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 | Anxiety | Mostly sexual side effects such as having ED issues and having a real difficult time having an orgasm. | It's less sedating than Effexor XR and Cymbalta that I was on before and I'm on the extended release generic version and it's pretty cheap. | M | 50 | 7 months | 8/3/2009 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | tiredness no matter how much sleep I got and I was always tired. I would cry more being on Celexa than being on nothing. Also had an increase in suicidal/homicidal thoughts. My anxiety incresed due to these thoughts coming in 2s and 3s. I stopped cold turkey after 6 days. Could not deal with the constant bad thoughts, constant crying and tiredness. | F | 40 | 6 days | 8/1/2009 | 4 | depression/anxiety | I have experienced no side effects other than the usual decrease in libido. At the age of 51 that just isn't as important as it used to be. | This med didn't totally handle the depression, but overall, considering the lack of side effects that I have experienced from all the other antidepressants in the last 25 years, it is very good for me. | M | 51 | 4 years | 7/31/2009 | 1 | Depression | Suicide ideation, dreams of death, fell into a deep depression. Lost my desire to eat/drink anything. I never realized what real depression was until Celexa. | I only took 20mg a day, I honestly thought this drug was going to kill me. I literally laid in bed starring into space for days. I lost my part time job, and was lucky I didn't loose my "real" job. Thanks to FMLA... | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 7/31/2009 | 5 | Obsessive thoughts, Anxiety | light headness, nausea, headache, | This drug is very effective once it kicks in. It took me six weeks before I could see a benefit. Now after 3 months it has peaked and I feel much better. | M | 45 | 90 days | 7/29/2009 | 2 | depression/anxiety | very dry mouth,caused irregular periods-never happened before,stomach pains. Weight Gain! Gained 9 lbs in about 5 wks.Noticed side effects right away, head felt a little clearer at first, but by week 2 , did not seem to be working at all. Felt the same as before on meds. Dr changed me now Cymbalta//on day 3 and have had No side effects. | F | 28 | 6 weeks | 7/27/2009 | 4 | Depression from mom's illness | Very tired, yawned all the time, no problem with weight. Fell asleep as soon as head hit the pillow, absolutely no emotion at all | I was put on due to extreme emotions regarding my mom's Alzheimer's Disease. Within a couple weeks had no emotional problems. Was able to deal with decisions I had to make, etc. Then after a couple months our dog had a seizure and died in front of us. I was not able to cry or show any emotion to the event. I then realized I would rather have some emotion than none at all. I slowly took myself off and now after a month I am back to crying at least once a day but, and this may sound strange, am happy to feel emotions again. | M | 62 | 3 months | 7/26/2009 | 3 | anxierty | extreme gas and extreme drowsyness. | i only have been on it now starting week #2, first week i was on 5mg, and i started 10mg lastnight, since i started taking it, it made me very very very tired and very very gasy,. | F | 22 | 8 days | 7/21/2009 | 4 | depression anorexia | crazy increased libido, sweating, vivid dreams | definatly helped i notic a diffrence right away when i dont take it the highted sex drive can bbe somewhat problematic but its worth it i take 80mg | F | 17 | 1.5 years | 7/19/2009 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | If I could give this a zero, I would. Very scary stuff! Racing homicidal/suicidal thoughts, insomnia. | Have had problems with depression for years, which snowballed into anxiety. Was prescribed Celexa and by the second day I felt "strange". The phrase "do it", almost like a voice in my head, kept repeating itself. I got absolutely NO sleep while I was on this. By night three I was beside myself...terrible images of hurting loved ones and myself racing thru my mind. I spent the 4th day sobbing in bed all day long. I quit taking it after 3 days...doctor says no one else he has prescribed it to has ever had this experience (of course!) Was referred to a psychiatrist who felt that I shouldn't be on ANY antidepressants at all due to my experience with Celexa. Am trying more natural alternatives..SAM-E seems to be working at a small dose of 200mg a day, and am trying GABA (an amino acid) for anti-anxiety. Both seem to be working. I will NEVER use an SSRI again! | F | 36 | 3 days | 7/19/2009 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety | Feeling stoned and hungover, absolutely out of it. No energy. Restless and tired, yet unable to sleep properly. It kept getting worse. | I've tried several antidepressants, and Celexa is the only one I've had to discontinue due to side effect - disappointing, as I had high hopes for this one, and I've always managed to weather out side effects. But Celexa is clearly not for me, I've never felt this bad. Don't be put off by my experience, though, Celexa works for many people. | M | 27 | 2 weeks | 7/16/2009 | 4 | Depression | Lower libido, trouble having orgasm. When I am hungover a weird dizzy feeling but nothing too bad. | I just wanted to say, reading all the other reviews that I think people who are taking a drug like this have a predisposition of overreacting to this. If you take it and after 8 hours you are extremely nauseous most of