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 | Severe sexual side effects, I would rarely even get excited. I also was very tired no matter how much sleep I got, and extremely irritable. | It did help at first when i was suffering from severe depression, but it is very hard to get off once you've been on for a while, and the side effects are very depressing in themselves. | F | 20 | 4 years | 1/6/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | weight gain, exhaustion, emotional numbness | it never really helped the depression - it just took the edge off of all of my feelings. one word of caution - this is HARD to come off of. when my body was without it (after weaning off for months) I thought I would certainly LOSE MY SH*T! I just found out that prozac is easier to come off of (so you can switch from celexa to prozac when the time is right).. My problem was I was profoundly hypothyroid and very undermedicated when it was finally discovered, so once my thyroid meds were great, I was great to come off the SSRI.. Hate those things, though.. | F | 29 | 5 years | 1/5/2006 | 1 | depression | inability to have orgasm teeth grinding very bizarre dreams dry mouth insomnia night sweats | Personally, I would be cautious before taking this drug. I'm going to start weaning myself off celexa this week and I'm very nervous after reading all the withdrawal symptoms. I plan to try an herb to see if that helps the depression. | F | 34 | 90 days | 1/4/2006 | 3 | major depressive disorder, PMS | INSOMNIA, inability to have an orgasm, bruxism, headaches, agitation, heartburn, (I'm breastfeeding and my baby is no longer sleeping like she used to), decreased appetite, lack of affect | I have been on lots of meds. 450 mgs of effexor (no real side effects to speak of) Prozac 100 mgs, no side effects, with these drugs, I reached a point where there no longer worked. However, with Celexa at only 20 mgs, I'm still pretty miserable and cannot sleep, even with Ambien or Lunesta | F | 28 | 6 months | 1/1/2006 | 4 | depression | So tired I could barely function. Severe short-term memory problems. No libido; no ability to orgasm. Also have severe vertigo if I forget to take it. | Only antidepressant that has worked and continued to work. The continuing libido problem is becoming problematic, and the short-term memory problem frightening. Does anyone else have memory problems? Solutions to the sexual-related problem? | F | 51 | 4 years | 12/30/2005 | 4 | Anorexia, Bulimia, OCD, Depression | For the first two weeks it made me really tired, but that went away. I have an increase of sex drive, but find it a bit more difficult to orgasm. That's about it. | I'm not the type to take meds, but I started this one and it seems to be helping a lot. I have been using a lot of profanity since starting this med... but don't know if that could really be a side effect. | F | 21 | 2.5 months | 12/22/2005 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, thoughts of suicide, dilated pupils, blurred vision, dizziness, Nausea, lack of concentration, drowsiness, insomnia | I hate this medication. I only took 3 pills and after the first pill my entire mental outlook changed... for the worse. I've never had severe suicidal thought before but after the first dose I woke up in the middle of the night and had hallucinations of someone telling me to kill myself. I had to take an ativan to get back to sleep b/c I was so upset. The next morning, I felt like crap: My pupils were dilated so much I couldn't see straight and the nausea was so bad I almost had to call in to work. Finally, I started to feel normal again and then it was time to take the next pill! I felt awful- like I was on ecstacy but without any of the good feelings, just the cracked out, dirty drug feeling. I desided the symptoms of my anxiety were better than the side affects of this medication. Even if I did ride it out, whose to say I would even feel any better, and if I ever wanted to stop , I'd have withdrawl symptoms... no thank you. I'll just stick to the ativan- it may be addictive | F | 23 | 3 days | 12/22/2005 | 5 | OCD,GAD,IBS,BED | very unusual dreams | Amazing, OCD so much less severe, amazing | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 12/17/2005 | 1 | postpartum depression | Panic attack (felt like a heart attack), severe dry mouth, severe dizziness, nausea and shaking. | I was a new mom going through the blues, and was put on celexa.7 days after taking, I just woke up one morning very dizzy and then everything happened so fast-could not walk and I thought I was dying of a heart attack.I called an ambulance and thought that would be the last time I would see my