CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1105 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | social/general anxiety, depression | the first week and a half on 20mg were hell: kept me up all night the first two nights, so i switched to taking it during the day. then, after i took it in the mornings, i'd feel fine until an hour later- then i'd feel exhausted for another hour. racing thoughts, nervousness, loss of appetite, feeling crazy. but it all eased up after a couple weeks. the only effect remaining is occasional involuntary jerks in my feet/ hands- 10x worse when i first wake up or fall asleep. it's not a problem for me. | put on celexa in the middle of a mild manic episode [with severe panic attacks several times a day], but my free psychiatrist on my college campus only saw my anxiety. i had very irritating side effects for the first couple of weeks [20mg], but i soon felt amazing [the early response is due to the then-undiagnosed bipolar]-- until i crashed into depression again. i felt like my anxiety was much better, but the depression had come back after being gone for a long time. keep in mind that we did not know i was bipolar, which has a lot to do with that. the anxiety slowly started creeping back in, but never as much as before. moved up to 40mg, no change. i will say two things about celexa: more tolerable than prozac, and i haven't had ANY panic attacks since the day i started celexa. for that alone, i am glad. just remember-- side effects usually only last for the first couple of weeks! | F | 22 | 5 months | 7/9/2007 | 3 | major depression | Very tired all the time. Need for alot of sleep. 10 - 12 hours per day. Weight gain. | It did help pull me out of the real 'dark' patches though. | F | 34 | 2 days | 7/5/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Weight Gain, Sexual side effects | I took this drug on and off for 3 years (2 years on, 1 off). It definetely helped my anxiety. The major side effect was the weight gain. Trying the new version (Lexapro) now. I'm hoping it will have better side effects. | M | 27 | 2 years | 7/2/2007 | 1 | anxiety | diarrhea,intense heat flashes (skin burning) and vomiting | I took this for 4 days and had awful side effects and had to stop it. The burning skin and nausea and vomiting were too much for me to handle...and I didn't want to deal with it any longer so the doctor told me to stop taking it. | F | 24 | 4 days | 7/2/2007 | 5 | Depression, General Anxiety Disorde | Weight gain, vivid dreams (not bad, just detailed), lethargy | I took Celexa for two years. It improved my life so much. I was HAPPY again. The reason I went off it was because I didn't feel that I needed it anymore. | F | 27 | 2 years | 7/1/2007 | 5 | depression | loss of sex drive at beginning | was bad at first, loss of interest in sex - after a month or two it was great! it made me more adventurous and gave me motivation to do anal with my boyfriend! it is GREAT! | F | 25 | 3 years | 6/27/2007 | 1 | depression anxiety | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG AND RUIN YOUR LIFE, EVEN YEARS AFTER STOPPING THIS< ALL OF THE SIDE EFFECTS STAY- 40 lb weight gain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, bald spot on head (alopecia), memory loss, violent thoughts, no motivation, loss of joy, flat dead feeling, acne, dandruff, suicidal thoughts, always dizzy and feeling like I'm about to collapse | whatever you do do not take this drug. exercise, take st john's wort, get in the sun, eat healthy, spend time with friends... this drug made me disabled for life at the age of 15. it's not worth it. you'd be better off getting addicted to heroin. i haven't taken this drug in over 2 years, my life is still hell, physically and mentally. i can't function anymore. | F | 18 | 8 days | 6/27/2007 | 2 | Insomia, anxiety | SEVERE insomnia, racing heart, nausea, dialted pupils, shakes, mind racing | I finally got up the courage to talk to my doctor about my severe anxiety and he perscribe this & xanax. BIG MISTAKE. I took the first does of both drugs at night and I didnt sleep for over 72 hours. I have two small children and hubby is in the military and gone all the time so not sleeping for 4 days just doesnt work for me. I felt like I was on speed or something. I am 5'4 and weigh 120 lbs now after taking it for 4 days I weigh 114. I cannot eat. I can barely force myself to drink anything because the nausea is so overwhelming. Obviously I am not taking this anymore. Went back to the doctor and had the worst panic attack in the car. Kinda felt like I was still and the world was moving rapidly around me and I was there to observe the torture of movements. I was just complete over stimulated and my mind wasnt processing like it should have.My doctor has now put me on klonopin so hopefully this will work. I really didnt take celexa long enough to give it a 'fair try' so I wish go | F | 25 | 4 days | 6/26/2007 | 4 | anxiety | Somewhat depressed sex drive, somewhat depressed creativity, sleepiness/brain fog, short term memory loss. | I was having debilitating anxiety, and opted for Celexa over Lexapro because I am very sensitive to medication and the Lexapro didn't offer a small enough dose. At 20mg I was falling asleep at work and couldn't remember anything. I am an artist and couldn't make work. Sex was out of the question. Reduced dose to 10mg, felt much less sleepy, and developed coping strategies at work so I don't have to remember as much. Sex drive came back. Over time developed new ways of making artwork, now feeling more productive than ever - it's a creativity with fewer flashes of inspiration, but also a lot less fear of being incapacitated at any moment by anxiety. At