the time it will be in your head except for a few people. My recomendation is to take it with a good mood as something that will help you fix your life and than hopefully you can get off it. If you feel spaced out or anything that is a discomfort dont dwell on it, just make busy and I think a lot of ppl will find most side effects arnt that bad. Except I cant orgasm....which is bad hehe. Good luck all | M | 26 | 1 years | 7/13/2009 | 4 | GAD, Depression | At first: Increased sweating, waking up every few hours, gripping myself so hard while sleeping, would leave bruises. All went away within a month. Weight gain, very, very delayed orgasm (if at all- the delayed orgasm and weight gain continued). | Very good drug for letting me sort out what the important things were, and what was trivial. Helped with constantly evaluating what *I* thought other people thought of me. Kinda of an emotional flatline, however, and started to not want to go out and socialize --- no fear about it, just "didn't want to". Decided to cold turkey off after about two years... I know you're supposed to reduce dosage. However, after a couple or three "off" "odd" days (and one day of muscle tremors trying to do fine motor skills (like drinking a glass of water, or standing on a sloped hill), started to feel much better. Now am glad I am off it. After about a month, I can orgasm again when I want to, and it doesn't "hurt" to do so anymore. Short term memory has also greatly improved --- I was driving people nuts with, "We just talked about this last night!". | M | 43 | 2 years | 7/8/2009 | 1 | Anger, Depression, Mood Swings | Zombie like state all the time, Constantly Tried, Had to make myself get up to do anything, could sleep all the time | I started celexa 6 weeks ago, I really tried to give it a chance to work and thought that the side effects would work themselves out but they did not. I felt uck from day one of this medication that my doctor gave me for my bouts of anger and depression. I felt horrible, I was tired constantly and yawned about 83 times a day I had to make myself get up and do anything it actually made me feel more depressed and did nothing for my 'temper issues' I know each medication is different for everyone but from my point of view I am glad to be off of it and trying something new (zoloft) and so far (a week now) it has been so much better | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 7/6/2009 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Short-term memory loss, drowsiness | Better than the alternatives I've tried, but due to my profession...I'm currently switching over to Cymbalta and hoping it helps with the memory loss. If not, I'll probably go back to Celexa/Citalopram | F | 39 | 7 months | 7/3/2009 | 4 | Stress, anxiety, depression | Took it at night which was a mistake for me. Woke up a few hours later with flu like symptoms and shaking. Insomnia and weird dreams for a few nights. Teeth grinding. Weight gain but could be because I was finally feeling normal. Went from 114 lbs to 160 lbs in 4 years. I dropped a few lbs once I went off and stayed at that weight for about 3 years. I wasn't really committed to diet and exercise though. Also impossible to have an orgasm through regular sex. I didn't realize that was a side effect until I came off of it. | Helped a lot after 3 to 4 weeks. Started to feel normal and I believe it helped a lot with some traumatic events during the time I was on it...end of long relationship, moving 4 times (in college at the time), dealing with a horrible new relationship, but was able to get out of it. And who can forget 9/11. I think it helped me to get through that experience without freaking out too much. I noticed I was much more focused on school work and family and friends instead of depression and anxiety like I had been for years before. I never knew what those things were but after feeling normal I was able to recognize that is what I was experiencing a lot of my life. | F | 25 | 4.5 years | 6/22/2009 | 3 | depression | rapid weight gain, decreased libido, inability to reach orgasm | effectively eliminated incapacitating visual migraines when taken in conjunction with prescription strength weekly vitamin D. Also had modest positive effect on depression. I felt somewhat better, but family stated there was no noticable change in my behavior/attitude. | F | 32 | 7 months | 6/22/2009 | 2 | Anxiety | Weight gain (so far,about 22 pounds, averaging 2 pounds gained every month, despite increased activity/exercise and no change in eating habits), apathy/emotional blunting, complete loss of libido, trouble with orgasm | F | 36 | 18 months | 6/16/2009 | 5 | anxiety | I seem to be great on this drug. I also use Loraisapam as needed. I notice a bit of a lowered sex drive but I did just have a full historectomy right before I started taking. | I do more activities and have plenty of emotional feelings. No zomby here.... | F | 37 | 10 months | 6/14/2009 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Increased anxiety at first. Insomnia the first night so doctor added Klonopin for me to take at night. Took a long long time to orgasm. Quick weight gain (about 20 lbs.) in three months. | Helped me go through an awful time. I was trying to take xanax for my anxiety but I needed it too much and I didn't want to get addicted to it. Took Celexa during a job switch and many other stessors. It helped, but made me feel more anxious at first. | F | 27 | 4 months | 6/14/2009 |