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 | anxiety, depression | The first few months I was taking 40mg, then dropped to 20mg (mistake) and finally found the sweet spot at 30mg. The first couple of months were terrible; I wanted to sleep constantly, but yet was unable to sleep at night. Ended up getting in an accident; was more tired than I have even been in my life, seemed to go on for weeks. I also stopped drinking at the same time. The sexual side effects were frustrating at 40mg which was another reason I dropped down to 30 (the reduction was positive). | After taking it a few months and seeking consuling, I feel much, much better. I wanted to quit taking it so many times during the initial months due to the side effects, but now I am very pleased that I stuck with it and 'experimented' with the dosage. | M | 47 | 1 years 30 1X day | 10/9/2010 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | In the beginning I had nausea, drowsiness, and bruxism. I took a half tablet for a month then upped it back to 20mg. Side affects have (mostly) disappeared. | I was skeptical about this medication at first, but after about 6 weeks, my panic attacks went down a lot. I'm very happy with the results so far. | F | 23 | 2 months 20mg 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 4 | depression and anxiety | The first few days had noticeable side effects. My skin was crawling as it adjusted to the uptake of serotonin. They subsided within the first week. Overall it has worked for the bad feelings I was experiencing. I notice when I take it at night it helps me sleep. However when I was exposed to life difficulties, I would take it in the morning. | F | 32 | 10 months 20 1X day | 9/9/2010 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | fatigue at first, head ache, grinding teeth at night, kinda numb feeling. | It worked for my depression and anxiety prety good for a while. I started at 20mg and was up to 40 mg after 3 years. Really hard to come off of with being dizzy and strange little "shock/zap" feelings in my head. Had to stop taking it after 3 years due to it no longer working for me | M | 35 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | Anxiety / panic attacks | Thirsty, slightly "sedated" for the first few days. Still had panic attacks for the first week to 10 days or so but gradually tapered off | I have taken Paxil and Zoloft previously for anxiety / panic attacks. Both were good although it is my opinion that the Celexa is less sedating than Paxil. Very good results staving off the panic attacks, just makes me feel like "me" again. Running 3 miles a day in fear of the SSRI weight gain that I experienced on SSRIs before but no increase in weight at this time. | F | 44 | 30 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/26/2010 | 4 | pelvic pain | None | Much improved sex life...I could be in movies. | M | 39 | 14 days 20mg 1X day | 8/20/2010 | 4 | Depression | F | 43 | 1 months 30mg 1X day | 8/6/2010 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Makes me hyper like wanting to runn a mile but makes me yawn all day and loss of interest in sex and weird dreams! | so far so good | F | 32 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 7/29/2010 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Teeth clenching, sleepiness, lower sex drive | I am combining the use of this drug with therapy. Initially it made me tired but that has tapered off. Absolutely no feelings of depression and no panic attacks. It has given me a positive attitude to work on my issues with my therapist. No weight gain, which is great. The teeth clenching was extremely annoying and it took months for it to go away. Overall I feel much better than I did 6 months ago. | F | 46 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 4 | Depression | Total loss of libido. | I started on this medication a year ago for depression and it worked well. It took a few weeks for me to feel the depression lifting, but once it did then it was gone for good! I didn't rate this medication a "5" because the loss of libido seriously interferes in my life. But for it to conquer my depression, which was bad, it gets a high rating anyway. | M | 40 | 1 years 60 MG 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 4 | depression/anxiety | The only side effect I've had since taking this med is sweating. | Stopping the medication is unpleasant | F | 27 | 4 years 40mg 1X day | 6/19/2010 | 4 | Severe anxiety, bad insomnia | Manic mornings after taking pill that settled down by noon. Weird electrical "zaps" in my head, light-headed feeling, gained 10-15lbs no matter how little I ate, feeling of invincibility. | My anxiety started gradually but eventually I got to the point where I couldn't handle work or social functions with more than a couple people. I had been on Zoloft 10 years before for depression but this wasn't depression so it took me a while to realize what was happening. I also had been suffering with insomnia for almost 4 years sleeping barely four hours a night. I was a wreck. My doctor prescribed Celexa/Citalopram and almost immediately my insomnia ended and so did my anxiety. I was a new person and everyone around me noticed. This drug saved me. But it also caused annoying weight gain that I could not control and certainly I couldn't drink alcohol like I used to. You simply cannot drink booze in any quantity without getting really messed up. I cut back but wouldn't quit entirely. Besides euphoric, manic mornings after taking the pill, I began to feel invincible and nearly screwed up my entire life. I was reckless to the point of endangerment and I nearly ended a very good relationship. Sexual function actually increased which encouraged the desire to stray. I ended up having to quit because even though I was right, I should have demurred to nasty upper management who didn't like my new attitude. I ended up weening myself off of it and had serious depression the following week but felt "normal" again after that. Now, 8 months later, I'm depressed as hell how my life has changed and need to figure out how to stop my suicidal thoughts. I'm sick | M | 45 | 2.5 years 20mg 1X day | 6/5/2010 | 4 | anxiety and depression | Sleepiness. More anxiety first week, then that tapered off. Some of the generics gave me nausea. | This is a really great drug if you have combined anxiety and depression because it does not make you hyper. It can make you sleepy though so I take it