CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (1099 Ratings)

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CELEXA  (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE):  Citalopram is used to treat depression. It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being. Citalopram is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-07-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  depression and anxiety diarrhea, suicidal, became like a zombie, loss of taste and smell, dizziness, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat I'd recommend trying anything rather than this drug although I know it suits some people. If you're reading this I hope you are one of the people it suits it sure didn't suit me! Came off very, very slowly, chipping away at the pills. F 66 10 months
3/8/2009
 1  social anxiety nausea. some sleep problems This was the first medication I've tried for social anxiety. I've been very shy all my life and its totally effecting my quality of life. I spend my days by myself and with my family of course. I always feel reclusive and am completely unmotivated. This medicine did absolutely nothing positive for me. M 17 2 months
2/5/2009
 1  Depression/OCD abdominable pain, nausea, vomiting, headaches, suicidal thoughts, manic episodes, massive weight gain, feeling like a zombie, lack of sexual drive. I was on 60 mg and 72 hours ago I stopped this med cold turkey. I am just beginning to have the withdrawal symptoms. Zaps to the brain, dizzy, nausea, shaking. F 43 7 months
1/17/2009
 1  Anxiety Sexual disfunction I think the reason I really did not give this drug even a remote chance was right after I started taking it I lost all sexual desire. More than that I literally could not get even rometely excited during sex. It was like I had been castrated. no feeling at all when having sex. About a week after I stopped taking the meds everything returned to normal. But it was a scary few weeks. F 30 2 months
1/5/2009
 1  depression/anxiety SEVERE agitation!!! almost immediately after taking the first dose, I became extremely restless and agitated. Took it for 4 days, thinking that pros would outweigh the cons and the side effects would wear off. By the 4th day, I was unable to lie still, sit still, sleep, function, was completely suicidal. This drug didn't work at all for me! F 36 4 days
12/29/2008
 1  Mild depression Extreme abdominal cramping. Could only tolerate 3 days on it. Unable to eat or drink. Writhing on the bed in pain. F 32 3 days
12/9/2008
 1  depression no side effects I didnt do anything for me i didnt feel anything from using it totally ineffective M 28 4 weeks
11/30/2008
 1  Chronic Dizziness Anxiety, panic attacks, terrifying nightmares, suicidal thoughts, nausea, increased dizziness, disturbed sleep, confusion I was given 10mg Citalopram for 24/7 dizziness which I have been suffering with for over a year. No-one could find a cause for it so was thought that perhaps anxiety could causing it despite not feeling anxious. The 17 days I was on it were the worst of my life yet I kept hanging on having read about the initial side effects fading over time. However the final straw came when I woke up on the final day of taking it, wanting to kill myself, all of a sudden I was looking at knives in a different way. I couldn't stop crying, I had overwhelming dispear, the like of which I've never felt before nor do I want to feel again. I've been off the Citalopram for 11 days now and I am still suffering great anxiety and panicky thoughts almost all the time - I never felt this way prior to taking the drug. I also feel constantly sick. I hope I am still suffering withdrawal and will eventually return to how I felt prior to taking the drug but I have a feeling the experience will stay with me for a very F 23 17 days
11/27/2008
 1  Severe depression The first day I took it, I felt like it was the best day of my life, I had some much energy and I couldnt stop talking, I felt like I was on speed or something. But after that the effect changed I felt like I was in lala land all the time. I could have sat and stared at the wall for hours! and terrible insomnia! And I had spells of anger... I would not reccommed trying, It took several weeks before I felt like the fog had lifted. I would be talking to someone and during the convo. I would just faze out and stare and not be able to hear what they were saying or what was going on, and then I would snap back and they would have to repeat everything again. Which was very embarrasing! F 22 1 months
10/18/2008
 1  Seasonal Affective Disorder Premature Atrial Contractions, diarrhea and tinnitus (recent) occasional restless leg symptoms started several years ago and of course sexual response was very difficult.. I have taken Celexa for almost 10 years, first year everyday than during winter months only..It was very effective for me BUT I am writing this after being all night in the ER for PAC's which started within 2 hours of taking dose of Celexa..I am a retired RN and thought I knew this drug..first occurance was two weeks ago..I didn't think it could be connected to a drug I had taken for almost 10 years but it definately was..within 2 hours severe PAC's followed by diarrhea,(diarrhea has been going on for almost two months again I didn't connect to Celexa)was given beta blocker to relieve symptoms..it took two doses over 8 hours in ER to control PAC's ..ER nurse stated she took 2 doses and had severe double vision and said no more for her..Just be very aware of the potential of this very potent drug..interesting reading on net under side effects..I will never touch this drug again..I guess I will research full spectrum lights and vit. D...also moving to Florida is a thought.. F 58 10 years