this point, the 10mg is no longer completely controlling the anxiety, though. I'm going to make lifestyle changes before changing medications, because this one has been pretty good for me. | F | 35 | 3 years | 6/25/2007 | 4 | Work stress, anxiety | Increased anxiety within a few hours of taking it. Insomnia for a few days. At first I had a big increase in sex drive, then it went to non-existent. Difficult to climax. Gained 17 lbs in 3 months. | I was on Celexa when I was 21 until I was 24. I went back on it at 28 because of work stress. I think it helped but I had to take Klonopin the first week I was on it to sleep at night. Switched jobs to get away from stress and psych doc said I could go off it. Tapered down to 10 mg a day for a month just in case and then quit. Withdrawals weren't as bad second time coming off it. I'm having stress and anxiety again now because of external factors. I don't want to go back on it because of the insomnia issues and weight gain. Plus I'm just starting to get my sex drive back. I've only been experiencing the anxiety and symptoms for a week, so I'm hoping I rebound without it. I have been taking a lot of B vitamins and fish oil. It does help with PMS if you experience that. | F | 28 | 3 months | 6/23/2007 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Loose stools; insomnia; dry mouth; felt like I was going crazy; waking up at 2 am with panic attacks that would last for 12 hours; crying; could not focus; scared to leave house | Horrible drug, felt 100 times worse, now afraid to try anything else. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 6/13/2007 | 3 | depression social anxiety | had no sex drive no emotion gained 40lbs in 5 months | i started on 20 mg i was again finally able to go places by myself 2 months after starting the drug i did not feel happy or care about anything started taking 40mg i ate everything in sight and still didn't care about anything once i stopped taking it i felt like my old self but i was put on a new drug | F | 33 | 9 months | 6/11/2007 | 5 | Depression | Dry-mouth during first few months. No weight gain. No negative sexual side-effects. No negative side-effects overall. | Celexa is wonderful. All it does is lift the haze. I have heard even better reviews of Lexapro for those of you looking to change medications. | F | 27 | 1.5 years | 6/5/2007 | 1 | Depression | Low energy, joint and muscle pain, felt more depressed, loss of appetite, weight loss, low libido. | Celexa was a toxic poison for me. After about three weeks on it all of my joints, knees especially, were in tremendous pain. One day I sneezed and pulled a muscle in my back because the Celexa caused my muscles to become week. It took away my appetite and I lost too much weight since I'm a naturally thin person. However, on the second day of taking this medication I had the most intense orgasm I'd ever had. My body filled with unbelievable warmth. It happened a second time but after that my libido went to s**t. Celexa wasn't worth it for me. I'm now on day three of Wellbutrin. | M | 36 | 3 weeks | 6/3/2007 | 5 | Social Anxiety | None, alittle slow to start working. | Began w/ 20m with a little benifit went to 1 1/2 tablets for 4 years. I felt 100% NORMAL, able to go to social events. Some trumatic life events got me down a few months ago, increased med to 40m, and I am back to normal, VERY HAPPY | M | 52 | 4.5 years | 5/30/2007 | 1 | Panic Disorder | Brain zaps; crying; increased panic episodes. | F | 41 | 10 days | 5/29/2007 | 1 | Depression | Genital anisthesia Loss of sex drive racing thoughts Excessive weight gain Retlessness Loss of emotions Severe changes in personality | This drug literally ruined my life. To quickly sum things up. Before Celexa A smart and creative teenager with a passion for life. After Celexa Obese recluse with flat emotions and no sex drive. Ps. After taking this drug i developed a iatrogenic sexual dysfunction caused by the medication called PSSD or Post SSRI sexual dysfunction. If you have PSSD after having used an antidepressant you are welcome to join our support group at this website. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ssrisex/ | M | 24 | 4 years | 5/27/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Started on 20mg per day and had brain fog and migraine-like headaches for the first 5 days. Also very sleepy and yawning. Headaches cleared after a week, sleepiness cleared after 3 weeks. Lost my orgasm for the first 4 weeks but it came back :) | Fantastic! I had been getting more and more depressed until I could not function and was crying all the time. After starting Citalopram, my mood started to lift within about 3 days and after a week I began to feel "normal" for the first time in months. Been on it a month now and starting to pick up old hobbies and activities again (before Celexa I could not motivate myself to do anything). My only worry now is how long I can stay on it ? | F | 49 | 4 weeks | 5/22/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | Late day headaches 3-4 times/week | I was terrified to take an anti-depressant but after 5 months on Celexa I don't think I ever want to go back to not taking it! I can sleep again instead of thinking about work or other stressful stuff at night. I don't cry all the time. I don't pick fights with my boyfriend. I don't feel like a zombie. I still have emotions - just not the violent unhappy reactions to things. SO glad to have found this stuff!! | F | 28 | 5 months | 5/21/2007 | 3 | anxiety | Mostly I was so tired. I could litterally sleep all day. I also had no emotions, felt like a total zombie. As soon as I got off of it I felt like my old self. | F | 40 | 60 days | 5/20/2007 |