baby.Celexa is the worst thing that has ever happened to me.All of that and they just call it side effects!!??Be careful. | F | 24 | 7 days | 12/16/2005 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Took a while to work.. maybe 2 months. Lack of sex drive is the only side effect I have noticed. | F | 25 | 2 years | 12/10/2005 | 3 | | 12/7/2005 | 3 | social anxiety | Only side effect is fatigue. Maybe a little anger, less tolerant of people. | Helps with depression well. I'll give it more time for the social anxiety. It may be starting to kick in a little more. I get nervous in meetings for no reason and feel like I'm going to run out of the room or pass out (and that's without contributing in these meetings!). I haven't been calm yet in our large staff meetings (30 people roundtable); no problem in groups of 5 to 8. btw- 20mg | M | 36 | 5 weeks | 12/6/2005 | 1 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Suicidal thinking, homicidal thinking, tremors, vision problems, and prolonged withdrawal culminating in Hypothyroidism | One of the worst drugs out there. Equally bad as Paxil in my opinion. Highly addictive and nearly impossible to quit. | F | 19 | 5 years | 12/6/2005 | 1 | Depression | Awful dreams every night, and lots of sweating. | After two weeks of taking this medicine, I could not take the dreams I was having on a nightly basis - usually about animals like snakes and other horrible creatures. I was switched over to Wellbutrin and have been happy ever since. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 11/27/2005 | 5 | binge eating and ocd | loss of appetite; severe insomnia; some night sweats | Prior to starting CELEXA I had a binge eating problem that seemed to be growing increasingly worse. I've been very healthy and thin my entire life so the whole binge eating problem was surprising and seemed to come out of no where. I knew I needed help and was put on Celexa. It's completely curbed any desire to binge eat and has actually supressed my appetite completely. I'm curious to see how long it lasts... | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 11/22/2005 | 2 | Depression | After just 4 days of Celexa (20 mg/day) I noticed my sexual response chnaging. At first I was only able to achieve orgasm by extremely vigorous masturbation - everything else was just too tame. My actual orgasms took as long as 15+ minutes and only if I was careful to maintain mental concentration on the pleasure I was feeling, otherwise the orgasm would stop within seconds and I'd have to start over. Not only was I stroking fast and furiously, my heart was pounding away at racing at 150-170 beats per minute. (I have low blood pressure, and am fit, so am able to sustain this.) When it finally arrived, my orgams were very intense. I was OK with this, but after a week, I was unable to achieve orgasm period. I was trying for up to 2 hours several times a day. All of this was in vain. My groin became extremely uncomfortable (feels like my prostate is going to explode.) The worst case of 'blue balls' ever! This is having a devastating effect on my well-being. I telephoned my doctor | The Rx fact sheet that was stuffed into the box said that "sexual problems" were a side effect. Nothing further. The FDA web site says that this affects only 6% of men - but I learned that the 6% is phony because that was during the drug trials and the doctors were not allowed to solicit information from their patients. In other studies, it seem 70+% of men have this problem with Celexa. This information should be made more readily available to men! | M | 54 | 10 days | 11/17/2005 | 1 | Depression | Extreme Anxiety. Panic attacks | Had been taking Prozac for 6 years. Worked fine for a long time and then started to lose its effectiveness. Switched to Celexa. Caused me MAJOR anxiety. Took me 3 months and a lot of Prozac to get back on track. | M | 45 | 3 days | 11/14/2005 | 4 | Depression | None. | I think Celexa was a wonderful drug that helped me take "the edge off" of stressful issues and events in my life. It helped me to deal with them better and keep my emotions and feelings more stable. I would not call it a cureall but it did definately improve my quality of life. | F | 31 | 5 years | 11/11/2005 | 1 | ocd | Got wound up beyond belief. OCD not any better. Also got more tense | M | 47 | 4 days | 11/1/2005 | 2 | PTSD/DEPRESSION MARINE VIETNAM VET | ALWAYS SLEEPY: PUT ME IN A TRANCE AT TIMES..I SPENT MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT VIETNAM WHEN I WASN'T TRYING TO SLEEP... FELT LIKE I WAS FLOATING AROUND..LOSS APPITITE.. | I TOOK THIS DRUG FOR A FEW DAYS THEN STOPPED... | M | 59 | 3 days | 10/31/2005 |