10/3/2008
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 1  anxiety SEVERE weight gain!! I gained 20 pounds in 1 month. There is no other reason for the weight gain. I was promised that this was not a weight gain drug but after researching on my own, i found out that it was. It has also made me very tired and lethargic. Also decreased sex drive. I am a small 32 woman and have weighed 100 pounds my whole life. I now weigh 120 pounds at 5'2!!! I stopped taking Celexa a few days ago and cant wait for this weight to be gone. Try something else. F 32 1 months
9/27/2008
 1  Social Anxiety trouble sleeping, nausea didn't do anything for anxiety, nor depression. It didn't even feel like I was taking a drug at all and it gave me sleeping troubles. M 17 2 months
9/23/2008
 1  depression BLEEDINg!!!! stomach pancreas vaginal A good friend of mine had a massive cerebrial bleed and died while taking this drug. After all the problem I had with it I could have warned him about this. I am WARNING you now don't take it. It may be fine for some people and not others like him it is too late when you are dead I urge you find some other way to deal leave the drugs in the store. F 25 4 years
9/3/2008
 1  depression dry mouth. headaches. loss of libido. fatigue. Did nothing for me except produce the aforementioned side effects. I am very happy for the others here who found that it helped them. So it is with SSRI's. M 39 7 months
8/22/2008
 1  anxiety facial and vaginal muscle twitches, total forgetfulness, insomnia, racing mind would not shut off. I don't know how anyone could take this drug. One of the worst experiences in my life. As another person commented, this terrible experience made me really work hard and get in shape to handle my problems without drugs. It's not easy and life is hard, but maybe our society has set up unrealistic expectations that life should be happy and relatively stress free all the time. F 45 20 days
8/4/2008
 1  anxiety/depression first 3 days took away anxiety. from day four to day seven i slipped into a horrible depression. could not get out of bed. felt like i wanted to committ suicide. i am stopping this drug by tomorrow before i kill myself. i hate it. lexapro did the same thing to me. F 44 7 days
6/14/2008
 1  Depression anxiety hate it, don't want it, caused some really weird dreams, fatigue, blood pressure low, high anxiety, suicidal/homicidal thinking increased. NO NO NO NO NO F 38 1 weeks
5/26/2008
 1  Depression apathy, lack of motivation, worsened depression, suicidal thoughts, numbness Had been taking Wellbutrin XL for years when my new doctor decided to try me on Celexa to help with recent anxiety. Boy, was THIS a mistake! My old psychiatrist told me that I do NOT support the SSRIs well, so it's partially the fault of my new doctor for not listening to me when I told him this and prescribing it anyway. As with Prozac, Celexa first made me completely numb and apathetic to the point of not functioning enough to get out of bed. I've had to miss work time because of this medicine, and now that I am coming off of it, I have been so suicidal and have a depression that I haven't had for YEARS (Wellbutrin is AMAZING, kept me out of depression). I'm going back on wellbutrin XL and strongly suggest that people approach taking Celexa with caution. If I didn't have a good support system I would have certainly killed myself because of this drug. F 27 3 weeks
5/11/2008
 1  anxiety, depression This was the first antidepressant given me after the birth of my baby. Didn't work. Was crying all the time and my body so ached on this! Like I had major joint pain and stiffness and soreness. F 34 1 years
4/30/2008
 1  Depression Racing thoughts, restless legs, vivid frightening dreams, panic attacks, thoughts of suicide. I could not tolerate this drug at all. I ended up at my doctor's office falling apart, crying, panicked with thoughts racing. I took this to get me though trying times of an unexpected layoff, loss of health insurance and ultimately repossession of my home. My depression was situational. This drug, which was supposed to smooth over my feelings of loss and depression, caused me to completely fall apart. My solution was to buck up, dump the drugs and work my ass off to get out of my lousy situation. Two years later I have created my own job, have a nice place to live ... but still don't have health insurance because no one will insure a 56 year old diabetic - affordably. Don't you just love our system!!! F 56 4 weeks
3/21/2008

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