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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | anxiety | jaw clenching, loss of appetiete-inablity to gain weight, night sweats!, rash on my chest first week, fatigue | celexa has really helped me control my racing mind. i am on 40 mg/day and take it at bed time. It does come with some costs (see side effects). It has helped me | F | 20 | 6 months | 2/22/2007 | 4 | Stress | Increased anxiety at first, increased insomnia, loss of sex drive, decrease in appettite. All subsided within a month. I was also prescribed Klonopin which helped with the sleeping issues. I only took about 10 of them in three months. Now I take one Tylenol PM or Benadryl and it knocks me out. | Have to suffer through the side effects but its worth it. | F | 28 | 3 months | 2/1/2007 | 4 | Depression/Anger Issues/Anxiety | Dry mouth, vivid dreams, very dilated pupils, trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, spacy feeling | It has only been 3 days for me, but aside from the few side effects that will probably go away I feel much better already. I am on 10mg for 1 week then will go up to 20mg. I did lose the love of my life from my prior issues. However, he came into town yesterday while I was on the medication. It was like being around him for the first time. Everything was perfect, we could have never gotten along like that before. Because of my issues. I am not crying anymore at night and don't feel sad. I am a little afraid though that I won't be able to feel anything. Right now everything is ok. Not bad, not good. It takes a lot to make me laugh now and I don't kid around anymore. I hope that I get my personality back in time. Has anyone else felt that they gave up their personality to not feel the way that we felt before? | F | 27 | 3 days | 1/25/2007 | 4 | Chemical Imbalance | Fatigue, night sweats, vivid dreams, icthy "crawly" skin, facial numbness, dizziness, nausea | Celexa has effectively worked for me thus far. It has improved my moodiness tenfold, although my highs are REALLY high and my lows are REALLY low. Lately I have been experiencing more dizziness then usual and when I move my head my eye sight almost trails behind and focuses shortly after. I pick a weekend out of the month to go off them to give my system a break, really bad side effects there, I wouldn't suggest doing this often or at all. Celexa is probably better for short term use as opposed to long term in my opinion. Definately talk to your physician about all possible side effects before deciding to use this drug. | F | 24 | 3 years | 1/19/2007 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Dry mouth, mental fuzziness, weight gain, intense but brief (2-5 minutes)periods of sweating; sexual desire there but cannot reach orgasm | First started a year and a half ago for severe anxiety attacks; was on 20 mg which controlled the anxiety, allowed me to eat again, improved mood moderately; stupidly, started to taper myself off, as was feeling better and wanted to reduce weight; had another severe depressive/anxiety episode 6 weeks ago and am now up to 40 mg; anxiety is now manageable but mood lift has not yet occurred. Doctor wants eventually move me to Lexepro to reduce sexual side effects. | F | 44 | 18 months | 1/13/2007 | 4 | post partum depression | I really did not have any side effects starting up. It was such an improvement in my life compared to the depressed state that I was in. After about 6 months I started realizing that I was not taking the medication for being depressed any more but I was taking it for life ups and downs. My doctor first tried to put me on a lower dose of a different medication and it made me a little loopy and I had to switch back to celexa. I finally weaned myself off and a couple of weeks after my last dose started taking a long acting form of St. John's Wort.(St. John's wort and Celexa do not mix and you need at least two weeks before moving from one to the other) It is definately not as strong and I am forced to deal with life's ups and downs the old fashioned way but I am getting there. As for celexa, if you need it take it. It really saved me in a awful time that I would never wish on any one. Take your time to get off and if you still need it just don't stop, your life is worth more t | F | 29 | 8 months | 1/2/2007 | 4 | IBS | inability to have orgasms, hyperactivity | i like this drug, but i like my orgasms alot more. | F | 28 | 1.5 months | 12/26/2006 | 4 | Severe anxiety and panic | Weight gain, uncontrollable hunger, weird hypoglycemic symptoms | I