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 |
| 2 | depression | MORE agitated/anxious than usual, no improvement in depression. | F | 22 | 2 months | 9/18/2006 | 2 | depression/anxiety | not much interest in sex; didn't lessen the anxiety much if any | I don't believe it's doing what it's supposed to for me. I don't feel any different after taking it for three weeks now and having the dosage moved up from 10mg to 20mg at the end of the second week | M | 68 | 20 days | 9/16/2006 | 2 | Depression/Axienty/Adult-ADD | I have trouble achieving orgasm.. Had repeated sex with girl friend several times for hours at time. Surely is was nice for her but for me it is very annoying. Also I get severe headaches if I "havent" taken it for that day. While it calms down my axienty and helps a "little" with the depression. I also feel very unmotivated. As another patient said on this site, if you are any kind of creative artist, stay away from it. I was into drawing, computer art, music, song lyric/poetry writing and many other things related. Now I am unintersted. I've also lost a lot of sexual desire. While it DOES seems to reduce the "racing thoughts" associated with ADD it does not improve my concentration. It only slowed the "excess" of random racing thoughts. And in my opinion it only helped a little with that. | M | 35 | 6 months | 9/13/2006 | 1 | Depression | Extreme nausea. The worst ever, had to stop taking it because of this. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2006 | 4 | anxiety, insomnia, hot flashes | Side effects for me are drowsiness during the day even when taking the tablet right before bedtime. No sex drive. Weight gain of about 10 pounds. | Celexa is a good medicine for me. My family has gone through a major life change and this has helped me to have less anxiety about the situation and to get better rest. It has had an additional benefit of helping with hot flashes because I am unable to take hormones following a hysterectomy and also has helped with motion sickness! | F | 48 | 1 years | 9/12/2006 | 5 | Anxiety | Sexual dysfunction, night sweats | Cured my life-long anxiety. I now enjoy interacting with people! The proper dose is very important, but be very careful when making adjustments. The sexual dysfunction eased with a 5mg downward adjustment. I am experiencing drenching night sweats so I am going to try splitting my dose. | M | 48 | 10 months | 9/6/2006 | 2 | Panic Attacks | Part 2 - When I was weaning down, I began to take it erratically for a week, then i forgot to take the Celexa for a few days I experience the electric Zap in the back of my head and sort of on the side of my head (this felt more like an electric seige of my head) It was quite dibilitating and I became quite scared and went to the urgent care room a couple times in following weeks. This happened twice and following weeks I had sharp pulses in the same spot in the back of my head. Sometimes these pulses would come if I moved my neck a certain way. My mind was also very fragile and still is at times after these episodes. These symtoms have gone away since I upped my dose and have taken in consistently for the last 3.5 months, however, I have had several panic attacks since, which never really happened since I started Celexa. Anyone have any similar experiences? If so please drop me an email. I haven't read anything yet about people feeling the pulses/zaps in the "back" of their | Friends don't let friends take Celexa! | M | 30 | 5 years | 9/6/2006 | 2 | Panic Attacks | First off, this evil little pill did actually stop the panic attacks (other ones such a buspar, paxil, wellbutrin, and prozac all gave me flat out side effects from the get go) but that came with a price, which is the following: I gained about 25lbs. If I remember correctly I was taking 20mgs at first. I lost it after a couple of years from exercising. Then a loss of libido and couldn't orgasm a lot of the time, took forever to get aroused - My libio started to work better as my dosage went down to 10mg and then 5mg. Lack of motivation and lively interest in things. At times i experience heightened anxiety if i touched caffeine which i did not experience before taking Celexa. Tired and lazy 75% of the time. Did not always have the best concentration before, but this drug made it worse. The worst experiences came with with going without the med over a few days, the electric zap feeling in my head and my mind feeling fragile. This last time which happened 3.5 months ago is when I was tak | I've been doing quite a bit of research in the last 3 months and I wish that I never started taking these pills or at least not this long (5 yrs.) I wished I would have known about Cognitive/Behavior Therapy, blogs like these, and the following two books: The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and "Addiction" by Joseph Glenmullen, Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic: A Step-by-Step Program for Regaining Control of Your Life by Reneau Z Peurifoy, and John Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness for beginners meditation cd. From these resources, I've learned how subvert oncoming panic attacks or greatly shorten their duration and I have only begun to practice these autor's wise advise. Now I just have to be patient and careful when I do start to wean down again. Dr. Glennbullen's book has given me comfort that many people have the terrible side effects that we have had and that he actually has a detailed plan in tapering of | M | 30 | 5 years | 9/6/2006 | 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 | 5 | Depression & OCD | Massive weight loss which was great! (about 45 lbs within a few months) Took forever for me to have an orgasm. Marathon sessions (was sweating like a pig by the time it was over) This was not necessarily a bad thing, just time consuming. Had trouble starting to urinate. Horrible withdrawal (even with calculated, long-term, slow, and increment) - lots of vertigo/dizziness while coming off. Absolutely NO creative motivation. If you are an artist, writer, or creator, stay away! (one of the reasons why I stopped) I'm normally an introvert and this turned me into an extrovert literally overnight! I had a strong desire to conect with people which I don't normally have. Actually ended a relationship I started while under the influence of Celexa shortly after coming off of it... | Celexa got rid of the major depression I had been suffering with for well over 5 years - entirely. Almost feel like it has re-wired me to that end. 5 years later and it has not come back. However, I still suffer with OCD and am thinking about going back on for this and for the weight loss (I've since put back all the weight I lost while on the drug) Apparently, this is really good for OCD as I had no desire to over eat and/or stress eat (which I normally do). I lost lots of weight and felt so wonderful that I thought I didn't need the drug anymore and took myself off very gradually. It's newer version Lexipro did NOT work for me at all as I tried this at the beginning of my 2nd cycle. Made me completely paranoid about EVERYTHING! (I cycled Celexa twice in the past 5 years). I'm thinking about going on it again (when I feel like I can clear my creative ambitions for about six months!), but I must admit that the 2nd cycle did not give me the same results as the initial run. It | M | 38 | 1 years | 8/30/2006 | 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 | 3 | | 8/27/2006 | 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 | 3 | Anxiety | yawning, jaw clenching, drowsiness, dry mouth, loss of sex drive, Inability to orgasm | I have no anxiety and feel like life is better and I am a happier person. I just can't stand the inability to orgasm / no sex drive. I am wondering if I should drop down from 20 mg to 10 mg. | F | 32 | 3 months | 8/23/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | tingling in arms during the first week, slight decrease in sex drive | F | 35 | 4 years | 8/21/2006 | 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 | 5 | Anxiety | A little cotton mouth in beginning, a little fatigue. | This has had the least side effects of the many drugs I have tried for my out of control fears and anxiety. It has really helped and I like it very much. | F | 58 | 3 months | 8/11/2006 | 5 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Loss in Sexual Desire. Weight gain. | 6 months ago my insurance switched to the generic version. After about a month I was suicidal, a week and 1/2 after switching back to Celexa I was myself again. I've tried Zoloft, Serzone and tricyclic anti-depressants but Celexa is the most effective in that it doesn't make me feel like a zombie. I have feeling/emotions but not the depths of depression. Unfortunately the sexual side effects are severe but after experimenting with other drugs, I couldn't find anything that would restore the sexual desire. | F | 29 | 8 years | 8/6/2006 |