at night before I go to bed. This makes me much less foggy in the morning. I have been taking it for 3 years and I think I will probably take much longer because I couldn't function without it. | F | 55 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 4 | Major depression, anxiety | First months - like a zombie. But was better than the depression. It took awhile, (i can't remember how long) but I eventually balanced out: I felt like how I should feel, like a happy, healthy human being again. Side effects that persist throughout the years: excessive sweating, clenching teeth. But these are nothing compared to my crippling depression. It is very important that people keep in mind that these drugs are not cures for depression; they just help you manage it. The real work for me that has helped equally, or even more than the drugs, is therapy. Presently, the Celexa is tapering off in its effectiveness in helping me. So, I'm augmenting with a thyroid drug. | No sexual side effects. Not a cure, I still struggle with depression and have to work really hard to be okay. Celexa has helped immeasurably, and I credit my doctor for saving my life ten years ago! I switched a few years ago from the brand name to the generic and noticed no difference. I did develop a mild allergy to ibuprofen but that could have also been just aging; further, I get menstrual migraines and cannot take a migraine medication b/c of the Celexa. So, I do tend to suffer once a month with very bad headaches - again, this is nowhere near as bad as my depression. My best lesson in treating depression: keep talking to your doctor, take your medication as prescribed, and always see a therapist. Best of luck to you all. | F | 33 | 10 years 60 mg 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 4 | slight depression, agitation | I was prescribed 20mgs. The first day of 20mgs I was completely knocked out. I couldn't move off of the couch, not sleepy just unmotivated. Like someone pulled the plug on me. I also was yawning alot and clenching my teeth. I cut the next dose down to 10mgs and it has helped tremendously! | Since I am only 100lbs I thought 20mgs may have been too much for me so I cut it down to 10mgs, since I've done that I've seen great improvement in my mood. I am much more relaxed, not overreacting to minor things. I am a mom of a 3 yr old and work full time, I was beginning to feel overwhelmed by every task. Since taking Celexa I feel motivated, focused and not as uptight as I had become. I hope it keeps working because people close to me notice I am more relaxed as well, I feel alot better on this! | F | 34 | 2 weeks 10mg 1X day | 5/8/2010 | 4 | Depression Anxiety | The first 2 weeks were pretty brutal, feeling as though I was in a constant dream-like state with periods of intense anxiety. These feelings gradually tapered down by weeks 5 or 6. | Dosage was 20mg for 1 month, 30 for next two weeks, then up to 40. Started to feel positive effects around week 4, and probably full effect by week 7. I don't worry as much now, although I still have Xanax for breakthrough anxiety. I have had to use less and less Xanax though, which is great. | M | 33 | 2 months 20--->40 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Forgetful. yawning at first, weight loss, decreased sex drive. | This drug has helped me so much. My anxiety was becoming unbearable and I could hardly function at times. The most noticeable side effect is my forgetfulness. I forget things easily and feel a little bit spaced out at times. When I first started taking the drug I almost felt like I was high, but that decreased a bit with time. My sex drive is lower, but it hasn't disappeared and also got better with time. I used to have problems with dealing with the idea of my own death and felt scared that I could die at any moment. With this drug I've been able to sort through my fears and finally deal with those feelings. My life has greatly improved because of this drug and I can function normally. | F | 24 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 4/22/2010 | 4 | Anxiety, panic attacks | At first, I was VERY sleepy. I was yawning all the time, and it was a real problem. So, I started taking it at night, and that helped a lot. You might want to try that if you're excessively sleepy. I also initially had trouble with "word recall." I couldn't remember the names of things, and it made me feel stupid. The therapist said this was normal. That eventually went away after about 4 months. The only lasting side effects are the lack of sexual drive and very vivid dreams. I just don't crave sex very much at all. My husband doesn't either since he's on Prozac. We can laugh about it, so I guess that's a good thing. The vivid dreams are kinda fun, so that doesn't bother me. LOL! | Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this med. It has worked MUCH better for me than Cymbalta. My anxiety has decreased quite a bit, but I don't feel numb. I think my emotions are more in line with reality... I don't get as worked up over nothing. | M | 34 | 7 months 20 mg 1X day | 3/29/2010 | 4 | anxiety/night terrors | I can't cry. Sleepy, yawning a lot. | Really helped with anger issues. I do not get mad about anything really anymore. Even when I feel like I want to cry, I just can't. The tears wont come to my eyes. It's really weird. | F | 30 | 3 months 60mg 1X day | 3/22/2010 | 4 | Anxiety and Rage | Weight gain, grinding teeth, thirsty, vivid dreams on a fairly regular basis, memory and organizational skills seem to have flown the coop though. Still, that's preferable to wanting to smash my head into a wall 24/7, or to smash someone else's head into a wall. My hubby use to let me use his palms to hit my fist into so I could release some of the pent up anxiety. | I don't like the weight gain, but this drug has saved my life, at least for now. I started experiencing rage and severe anxiety while going through menopause and getting sarcoidosis at the same time. I don't know where I would be today without it; probably a mental institution, so yes, I'll take the weight gain over that. My doctor did subscribe 5mg per night of cyclobenzaprine to help with the teeth grinding that kept me awake at night. The combo works great most nights. Once in awhile I have insomnia, whereas before, I couldn't sleep at all. I do miss my organizational skills though...it doesn't work for my job, but that's the way it is. | F | 56 | 3 years 30 MG 2X day | 3/22/2010 |