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 | Fibromyagia | drowsiness, extreme fatigue during the day, promptly getting up at 3 am, always hungry, jaw pain.. | Just for over 2 weeks on Celexa, i can say there is a whole lot of difference with my mood. Normally am scared to say "am happy" but this time am sure. I wish i get the side effects out of the way for good antidepressant benefits. | F | 33 | 16 days | 6/15/2006 | 4 | anxiety | makes me feel better | M | 4 weeks | 6/13/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Cold achy feeling in legs and joints usually once or twice a day, Trouble sleeping, a little harder to reach orgasm.(Wife didn't complain. At first experienced bad stomach, yawning and jaw stiffness. | This is my second time with celexa, the first time was for almost 4 years, thought I could do with out it so I slowly weeded myself off. Lasted about 9 months and slipped back into depression, major anxiety. Started taking it again and after about 3 weeks I started feeling good again, able to resume a somewhat normal life. I'm not sure if there is any other pill out there that works as well, but I know celexa has done wonders for me | M | 40 | 3 months | 6/2/2006 | 3 | suicidal thoughts above 40mg | To be honest, the only thing I really noticed that Celexa helped with was the urge to self harm. I still did it because it was what I was used to doing, but the celexa made it stop giving me that euphoric rush. However, I was still depressed and very moody and when they put me on 60mg i had the worst suicidal thoughts so now i'm back to 40mg and it's doing better. Paxil (only 20mg) made me cut everyday and have suicidal thoughts so I will stay with Celexa because it's cheaper then alot of them. | F | 19 | 4 months | 5/31/2006 | 4 | OCD | none unless skipped pills then felt tired dizzy and weak until dose was replaced. | Has made a great difference in the effects of OCD. Manageable | F | 15 | 4 years | 5/26/2006 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Extreme anxiety/panic within 20 minutes of taking the first dose and it lasted over 24 hours. I wanted to die. Shaking, nausea, hot flashes, blurred vison. | Would NEVER take this or any other SSRI again! I'd rather have a normal panick attack and take Xanax everyday than this crap! I'd rather be depressed too, this was absolutely horrible. | F | 28 | 1 days | 5/24/2006 | 4 | depression, anxiety | headache, minor dizziness and sleepiness after does for first 4 days | It's kinda hard to figure out what's Celexa related and not because much of what folks have described (increased sleepiness, jaw clenching, yawning, decreased libido, numbness) was occuring before I went on the medication. I was very nervous about taking any anti-depressants, but some of the anxiety already seems to be better...and I seem to actually have a *better* libido and ability to orgasm now. But it's only been less then a week, we'll see what happens! | F | 24 | 6 days | 5/23/2006 | 4 | depression | When I first starting taking it, I noticed some erection problems and severe delayed ejaculation. This went away after about 1 month. About 2 months ago I stupidly stopped taking it, because I felt good and didn't think I needed it anymore. Started feeling depressed again and started on it again. Have been on it a week now, and feeling more of the side effects now than I remember from the first time. Very fatigued, problems with erection and almost impossible to have an orgasm, but it has only been aweek, so hopefully the will go away like they did the first time. When I was on it I felt great, and hope to do so again soon. | M | 38 | 18 days | 5/22/2006 | 4 | bi polar | made me hyper | F | 18 | | 5/18/2006 | 4 | depressions/anxiety | When going onto the drug I feel more anxiety, yawning, still muscles, trouble sleeping. | I have now gained 20lbs over two years. I have an increased appetite (not sure if it messes up your metabolism or just changes my eating habits). I find this frustrating as I workout on a daily basis. As well, I don't orgasm with the same intensity, if at all. Sex drive is almost none existant. It does work for depression and anxiety but I hate having side effects. | F | 40 | 2 days | 5/17/2006 | 4 | depressions/anxiety | When going onto the drug I feel more anxiety, yawning, still muscles, trouble sleeping. | I have now gained 20lbs over two years. I have an increased appetite (not sure if it messes up your metabolism or just changes my eating habits). I find this frustrating as I workout on a daily basis. As well, I don't orgasm with the same intensity, if at all. Sex drive is almost none existant. It does work for depression and anxiety but I hate having side effects. | F | 40 | 2 years | 5/17/2006 | 4 | depression, OCD | Unlike most people, it puts me to sleep rather than wires me up. Took a while to figure that out, since I was, after all, depressed. Cotton mouth wore off after a few months. Contrary to what the MD's swore, it does seem to be addictive, and if I forget a night I have godawful shrieking nightmares. | I've been on a string of different anti-depressents since I was 29. This one has the least side-effects so far. I got a little bit of relief from the OCD for the first couple months but unfortunately that