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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | forgot to mention that i took xanax .25 mg twice a day for 2 days prior to starting the celexa and my anxiety all but disappeared. after a week on celexa 20 mg i feel like i am losing my mind and anxiety has completely returned. DO NOT take celexa for anxiety!!! | M | 24 | 1 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | YAWNING, YAWNING, YAWNING! It went away after about 3 or 4 weeks. My head felt like it was floating. Headaches, nausea, very tired. No sex drive. Loss of appetite in beginning, but gradually gained a huge appetite along with a lot of weight. | I had lost over fifty pounds and maintained that weight for about 3 years until I started celexa (citalopram) 20mg. Now I have gained back about 20-25 pounds and cannot drop it. I went off of Celexa about 3 weeks ago. WOW!! Major dizzy spells, sick, HEADACHES!!! I hate this crap. I would never recommend it. I'm going to therapy now, trying to control my anxiety that way. My therapist is checking my hormone levels to make sure they are where they should be. I get anxiety about 2 weeks prior to my period. I get headaches, leg ahces, and very cranky until I start my period each month. My poor husband and kids. They must think I'm nuts! =) I'm guessing it's hormonal. For anyone thinking about going on something for anxiety or depression or anything else, please go to the right type of Doctor. Go to a specialist..... a therapist. I'm feeling a lot better just being off that crazy drug. | F | 25 | 4.5 months | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Extreme dizziness, fatigue, shaking on 10 mg./day for 7 days now. When will that pass? | F | 79 | 7 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Tired, jaw clenching, sweating, headaches, nausea, depression, angry, no sex drive at all, tired but CANNOT sleep. Excessive yawning, dizzy, foggy, blurred vision, weight gain, dry cotton mouth. Posture as gotten bad. Body aches, feel sick all of the time. | I didn't worry about house cleaning, bills, work, anything. All of my worries were gone! Ooops! Still have to pay the bills, still have to clean the house, but it didn't bother me. I gained weight, so I felt depressed now, which wasn't worth the trade. I went off of celexa about 2 weeks ago and it has been terrible! Dizzy, unclear thinking, headaches, nausea, day dreaming, body aches, chills, cold hands and feet, numb fingers. Very strange. Has anyone experienced this? | F | 25 | 3 months | 3/7/2007 | 1 | depression | Utter disorientation and constant nausea. Detached sensation as if I was outside of myself looking in. Fatigue and extreme drowsiness yet couldn't sleep for any length of time plus the most horrid, vivid nightmares. AND ALL THIS AFTER JUST TWO DAYS OF 40mg | I am astounded how potent and debilitating this drug can be. The manufacturer describes any side effects an minor and not long lasting. I consider that a total misrepresentation since it can be impossible to endure the new agonies it triggers. I suppose the SSRI feature penetrates the blood/brain membrane and once is inside is a bastard to eradicate. It's been five days since I ingested this poison and am just now feeling my tremors and other aspects subside. The depression is more desirable than the cure, at least this one. Did try Prozac quite a few years back and had debilitating side effects also but no where near as fast as Celexa. Perhaps the whole family of SSRI's is suspect. Best of luck all. | M | 62 | 2 days | 3/2/2007 | 1 | Depression | I took Celexa 2 different times in my life. The first time I became very suicidal but that ended with a higher dose. Didnt want sex no longer. Husband said I was a zombie, and seemed to be even more depressed. Sometime later, I told my Dad about it because he was feeling very down. I told happily told him about Celexa, not remembering how suicidal I became, but realizing how much better I had been feeling. He committed suicide 4 DAYS after taking this DRUG. I blame myself because I told him to ask his dr about Celexa. I TRUELY BELIEVE HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF HE HADN'T TAKEN THIS DRUG!! He WASN'T SUICIDAL!! I can prove it!!! Dr had to up my dose because I became extremely depressed. Had a nervous breakdown, tried to commit suicide. Second time I took this drug, I was ALWAYS sleeping, didn't give a sh*t about anything! NOTHING MATTERED! Work and sleep, work and sleep. THEN 6 months later, I started cutting. Had to release and FEEL something... I kept thinking about ALL the ways I c | I took myself off this drug, THANK GOD with my pharmacists help, because otherwise I would have just stopped and not weaned off. But even at weaning off, for 3 MONTHS the withdraws were HORRID! I would have EXTREME electric like zaps all thru my body, all thru out the day. I swear, it felt like my heart would stop, and I would almost pass out. EXTREME nightmares! EXTREME irritability. If my husband wasnt as much as a "ROCK" for me, I would be divorced. But Im not longer in that black hole, I dont cut, and Im not thinking about all the ways I can kill myself. I MISS MY DAD!!! Thanks Celexa!! BEWARE OF THIS DRUG!!!!!! | F | 39 | 5 years | 2/10/2007 | 1 | depression | couldnt get my words out very anxious and tired | F | 28 | 1 months | 2/6/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | sleepiness, chest and heart pains, headaches, loss in appetite | Celexa is horrible. I've never been on any other anti-depressant in my life and my doctor started me out on 20mg and i think that was wayyyy too much for me to handle. So, i started taking 10mg and then started having really bad heart and chest pains. I thought i was having a heart attack. My doctor just put me on paxil cr today so i