wasn't sure how to rate this drug because I used it once for 5 years with fantastic success, but then went off of it for a year. My anxiety and panic returned so I went back on Celexa and I had many side effects that I hadn't before. I gained 30 pounds in just a few months, and basically couldn't function because of the uncontrollable, endless, gnawing hunger. It helped my anxiety and panic symptoms though. No withdrawals except for mild head zaps for a day or two. | F | 25 | 1 years | 12/25/2006 | 4 | anxiety | Increased anxiety the first few weeks, start out REALLY LOW ON THIS, don't take 20 or 40 to start out with or it may cause panic, insomnia the first few weeks, rapid heartbeat at first and really sleepy during the day. All side effects have subsided in week 3 except it takes marathon sessions to have orgasmn | Great drug for anxiety, but you need to keep positive thoughts going simulataneously. DO NOT START OUT ON A FULL DOSE OR YOU WILL HATE THE DRUG. See if your doc will give you 10 Klonopin to help you sleep the first week or so. Otherwise the insomnia may kick in. Be patient with the drug...works good, just has some nasty side effects in the beginning. | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 12/23/2006 | 4 | depression | sore jaw, insomnia the first few weeks, would fall asleep but wake up a few hours later, increased anxiety the first few weeks, sex drive is good but takes 5 times longer to reach orgasm, loss of appetite the first few weeks | Great drug for depression..... make sure you start slow on this drug or you may have a nasty reaction if you start out on too high of a dose. | F | 27 | 3 months | 12/23/2006 | 4 | depression | tired, yawning, jaw clenching | was on effexor. it killed my sex drive. been on celexa for over a week. sex drive is back, YEE HAW!. just a litle tired. seems to be working ok. has knocked some of the edge off. ive been told after 3 weeks there should be more improvement. hope so cause this is the 3rd one ive tried. lots of ppl have complained about withrawal symptoms with anti-depressants but i have had none when switching one to another. good luck to all. i know how much it sucks to feel bad. have felt like crap for over 5 yrs. wife finally convinced me to see a doc. i have had a little better improvement with each one ive tried. tried welbutrin but had bad insomnia. effexor, had no sex drive and really tired i mean scary tired trying to drive home at night. celexa, tired but not too bad. has had some effect. like i said knocked off the edge some. | M | 36 | 1 weeks | 12/15/2006 | 4 | depression | only been on 2 days. none so far. | i was on effexor for about a month. had some decent results BUT absolutely NO sex drive. i have noticed a definate mood change. noticed that on the first day. a good change. was upbeat generally a good mood. by nature im a little mischevious that part of me began to show itself in a big way lol. really hope this continues but its still too early to know. hoping the sex drive isnt an issue but if it is and everything else is ok may talk to doc about some viagra. hope this works. | M | 36 | 2 days | 12/8/2006 | 4 | Depression | The first night I took it I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I had the flu. I had stomach problems and nightsweats. I remember almost feeling like I was on LSD. I called the doctor and he told me to take it in the morning. After I switched to the morning it was much easier to tolerate. | Celexa definitely helped me lift out of the funk I was in. I was in a long distance relationship and it helped me deal with that. I did gain about 40 lbs in 3 years on it. I wasn't watching what I ate or exercising very much so I'm sure that contributed. I did have trouble reaching orgasms during sex. | F | 27 | 3 years | 11/30/2006 | 4 | menopause/depression | I forgot to mention that Celexa reduced the number of hot flashes I was having. | Could feel mood improve in a matter of days. Did not feel drugged. It just seemed that little things bothered me less, and the black cloud was gone. Still felt all emotions but was less edgy. | F | 56 | | 11/29/2006 | 4 | menopause, depression | My doctor put me on 10 mg. of Celexa to help alleviate the problems associated with menopause. (I was not able to take hormones.) I felt more normal on the Celexa -- it took the edge off, made me nicer to be around, focused, and better able to deal with anxiety. We moved, which was very traumatic, and I went up to 20 mg. At that dose I found I was sleepy all the time. Went off the Celexa rather abruptly instead of tapering off, but did not have a rough landing. No side effects. The 10 mg. dose makes me feel like me at my best, but I am currently not taking anything in an effort to see if I can lose a few pounds. | Did not have any trouble with my weight at a dose of 10 mg. A normal dose (20 mg.) made me want to nap and procrastinate. Had a minor weight gain, and my digestive tract seemed sluggish on the increased dose. I was not as regular about getting exercise because I was sleepy and would procrastinate getting my workout. 