CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1105 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 |
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Anxiety and migraine | Made anxiety worse. | Took this initially for anxiety (with some associated depression) but continued on it because it made migraine with aura more stable. During stressful life events I would get anxiety pangs that lasted weeks at a time when taking this. Only when I came off the medicine and those incidents stopped happening (even during stressful times) did I realise that bastard drug had been making it worse for years. Here was me thinking it helps control anxiety! It may do that in some people but certainly not all, thus it may help you or it may not. This family of drugs is far from one size fits all, it will work well in a % of people and poorly in others. Certainly I felt much better when free of this drug and not being a victim of extended anxious sensations, which made it hard to sleep, ruined my appetite and at their worst made me feel like a frightened rabbit. Problem is the pangs would go (making me think the drug had helped) and I would stay on it because of the migraines, but they would always come back. Why I didn't realise it was this drug years before I will never know. | M | 37 | 9 years 10mg 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 2 | Anxiety and mild depression | For the first month I had little appetite and fluctuated between feeling quite sick and feeling fine.. But my mood swings definitely lessened. As times gone on I feel it's supporting me less and has done nothing for my anxiety, and although I have no side effects anymore I feel that I need to talk to my doctor about upping my dose or switching to another medication. | F | 20 | 3 months 10mg | 2/20/2012 | 1 | anxiety | sweating,racing thoughts,detatched,didn't to engage in conversation, low appetite, shaking, | i was on this drug for 12 weeks and posted some months ago, after coming off cold turkey, which i now know i shouldn't have, 8 months on still experiencing discontinuation syndrome, although getting weaker it is still annoying. I have found lot of sites with information but i wondered why some people have none or very little withdrawal symptoms and other's have a difficult time. Please read the following it may be because this drug deplete's certain vitamins in the body: Coming off Anti-depressants (SSRI's) needs to be done gradually. Drugs alter body chemistry and it wise to let the body become accustomed to any fall in chemical stimulation. However, if symptoms begin to reassert themselves this is often interpreted as the 'depression' returning. In such cases, most patients continue taking the drugs. They are unaware that depression is a condition requiring time to grow. It creeps up over a period of months, or even longer. It is not instant. The problem with stopping anti-depressants (SSRI's) appears to be a build up of a chemical residue in the body. Components of the anti-depressants lodge themselves in muscles and organs such as the kidney and liver and can take several months to disappear. In the meantime they can still actively enter the bloodstream and mimic the drug's action. As the effect fades any withdrawal symptoms will repeat themselves. But the body is responding to a toxic residue from the drug rather than re-entering a state of clinical depression. | F | 55 | 12 weeks 20mg 1X day | 2/9/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | Nausea, whenever I first take it. Yawning alot, and sometimes dizziness. Be having headaches now and even racing annoying thoughts. Not suicide thoughts, but other thoughts about where God came from and keep thinking how the earth started, it was just crazy! And I think celexa got me thinking that, cause it started when I took celexa. If these annoying thoughts don't go away, I'm stopping it. I want my normal state of mind back! | F | 20 | 2 weeks 10 | 1/26/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | I went on cipramil (celexa) at the advice of my gp, after some side effects like gas, severe sweating and tiredness, i started to experience a lighter more carefree state of mind. Unfortunately over the years i couldnt find a balance, when i took the drug i was manic and when i stopped i would have massive withdrawals, so i changed to a different drug that was more calming, and since gave up on that and am now drug free. My advice is - its very effective, like all ssris, but it WILL change your personality, and you dont know how you will react. It also impaired my memories of an important time in my life. | F | 25 | 3 years 20mg/day | 1/23/2012 | 3 | post partum, anxiety | tiredness | F | 26 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 5 | depression; anxiety | Initially (first couple of weeks) very tired. Within four weeks reached a wonderful euphoria that subsided somewhat after a month. Dosage was increased from 20mg to 30mg and that brought me to a good therapeutic level. I take at before bedtime due to tiredness. | I have suffered from depression off and on my entire life. It became severe when I became chronically ill three years ago and could no longer work. No antidepressant helped at all and I was resistant to trying another one but reluctantly did because I was so deep in a dark hole I knew I needed help. Celexa has given me my life back. It has been five months and I pray that it continues to work for me. I do feel a bit tired in the mornings but it is worth it to me to be out of that dark place and enjoying life again. I haven't needed my xanax for panic attacks since starting Celexa. Life is good again. Remember it takes time to reach its therapeutic level. Give it time to work and try to get past the initial side effects. They almost always subside. | F | 50 | 5 months 30 mg 1X day | 1/12/2012 | 5 | Depression | for the first few days, the pills periodically made me feel like I was starting to trip on a mild hallucinogen that reminded me much of the onset of psilocybin mushrooms except with no anxiety or edginess. some yawning and sluggishness for the first two weeks which I combatted with night time dosage. now the pills seem to keep from falling asleep if taken before bed. the increase in appetite seems less noticeable when the pill is taken before bed. shortly after swallowing the pill it definitely seems like my stomach feels hunger pangs. it must occur as the gut absorbs the med. I think possibly this hunger induces people to eat and then peaking and dropping blood