'm on the pill ive had times I felt better than ever. I have intense dreams but that's no big deal, the earl waking is annoying but its not too bad. It will go away i assume. The few days I forgot to take one or i had to cut one in half before my refill i noticed a huge difference though, i got frustrated so easily and got so bad and felt so worthless again. I feel like i am so dependent on them and i dont want to come off them...ill be fine one day though. I'd rate it a 5 but i've only been on them a bit. Pretty good. Definitely take them before bed though you get exhausted. | F | 18 | 2 months 20 MG 1X day | 4/22/2011 | 4 | Anxiety/Panic attacks | For the first week side effects included a delusional hell inspired by apathy and not wanting to do ANYthing. I missed like a week of school because of this. The hellish week kind of echoed it's side effects for like 3-5 weeks on n off, but eventually they pretty much disappeared. At this point side effects are probably some short term memory loss but it's hard to tell if that's the citalopram (Celexa) or the alprazolam (Xanax). And decreased libido is definitely true, but for me that's kind of positive, it helps me last longer and I still experience great pleasure. It's not like I'm incapable of orgasm or anything. | Well I guess doctors kinda know what they're talking about when they say that SSRI's are the best modern way to treat anxiety. I also take Xanax or rather Alprazolam and it still feels necessary for me to take, but it was not really having a good enough effect for me when I was only taking it. After over a month on Citalopram(Celexa) I finally felt like I actually did get some relief from anxiety not just a quick fix in which I would soon return to panic. All of you with anxiety know that this condition is not clean cut and predictable but let's just say Celexa has really helped a lot, and has made Xanax more effective. I'm not doing the best right now but that also has to do with life circumstances etc. and I think I might need to up my dose to 20 mg. That seems like it might be the perfect dose for me, and I'm hoping to wean off Xanax because of the devastating stuff I've heard about withdrawals... scares me a lot. But yeah Celexa very helpful for me. And I would like to mention this, most people who go to the doctor and take the medication their doctor prescribes usually end up getting better and will never have any reason to go online and talk about it, I just so happened to be a parranoid anxious freak before I took this stuff So I looked closely at every review I could find before taking it. There's nothing wrong with that but it's important to realize this inevitable truth... Reactions are not consistent in anyway with people, it saves some people's lives, makes some p | M | 24 | 4 months 10 MG 1X day | 3/30/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | Dopy brain effect never went away. I sucked at playing board games. Could not concentrate. Also another side effect that never went away was low tolerance to heat. I would get sweaty on not so hot days if i was trying to be active. Did not experience this with Paxil. Trying Prozac now. | Celexa worked. My anxiety was kept at bay. But, two side effects just would not go away. That has caused me to try another medication. | M | 39 | 9 months 20 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 4 | anxiety | Just like the previous post, I was tired, yawned alot and felt out of it. After a couple of weeks, I still get a bit tired, but I feel much more 'even'. A double edged side effect for me is sometimes I ejaculate and sometimes I do not when having sex. All I can say is I can go a lot longer and this is good that I can more than satisfy my wife. | Give the drug some time to get in your system. For me and others, the side effects lessened after a few weeks. | M | 53 | 45 days 20 mg 1X day | 2/17/2011 | 4 | depression | slightly decreased libido. | I maxed out the dosage after 4 years and it stopped working. Had to switch antidepressants. | F | 26 | 4 years 60 1X day | 2/15/2011 | 4 | irratibility | decreased libido | I am extremely sensitive to SSRIs and SNRIs, and I have always experienced sexual dysfunction to some degree, however, this one seems to have the least sexual side effects. What's really odd is that lexapro was one of the worst offenders but celexa isn't near as bad (strange considering that lex is the cleaner version of the same molecule). Anyway, I'm giving 10mg a shot to see if there's any benefit there but will likely go back to 20mg soon. I feel 30mg would be a lot more effective but I can't risk the sexual s/e's. If there was no issue with sex I'd go back to lexapro in an instant - that was very, very effective at taking away all stress and enhancing my mood. | M | 35 | 2 months 10 1X day | 12/29/2010 |