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 |
| 5 | GAD Anxiety | The worst thing after 3 or so weeks of taking it is Yawning. I haven't had any nausea or dry mouth. I am very pleased with this drug. | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 8/28/2008 | 5 | Social anxiety, OCD | Some lethargy, sleeplessness, nausea, difficulty to reach orgasm, general anxiety. | I've suffered from anxiety related disorders my entire life. I'm pretty sure it has a purely genetic origin as I have not suffered through traumatic events prior to developing these disorders. When I was 2.5 years old my mother remembered me reacting unusual to normal situations. Officially I have been diagnosed with OCD and Avoidant Personality Disorder, which is an extreme case of Social Anxiety. After intensive research for 2 months into solutions I asked my psychiatrist to prescribe me a SSRI (anti-depressiva). She prescriped me Citalopram (generic) 20 mg. I had a response after about 3 days. Anxiety was still mostly present though. Side-effects weren't too bad, occasional lethargy, bouts of insomnia, some general anxiety, nausea and inorgasmia. Most of them subsides after a few weeks. After 3 weeks of 20 mg I asked to be put on 40 mg. This dose worked even better, I felt even more secure and less anxiety in all kinds of situations. If I had to put it into a figure, | M | 24 | 2 months | 8/21/2008 | 5 | Depression | None | Wonderful drug!!! I was on Wellbutrin and it did nothing short of make me suicidal. I switched to Celexa ($4 at Wal-Mart!) and have never looked back! I felt so much better that I decided to abruptly stop taking it. That was my only mistake. I felt extremely sad and would cry for the least little thing. Needless to say, I resumed the drug and it took only about a week to get my system back to normal. Looks like I'm going to be on this drug for quite some time. VERY happy with the way it makes me feel, I feel normal for the 1st time in my life! | F | 25 | 1 years | 8/17/2008 | 5 | moody | no side effects | F | 2 weeks | 8/11/2008 | 5 | Depression | I started out having the "yawns" for the first couple weeks but the side effects were relatively minimal. | I have had great results from using Celexa for the past several years. It has gotten me through rough times and allowed me to cope in a healthy manner. I intially began anti-depressant therapy due to having some degree of seasonal affective disorder and taking something helped me get through the dark winter days. Also, I think I had been suffering from depression since I was a teenanger and didn't recognize it as such until I was an adult. I do think about eventually getting off of it especially with the thought of having children but for right now, it is the right drug for me. I have tried Paxil in the past and had an enormous amount of weight changes, both gaining and losing which had a huge toll on my body. I have not experienced anything like that with Celexa. The only negative thing I have to say about Celexa is that it does cause me to have a lot of energy, sometimes to the point of running myself ragged. I try to use it to my advantage when I can. | F | 32 | 4 years | 8/4/2008 | 5 | Recurrent brief depression | Some sexual side effects, insomnia, feeling lazy! | After being on 10mg for about 6 months and still having moderate moodswings, I have increased the dosage to 30mg and for the last few days have felt better than ever. I think its a wonderful drug if you get the dosage correct. Still early days though. When I tried to come of it, i did get zaps behind the eyes and pain in the eyes. | M | 35 | 6 months | 7/19/2008 | 5 | DEPRESSION | SWEATING. I SWEAT LIKE MAD AND NEVER USE TO BEFORE THIS. | I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ON THIS THAT ON ALL THE MANY OTHERS THEY HAVE TIRED ON ME. I CAN DEAL WITH THE SWEATING AS LONG AS I AM NOT SO DEPRESSED. | M | 63 | 2 months | 7/17/2008 | 5 | anxiety/depression | no side effects. great drug for me! | F | 32 | 8 months | 6/18/2008 | 5 | Depression | Depression outweighs the side effects (sleepiness, headache & nausea about an hour after taking it). I take it at night so I can sleep through the minor headace. | This is my miracle. | F | 30 | 7 years | 6/17/2008 | 5 | derealization | slight trouble swallowing dry food..dry oesophegus , no dry mouth though? ... thats it | amazing drug.. the only one that reduced my derealization, been on all ssri+snri's plus remeron and buspar ... only this works on dearealization at 60mg | M | 30 | 7 years | 6/9/2008 | 5 | sleep disorder (hypopnea) | When first taking citalopram (celexa), I had to drink a lot of extra fluids because I felt "dried out". That stabilized after a few weeks. | I am taking this med. because I was diagnosed with a sleep disorder (hypopnea). A sleep test showed I was not taking in enough air about 18 times per minute on average. A test with a CPAP did not work out, so the next option was a low dose anti-depressant. My PCP prescribed celexa. I take 20 mg in the AM and 10 mg in the evening. In addition to helping me sleep better, it has also improved my energy and mood. | F | 50 | 2 years | 5/31/2008 | 5 | bipolar II, anxiety, panic attacks | No bad side effects noted | I love this drug. I am on celexa (30mg) as part of my crazy-cocktail. I've tried 3 different antidepressants, but celexa is by far my favorite. It is the only drug that both worked and did not zombify me. On Celexa, I can still cry, be extaticaly happy, get angry, laugh.... be the motional person i really love. No more cutting, no more anger outbursts/crying fits, no more thought of suicide, no more (unjustified) feelings of guilt... In otherwords, i feel myself and not the medicine. of course, every drug is different for everyone, but i do suggest you try it if you haven't | F | 28 | 2 months | 5/29/2008 | 5 | could NOT tolerate prozac | None. | Celexa/Citalopram was prescribed as a replacement for Prozac. For me, Prozac was an F- while Celexa/Citalopram was an A+ | F | 55 | 1 years | 4/29/2008 | 5 | anxiety | zombie like in the beginning. | F | 38 | 1 years | 4/14/2008 | 5 | Panic attax, depression | Hard to lose weight, low sex drive, sweating at night. | "Low price" to pay for the help the medication gave me. Never felt better no matter what happened to me. Will use it forever if needed. | F | 27 | 17 months | 3/28/2008 | 5 | Depression | Mild nausia lasting a couple of weeks. | Major Depressive Episode brought on by Complicated Migraine episode. Celexa very likely saved my life. | M | 36 | 3 months | 3/27/2008 | 5 | Anxiety,panic,Bipolar & depression | Nausea the first week, itching, yawning. Trouble sleeping and apathy towards food. | Fantastic drug for me.Stopped the horrible thoughts & mood swings,lifted mood greatly, anxiety level very low now and less social phobia.Only been on 20mg for two weeks!!Kicked in straight away!Have not been so well in years! Will keep you updated. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 3/22/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, Depression, Slight OCD | The first week, it just felt funny, like the morning after a long night of drinking, and you have that shaky/hung-over feeling. Lost of sexual appetite. | This drug saved me, almost literally. I tried Ativan, Lexapro, Kilonopin, and a lot of other anxiety drugs. Lexapro made me want to kill myself, and the rest of the other drugs basically made me feel the same way. Celexa is amazing. I have no side-effects, and has truly changed my life. | F | 22 | 2 years | 1/28/2008 | 5 | Anxiety / Depression 40mg | none | This one is great. Was taking Lexapro 20mg (the highest dose FDA allows) but it felt like I was taking nothing. I had depression, general and social anxiety full blast. Maybe it's the dosage of 40mg on the Celexa (similar chemical to Lexapro) but this is working great! No more deep depressions or brooding episodes. | F | 34 | 3 months | 1/15/2008 | 5 | I was very depressed. | Decreased libido for a while, but it eventually went away. | I took Celexa for depression about 3 or 4 years ago when I was 18-19. At first, it stopped me from my bouts of random crying but I still felt depressed. I told my therapist the medication was just "masking" my depression. But eventually and gradually, my depression went away with Celexa and weekly meetings with a therapist. I was on the medication for a couple years before I went off it. | F | 23 | 2 years | 12/29/2007 |