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 |
| 1 | depression | panic attacks after one hour from taking the pill. crying all day. couldn't think. sweaty palms. heart racing. | worst med ever. made me realize I'm not depressed afterall. | F | 38 | 1 days | 6/5/2009 | 2 | depression and anxiety due to PTSD | It makes me feel like a zombie and it takes away my motivation to do anything. I do feel good on occassion, really really good. But the feelings don't last, they come and go. I still feel as if my emotions are all over the map and the zombie thing is really really bad. also makes me VERY VERY thirsty. | I've become a serious zombie on this medication and it doesn't help the anxiety at all. It jsut makes me not give a crap if I'm afraid. I feel weird. So I gave it a month, just to give it a fair shot, but this medication is so not for me. I'd rather feel the fear then feel like this. | F | 36 | 1 months | 5/27/2009 | 2 | Anxiety, Major Depression | Diarrhea, Complete loss of libido, Apathy, Tiredness. Sexual disfunction (ED). | Taking 20mg. I am very tired all the time, can take a nap every afternoon even after sleeping late. My work quality has suffered. I am in sales and I have very little motivation to look for new customers or to get out quotations. I have lost my ability to concentrate at work and I am easily distracted. My doctor, a psychiatrist, says this is because I am bored by my job but I think it is the drug. It amazes me how little most doctors understand about the effects of these drugs. They ought to read this blog instead of the handouts from the drug reps. Sexual side effects never got better, in fact I now have ED which I never had before. Worst of all, I could experience very bad diarrhea at any given time of the day! I am tapering off this drug now. Prior to this I was on Effexor. I must say both of these drugs worked for me and blew away my anxiety and depression but at what cost? | M | 60 | 1 years | 5/23/2009 | 1 | major depression,anxiety and panic | weight gain, nausea,jittery | Did not help my condition. | F | 37 | 30 days | 5/9/2009 | 4 | Depression & marijuana cessation | Mostly sexual dysfunction and drowsiness, and to a lesser degree teeth grinding and increased appetite. | I started at 20mg daily, and increased to 40mg after the first month, it has helped tremendously but with a price. I have no trouble getting an erection, but have to make a lot of extra effort to achieve orgasm and ultimately it's never as satisfying. So I don't bother as often, I went from 1-2 daily to 2-3 x weekly. The drowsiness has subsided the longer I'm on it. Appetite increased and I was more interested in eating, but the medication helped me get out of the house and start exercising again so that balanced itself out. So I'm healthier than I was before I started, and I was able to stop smoking pot pretty effortlessly after the first few days (knock on wood). Slight teeth grinding which has also subsided especially since I fist started taking it. All in all, it was a good move to start taking it, I'm not sure what I would have done without it and would recommend it to anyone in my situation. That said, I look forward to the day my day to day life improves enough that I feel I can stop taking it. | M | 40 | 4 months | 4/30/2009 | 2 | Reactive Depression | Anxiety, jaw clenching, nausea, shaking, loss of control of emotions, heightened emotions, loss of libido and difficulty with orgasm, reduced tolerance to alcohol but no knowledge of this unless pointed out by others. | I did not feel happy about taking this drug. I am even less happy trying to withdraw from it. The withdrawal effects are worse than the side effects. | F | 47 | 150 days | 4/30/2009 | 5 | GAD | Dry mouth, spacey feeling, loss of libido, gastrointestinal issues (these all went away after a month or so). Weight gain, increased focus, sleep disruption, yawning, tolerance to alcohol, restlessness after about 1 hour of taking it. | Despite the side effects, it has been a great drug. I have been on the generic version for almost 3 months. I have been able to relax and remain calm during stressful situations at work, and have seen an increase in my attention span and focus. I am now able to put everything into perspective and love it. | F | 41 | 3 months | 4/22/2009 | 4 | depression | difficulty with orgasm, nausea, dry mouth | F | 27 | 2 years | 4/21/2009 | 4 | anxiety | My insurance company no longer wanted