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 |
| 4 | Depression/Anxiety | fatigue at first, head ache, grinding teeth at night, kinda numb feeling. | It worked for my depression and anxiety prety good for a while. I started at 20mg and was up to 40 mg after 3 years. Really hard to come off of with being dizzy and strange little "shock/zap" feelings in my head. Had to stop taking it after 3 years due to it no longer working for me | M | 35 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | Anxiety / panic attacks | Thirsty, slightly "sedated" for the first few days. Still had panic attacks for the first week to 10 days or so but gradually tapered off | I have taken Paxil and Zoloft previously for anxiety / panic attacks. Both were good although it is my opinion that the Celexa is less sedating than Paxil. Very good results staving off the panic attacks, just makes me feel like "me" again. Running 3 miles a day in fear of the SSRI weight gain that I experienced on SSRIs before but no increase in weight at this time. | F | 44 | 30 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/26/2010 | 1 | Depression | unsure | My brother took his life on day 27 of taking Celexa, 10mg's daily. He was going through a shameful addiction and in therapy for it when he committed suicide. I encourage you all to seek counseling along with your drug treatment and to stay honest with your friends and family about how you are feeling. There is always hope and you CAN get through this. www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_ID=705F9F6A-F141-B5EB-C8A6B86CA0B2001E | M | 27 | 27 days 10mg 1X day | 8/22/2010 | 4 | pelvic pain | None | Much improved sex life...I could be in movies. | M | 39 | 14 days 20mg 1X day | 8/20/2010 | 1 | depression | I can't get out of bed, don't dare drive, can't eat (no desire to and nothing appeals to me, a foodie) and am nauseous all the time. And still depressed. | I went on this to help me deal with my husband's bi-polar disease which is currently in full bloom. It certainly hasn't helped and has seemed to make things worse for me. My health-care provider said this one had the least number of side effects, so I guess I'm not an anti-depression med candidate if that's true. HAS ANYONE FOUND SOMETHING MORE NATURAL TO USE FOR COMBAT DEPRESSION AND/OR RELIEVE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF CELEXA/ | F | 68 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 8/15/2010 | 5 | Panic attack's/Anxious | Extreme Panic Attacks...Bad!! | I was having so many attack's, I thought I would ot live another year. I told my Pulmonary Doc about it and they gave me Celexa..20mg per day...after three day's, I knew I was good...It was like having a new life again. I can't believe that just a little 20mg tablet could do so much...thank god for the med and especially for my Nurse Practioner and Pulmonary Doctor. After little more than a year, I did have a feeling of panic...but not an attack..however, One pill was not enough so I took two, and after a few hours, I was good again. I want to kiss my Doctor's on the lips every time I see them...what a great feeling NOT to have...Panic. | M | 66 | 2 years 20mg 1X day | 8/14/2010 | 2 | OCD, depression. | irritability, muscle pain, little akahisia. | the first two days it seems a godsend. then u recognize that it is a devil drug. anxiety became stronger than before. | M | 24 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 4 | Depression | F | 43 | 1 months 30mg 1X day | 8/6/2010 | 2 | Dep. Anx. to get off Zoloft | The sexual side effects are not nearly as bad as Zoloft, which was the initial reason for switching to it. I have had some libido come back, but also horrible anxiety, suicidal/homicidal ideation, strange crazed rampages always late at night. Used to take Xanax just a couple times a week at bedtime to help sleep. Now I need it every day and can't leave the house without it. I eat non stop. If I am not completely full to the point of uncomfortable I start to get panicky and binge again (No purging). I also sleep all the time. 10 hrs. at night, then a 3 hour nap at least during the day. It's ridiculous, but I get so tired that I just can't stay awake. | I am afraid I might get in trouble because going out in public makes me completely crazy, irritable and angry. It makes me want to hurt people. I'm not normally like this. Guess it's on to the next one. Hope my doctor will finally give up on SSRI's. | F | 24 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Makes me hyper like wanting to runn a mile but makes me yawn all day and loss of interest in sex and weird dreams! | so far so good | F | 32 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 7/29/2010 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Teeth clenching, sleepiness, lower sex drive | I am combining the use of this drug with therapy. Initially it made me tired but that has tapered off. Absolutely no feelings of depression and no panic attacks. It has given me a positive attitude to work on my issues with my therapist. No weight gain, which