sugars for the rest of the day cause over eating and sweet craving. if you can take the pill before bed you might like it better. keep a glass of water and your pill handy and try to drop it just before you are gonna fall asleep. I used this stuff for two years and foolishly thought I could get by without it and weened off. I suddenly realized about five weeks ago that this year I have been off the pill, my life has slowly swirled into deep depression. this medication makes me a better person for the world and not just myself. I wish I hadn't gone off, because I really made a mess of my life and ruined some close relationships through behaviors and actions that I believe were attributable to my depressed mind state. people who found the side effects bad enough to throw in the towel on this stuff are either sensitive t | M | 34 | 6 weeks | 1/11/2012 | 1 | Dr advice | I had 1 panic attack and was advised to take celexa. This was the worst thing I've ever done. I was afraid to sleep because it caused me to have PVCs. My blood pressure went through the roof, couldn't keep my hands from shaking, head aches, chest pains, and my testes hurt like crazy. I went to the ER and they just told me I was having an anxiety attack and basically brushed me off. I actually thought I was going crazy myself until I read the side effects. If anyone recommends this drug please look up the side effects first. | M | 28 | 3 days 20 | 1/7/2012 | 4 | Depression | During the first few weeks I had genital numbness and headaches the third week I discovered that if I took the med just before bedtime it took away the numbness and the headaches also went away. However, I did notice that the caffeine headaches went away | I'm pretty happy with the pills but I am scared of weaning off due to the withdrawals of anti-depressents | F | 50 | 3 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 12/29/2011 | 5 | Depression | Total GI issues on this but I didn't mind. I took it right after I gave birth and lost all my baby weight on it. I'm back on it and losing weight again. It's a weird hungry-but-nauseous combo. Yawning, drowsy, etc. Def had to take it at night. Made my pupils dilate and my eyes got wide as saucers, got super sensitive to light. Side effects lasted a week or two for me then I felt better than I had in years. | Was on 10mg x day a few years ago for post-partum depression. Back on it again at 20mg x day for depression/anxiety. Side effects early on may drive you crazy but it's totally worth sticking to, because it gets WAY better. | F | 27 | 20 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 1 | ibs | lips swelled up peeled and cracked. could not stop "dancing" | BE CAREFUL its nasty | F | 51 | 1 days 20 1X day | 12/12/2011 | 5 | anxiety, depression | My whole body felt warm inside for the first month, and delayed orgasm but only lasted 3 mths...have gained 8 pounds have not changed eating habits or exercise but now will have to. | F | 27 | 6 months 30mg | 11/29/2011 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety & OCD | Nausea for the first 24 hours of first dose and none after that. Sweatiness and would easily overheat for the first month. Hiccups for the first week. Yawning during the first 2 weeks. Worsened anxiety in the mornings for the first month. After the first month, the only side effects that stayed were jaw clenching (Bruxism - worst in evenings/early mornings), dilated pupils (highly sensitive to bright lights), and delayed orgasm. | Celexa did help me feel happier. My OCD calmed down quite a bit. I still had mild anxiety but that's a lot better than the severe anxiety I had before I started Celexa. I don't know if the drug had anything to do with this, but I used to dress like a frump but now I am a fashionista and get compliments almost every day! :o) I used to just pull my hair back in a ponytail every single day but now I have motivation to actually do my hair everyday. I guess when you're feeling happier, you have motivation to do more things! | F | 25 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 11/21/2011 | 1 | anxiety,panic attacks | Made my head hot all over felt really bad mad me panick. | F | 34 | 1 days 30mg | 11/19/2011 | 5 | Anxiety and panic attacks | Decreased appetite, vivid dreams (and confusing dreams with memories), inability to cry. | Before I started, I was getting panic attacks once or twice a day. Now I get them maybe once a month, and they are much more manageable. It takes a few weeks to kick in, and there are a few side effects, but for me it is well worth it. | F | 19 | 4 months 20 MG 1X day | 11/18/2011 | 4 | High Anxiety | At first: slept 10 hours a day, sweat very easily, very detailed dreams, felt sick (fever for a few days). Now: still have very detailed dreams, sometimes feel numb, takes a little longer to orgasm, zone out sometimes. | I have very high anxiety in general and even higher social anxiety. Celexa has helped with the non-social anxiety tremendously. I'm not stressing as much about everyday things. My social anxiety, on the other hand, has only been helped a little bit. Maybe a higher dose would help. Please don't look at ratings on here from people who have been taking this drug for a month or less. The side effects of the first weeks are totally different than the side effects afterward. | M | 21 | 9 months 20 1X day | 11/5/2011 | 4 | post neuralgia from shingles/anxiet | some euphoria, vivid dreams, sweat alittle | Not bad so far, I havent really felt pains in my head which is a PLUS for post neuralgia symptoms. I used to yell all the time, but that has really stopped. Im quite pleased with this medication. I can focus and do more things and I sleep very good. Sometimes I feel sad, but thats because Ive had a very bad year and am slowly coping. | F | 59 | 2 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 11/4/2011 | 5 | depression | Celexa has absolutely changed my life in every way. I almost never have crazy attacks of crying spells and depression, and my anxiety level has decreased significantly. This is the first anti-depressant that has not impacted my sex drive or given me any stomach problems. I can't believe I spent so many years without it. | F | 25 | 1X day | 11/3/2011 | 1 | Depression | This drug caused severe Cervical Dystonia (a neurological condition of the neck), so I immediately stopped taking it. | I didn't like the drug due to the Cervical Dystonia it caused. I stopped taking it. | M | 49 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 10/25/2011 |