hope that works for me. I would not reccomend taking celexa, but everyones different. | F | 20 | 3 weeks | 1/31/2007 | 1 | anxiety | diarrhea, dizziness, headache, insomnia, legs would not stop shaking, nausea, severe anxiety, skin felt like it was burning, sweating | After taking the medication for 6 days, I ended up having to go to the ER in an ambulance because I had a reaction to Celexa. Thank God for Ativan! | F | 40 | 6 days | 1/17/2007 | 1 | anxiety, stress | could not sleep, nausia, my whole body was shaking for hours, rapid heart rate, dry mouth, scared, feeling nervous, crying, hot hands and feet, felt like i had to go to the ER | The first night i took this medication i had all of the side affects right away. i am taking Xanax .25mg and the doctor recommended to switch me over to Celexa 20mg. The way my body reacted to this medication was unbelievable. My body could not stop shaking i thought i was going to have a seisure, i had to take Xanax to stop shaking. The next day i still felt very nausiated, did not want to eat, i was crying most of the day, this stuff was making me nutts. I dont know how anyone could take this medication, i have never felt this badly ever in my life as i did with this medication. I will never take this stuff again. | F | 30 | 1 days | 12/8/2006 | 1 | anticipated depression | racing thoughts, restlessness, heaviness in arms and legs, suicidal thoughts, homicidal thoughts, crying, worsening of anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations | THIS DRUG IS POISON AND SHOULD BE PULLED OFF THE MARKET. I used it once for two years without problems. The second time around though has been an ongoing waking nightmare. First the side effects I listed while on the drug (and others I can't even describe) were enough to land me in the hospital. Then when I was pulled cold turkey off the drug, I experience electrical shock sensations, tingling throughout my body, severe panic attacks (which I had never had before), poor memory and concentration, confusion, chills, fear, headaches, a jittery feeling behind my eyes which made it impossible to focus on anything, insomnia, and finally, tardive akathisia. This last symptom is a severe restlessness where I literally can't sit still for a second, combined with the most severe agitation imaginable. It feels like my arms and legs are on fire. And it may be permanent. Also, these drugs can cause tardive dyskinesia, which has no cure. If you want someone to set fire to the fabric of your | F | 31 | 1.5 months | 10/21/2006 | 1 | Depression | Extreme nausea. The worst ever, had to stop taking it because of this. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2006 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Sweats (I work in a clean room, 12 hour night shifts so think what that was like), extreme anxiety, on the last night I took Celexa I was scared to go to sleep. Very delayed orgasms, just gave that up. | Celexa was started by my regular Dr and as soon as it looked like it was not working he sent me to department of psychiatry and their Dr stopped the Celexa at once and because I had only been on 30 days said there would not be a problem but gave me Lorazepam in case there was. All of the side effects have went away in the first three days of not talking Celexa | M | 60 | 30 days | 9/2/2006 | 1 | Severe mood swings/depression | 30 pound weight gain, diminished sex drive, inable to orgasm | I took celexa for 2 years. I had much better results on Wellbutrin but didn't have the smarts to talk to my Dr. about the side effects. | F | 22 | 2 years | 8/29/2006 | 1 | Anxiety, depression, anger | EXTREME fatigue. Could hardly drag myself out of bed no matter how much sleep I got. Couldn't focus or concentrate. Felt too spacey. Caused more nightmares and sunk into a deeper depression. | Not only did this drug NOT help my anxiety or depression, but made it worse. The fatigue was unbearable. Had to stop taking it before going to work because it affected my work performance. Had to take it only at bedtime. Stuck with it for two months then gave up. This drug is worthless. | F | 49 | 2 months | 8/25/2006 | 1 | Depression Anxiety | Tingle Feeling in the arms Nausea Tremors/shaky Feeling Panic Attacks Dizzyness Lightheaded lose of appetite | I got these side effects within a week of taking it and couldnt stand them so i stoped taking it and it went away within 3 days | M | 19 | 11 days | 8/21/2006 | 1 | | 8/20/2006 | 1 | anxiety/stress | No sexual desire, unable to climax, night sweats, sick to my stomach, dizzy, couldn't see right - by the second week my anxiety is worse. | Last night was the first night I didn't take Celexa since it was prescribed. I slept okay but am so tired today I can't get the energy to do anything. I have sweats - just don't feel right. I think I'd rather battle with the anxiety itself than have other added concerns on top of it. :s | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 8/16/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | NAUSEA....after 3 days...so bad I couldn't take public transportation or drive without feeling like i was going to Vomit all over....had to take time off of work; loss of appetite; headaches; lightheadedness; sweating; teeth grinding; | Stopped Celexa 4 days after starting....nausea has lasted 1 week since stopping....this medication is awful. | F | 28 | 4 days | 8/2/2006 | 1 | had a baby | When I go off celexa Im irritabie,and my headake is sooooooo bad I have too take my pills,I dont kuow how long it will last but a week was way more then enough..... | Bad,bad,bad i can not stop taking celexa,I get way too sick.Im at the point were I dont even know if I need too be on it.I dont know what too do,I hate it soooooooo much,never ever take this DRUG ever never never! | F | 24 | 4 years | 8/2/2006 |