10 mg. was really the best dose for me. On 20 mg. I found it very difficult to lose weight, inspite of good eating habits and regular exercise. My doctor thought maybe Wellbutrin would help, but I only took the Wellbutrin for 4 days because it really buzzed my head. My pharmacist did not think that the Celexa would cause weight gain, but said that several people have reported gaining weight on Wellbutrin. Weight gain could be a result of middle age metabolism or carelessness too. | F | 56 | 3 years | 11/27/2006 | 4 | depression axiety attacks | A dramatic increase of depression, anxiety attacks and even suicidal thoughts in the first few weeks of taking it (these feelings all end literally overnight after I increased my dosage) Loss of sex drive and other sexual dysfunction which tapered off after a month or so. Weight loss at first, followed by weight gain. High tolerance of alcohol (when I could barely drink at all regularly). Extroverted social activity bordering on ‘mania’. | Although the effects of celexa went much further than I would have liked they did end a terrible depression very fast. After a few weeks of taking them and finding the right dose – one day I was in the darkest depths of a horrible incapacitating depression and I woke up the next day feeling ‘on top of the world’. It was a dream come true at that time. But it would eventually impact my lifestyle in a way I wasn’t comfortable with. Prior to using the drug I was socially introverted. The need to interact socially and ‘party’ became an overriding motivation while I was on the drug – and would eventually be the reason I stopped taking it. Increased ability and desire to drink alcohol also became a problem. I developed what I called at the time ‘super social powers’ interacting with people in ways I hadn’t normally been able to before. The extroverted lifestyle took over my life and I lost interest in my work and writing. I | M | 33 | 6 months | 11/20/2006 | 4 | Depression | Loss of libido and ability to orgasm, weight loss, vivid dreams, sleep changes | Celexa really helped me recover from depression. After a week I went from severe depression to mild and was eventually symptom free. I actually like the side effects EXCEPT for the sexual ones. Now that I am in a serious relationship I am quitting celexa b/c of the sexual side effects and switching to Wellbutrin | F | 29 | 2 years | 11/9/2006 | 4 | GAD and slight depression | Jittery brain, hands shaking, sweating palms, overal fog for first few hours after taking the pill. The drugged feeling is wearing off now on day 3. | I'm only on day three right now but felt I should add my experience here. Day 1 was 20 mg and I took it in the am as my doctor said it might keep me up if ZI took it later in the day. I was shaky, jittery, palm sweating, dry mouth and very foggy. That night the drug was wearing off a bit and I started to feel good. Sleeping night one was terrible...my mind felt a little stimulated and it was wondering all night. I reduced my dose by 1/2 to 10mg day 2 and was even worse, but I did start to feel the claming effect of this drug even though it was only day 2. I took the medication both day 1 and 2 without havin eaten first and on day 3 I feel the same effects but not nearly as exaggerated since I ate breakfast before taking 10mg. I hope next week all these side effects wear off / calm down b/c even though all these effects suck, I think the drug is going to work help my anxiety and contstant worrying about nothing all the time. I hope I can begin to concentrate better. | F | 29 | 3 days | 11/2/2006 | 4 | depression | difficulty waking up in the morning, and too much energy at bedtime (I used to be the opposite) | After three weeks, I noticed a big difference in my mental state. Things looked brighter, I wanted to go out and be with people, I was able to smile and laugh again. Still feel great....just have a hard time waking up. | F | 31 | 7 months | 10/30/2006 | 4 | depression, NCS (dysautonomia) | none. Went on this after I couldn't sleep with Zoloft. | M | 40 | 14 days | 10/29/2006 |