is great. The teeth clenching was extremely annoying and it took months for it to go away. Overall I feel much better than I did 6 months ago. | F | 46 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 1 | anxiety and depression | SEVERE chest pain beginning on day 3, and worsening each day. Went to the ER on day 6 and was diagnosed with chest wall inflammation after an x-ray and exam. Had to stop taking it. | Symptoms improved soon after stopping the Celexa. My doctor had not heard of Celexa causing this type of a reaction, but it definitely seemed to be related. | F | 33 | 6 days 10 1X day | 7/11/2010 | 4 | Depression | Total loss of libido. | I started on this medication a year ago for depression and it worked well. It took a few weeks for me to feel the depression lifting, but once it did then it was gone for good! I didn't rate this medication a "5" because the loss of libido seriously interferes in my life. But for it to conquer my depression, which was bad, it gets a high rating anyway. | M | 40 | 1 years 60 MG 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 5 | Panic Disorder | Weight gain, loss of libido, minor headaches. | In my opinion the help this medication provided clearly outweighed any of the side effects I experienced. I am down to 1-2 panic attacks per week. | F | 38 | 2 years 10 MG 1X day | 6/30/2010 | 5 | OCD, anxiety, MDD. | mild drowsiness. | it's just amazing. a life-changing drug. the only one that has deleted my "chest anxiety" and worries. OCD is really really better, my life is a new one. thanks Celexa. | M | 24 | 2 weeks 60 mg. 2X day | 6/29/2010 | 4 | depression/anxiety | The only side effect I've had since taking this med is sweating. | Stopping the medication is unpleasant | F | 27 | 4 years 40mg 1X day | 6/19/2010 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | 1 day was enough! Burning head and almost a Seizure!! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS IF YOU'RE EPILEPTIC! | need I say more! | M | 30 | 1 days 20mg 1X day | 6/12/2010 | 4 | Severe anxiety, bad insomnia | Manic mornings after taking pill that settled down by noon. Weird electrical "zaps" in my head, light-headed feeling, gained 10-15lbs no matter how little I ate, feeling of invincibility. | My anxiety started gradually but eventually I got to the point where I couldn't handle work or social functions with more than a couple people. I had been on Zoloft 10 years before for depression but this wasn't depression so it took me a while to realize what was happening. I also had been suffering with insomnia for almost 4 years sleeping barely four hours a night. I was a wreck. My doctor prescribed Celexa/Citalopram and almost immediately my insomnia ended and so did my anxiety. I was a new person and everyone around me noticed. This drug saved me. But it also caused annoying weight gain that I could not control and certainly I couldn't drink alcohol like I used to. You simply cannot drink booze in any quantity without getting really messed up. I cut back but wouldn't quit entirely. Besides euphoric, manic mornings after taking the pill, I began to feel invincible and nearly screwed up my entire life. I was reckless to the point of endangerment and I nearly ended a very good relationship. Sexual function actually increased which encouraged the desire to stray. I ended up having to quit because even though I was right, I should have demurred to nasty upper management who didn't like my new attitude. I ended up weening myself off of it and had serious depression the following week but felt "normal" again after that. Now, 8 months later, I'm depressed as hell how my life has changed and need to figure out how to stop my suicidal thoughts. I'm sick | M | 45 | 2.5 years 20mg 1X day | 6/5/2010 | 1 | Anxiety? Social Anxiety | TERRIBLE REACTION... Day 1- woke up 2am soaked with sweat, thought it was a normal side effect. Day 2- Went to do my normal run, very stiff had to stop. Day 3- Muscles buldging out of the back of my thighs, limping, felt like fire going thru my veins. Felt like I was in a microwave heating from the inside out. Went off of it and slowly my muscles relaxed, not able to run anymore though my body feels like it has aged 20 years. Dr. didn't believe it could cause this and told me to re try in a week, Took only 2.5 mgs this time, instant fire in my legs.... I believe that it caused Peripheral Neuropathy.... | Start out very slow, see how your body reacts. I was not able to even metabolize 5mg's of this med. Thank god I knew enough not to start at 20mgs. | F | 38 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 6/5/2010 | 1 | anxiety | just started celexa 20mg by only taking half (10mg. this is my second day and im am absolutly disconnected from everything around me. i feel like nothing,and am hot and foggy. i dont think this medication is right for me. i only suffer from general anxiety. beer does better for me than this crap. wow what a long strange trip its been. | see for yourself. i dont know | M | 29 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 6/5/2010 |