didn't last and it's back to picking pills off of blankets again. It does work for my depression well enough. | M | 45 | 3 years | 5/8/2006 | 3 | Clinical Depression | decreased sex drive, weight loss, trouble sleeping, trouble concentrating, unable to sit still | Celexa worked for to help my depression. The only down fall was the side effects i experienced. I lost weight very fast and the decreased sex drive was terrible. Once i got off celexa my depression became so much worst. The change in 24 hours from getting off the pills was like night and day. | F | 19 | 3 weeks | 5/1/2006 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, sweating, shaking, dry mouth, | I took it at night, thinking that it would make me sleepy. I was so wrong. The first two nights I went to bed and woke up two hours later and never went back to sleep. It is now the morning after the thrid night.. and I've yet to go to bed. I've been up 30 hours and I feel like I could go run a marathon, I'm so full of energy. My heart is racing, I've been drinking water all night to help with the dry mouth, I was violently shaking and sweating all night. Yeah, I'm not taking it again. I'd rather have my anxiety attacks. I've never missed work for those, but I am missing work to cope with the side effects. I want my Ativan back. | F | 26 | 3 days | 5/1/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Nausea during the first 6 weeks only. Increased energy and better ability to cope with anxiety. | Even though I no longer need this drug for depression/anxiety I will probably take this drug indefinitely because it blocks my migraines! Currently taking 10mg a day. | F | 40 | 2 years | 4/25/2006 | 3 | anxiety | Pretty bad joint pain. VERY tired almost all day long. | Was on it for anxiety, and it helped quite a bit for it, but I hated being tired all day long, with no energy... Also, I did not like the joint pain. Decided with my doctor to stop taking this and try Buspar- doing a little better. I know many people who have been very successful on Celexa though... you may be one of them. | F | 27 | 1 months | 4/25/2006 | 4 | Extreme IBS ( Irritable Bowel ) | Side effects were normal the first week and seemed to subside into the second. I still feel foggy at times, mainly in the morning - a little sick to my stomach and have a decrease in appetite.( and sex drive, but my husband doesn't know that ) I did go through times of EXTREME insomnia that almost drove me insane. I just dealt with it, read a book or something until I was sleepy enough to hit the sack again. Have some blurred vision in the a.m. also, but that may be due to my glass o' wine before bed ...makes the low sex drive a little easier to deal with, not so frustrating. :) | DO NOT eat grapefruit while taking this drug! I did, and payed the price for about a week. I started taking 20mg at first and I'm now up to 40mg. My IBS has cleared up altogether and I feel for the first time since I was young, my body is working normally. No more severe stomach pain, cramps, bloating ... I feel great. I have lost some weight on this, but after reading the other reviews I'm sort of freakin' out that it will start going the other way ... yikes. ( then I'd be taking it for depression ) So far, I like it - we'll just have to see what happens. I'm a little too patient with my family and let my kids get away with things that my mother doesn't approve of ... they make me laugh, can't help it - and life is just too dang short! | F | 35 | 4 months | 4/24/2006 | 1 | Depression/Bipolar | The worst anxiety attack of my life about an hour after taking it. I was flushed, panicky, headache, jittery, etc. | This stuff sucks! Gave me a near death feeling of anxiety! It is so horrible. I only took it once and it took nearly 2 days for the horrible side effects to wear off. | F | 28 | 1 times | 4/20/2006 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Loss of libido, sexual side effects, incredible dry mouth, changes in appetite, numbness, shaking. | This medication is a joke. It did nothing for my anxiety or depression. I had a serious loss of libido, and no interest in sex. Ever have an orgasm and not even feel it? I did on this medication. Then when I missed a dose one night, the next morning my libido returned ten-fold. It hit me so hard I would have had sex with ANYBODY. Then I'd wake up at night with a mouth so dry I thought my mouth was full of cotton. I've never been so thirsty. Now that I'm going off of it (slowly mind you) my appetite has increased tremendously, I get the shakes, and my lips are numb. What the hell? | M | 33 | 4 months | 4/17/2006 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Tremor,(shaking SEVERLY),dry mouth, migraine headache, nausea, throwing up, vertigo, teeth grinding, "disconnected feeling", inability to go to sleep or stay asleep, severe nervous feeling. | I read this board before I took CELEXA and still took it. WRONG MOVE. After the third day of taking this med, all hell broke loose! I stood up and was knocked back down by a severe Migraine Headache (this medication triggered my very first) I continuously vomited everything I ate and drank, including water!! DO NO TOUCH THIS MED!!!! DON'T LEARN THE HARD WAY LIKE I DID!! | F | 31 | 3 days | 4/12/2006 |