to pay for Lexapro so my doctor switched me to Celexa about a month ago. So far it's working well for me with little or no side effects. I gained about 20 pounds on the Lexapro and I'm hoping I don't have the same problem with the Celexa. On the Lexapro I was very tired all of the time and wasn't very a active, this seems to have improved considerably since starting on Celexa. Hoping this will eventually take care of the weight gain. | F | 44 | 1 months | 4/21/2009 | 3 | depression | I am having a love/hate relationship with the generic Celexa. I was on Lexapro but my insurance will not cover it. I am having good and bad moments. Sometimes I feel real good(no depression at all) then bang, bad depression sets in. I have had suicidal thoughts,too, but I can easily control and rationalize them away. I get very angry out of the blue over stupid things. I also get easily aggravated and have little patience with people. It has helped my anxiety tremendously though. I also have less hunger and am sleeping less. I have easily lost 15 pounds. I am trying to weigh out the good vs. the bad. | F | 59 | 2 months | 4/21/2009 | 1 | Depression | Intense anxiety for the first week, then terrible depressive mood swings, made depression ten times worse; emotions felt flat, hollow and phony. | F | 40 | 15 days | 4/19/2009 | 1 | Major Depression | Nervousness, Sleep Interuption, Increased (if possible!!) suicidal thoughts, Severe stomach upset, Increased to two pack a day smoking and jaw clamping. | 20 mg - lowest dose possible, I am being taken off of it immediately. I very much wanted this last medication to work and tried to deal with the side effects. | F | 38 | 4 weeks | 4/17/2009 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression | Weight gain... I am weaning off celexa now. | I was otherwise happy with celexa but the weight gain freaks me out. | F | 37 | 60 days | 4/10/2009 | 1 | stress and menopausal | massive weight gain forty five pounds complete loss of libido. Felt like a zombie | after two years on 20mg and being brain dead, Ihalved the dose for one week ,then 10mg every other day for one week,then finished.Been clean for three weeks and never felt so good. I had a really good laugh the other day,something I had not done for two years of no emotion. | F | 53 | 2 years | 4/10/2009 | 2 | Depression | Used it to successfully deal with a bout of depression in '03. When I tried 10mg (generic) this time, I woke up 8 hours later with very bad nausea. Tried it the next nite with food, woke up 8 hrs later with worse nausea. Gave up and switched to Lexapro. | M | 51 | 2 days | 4/4/2009 | 1 | Depression | Suicidal, zombie, lack of desire to do things | Was put on this drug due to separation caused by Requip. After about 2 weeks on this drug, I started having very strong urges to end my life. I actually took the weapons out of the house, locked them in my car, tossed the keys into the yard and went to bed and couldnt stop crying. I drove up and talked to my wife about things and mentioned this episode. Glad I did, she told me to stop taking it and to call my pshycologist. I did what she asked and am alive thanks to her. I now feel better about myself, it is difficult dealing with our separation but with the help of a doctor, I am dealing with it. It may help others but almost ended me. BE CAREFUL! | M | 50 | 15 days | 3/29/2009 | 2 | panic | I'm having trouble with balance and breathing from time to time. I also notice a twitch when I'm trying to fall asleep. | M | 31 | 4 months | 3/26/2009 | 1 | Panic attacks | I was switched from Cymbalta to Celexa after having horrible panic attacks after coming off the Pill (had I not been on the Pill, I don't think any of my anxiety/panic issues would have happened). It's hard to know the side effects of Celexa, as I was on Ativan (I am now completely off Ativan)the entire time I was on Celexa. But, the side effects seem to be: weight gain, complete loss of libido, much difficulty reaching orgasm, stomach pain. | I am about to start weaning myself, slowly, off of Celexa and would appreciate anyones advice and input on this. | F | 36 | 15 months | 3/23/2009 | 2 | Depression/anxiety | Severe nausea, couldn't get out of bed. One day had an odd side effect of facial twitching and numbness in right arm. Went to urgent care who ruled out seizure, stroke. Went off immediately. Side effects never returned. | Had noticed a decrease in depression when taking it. | F | 26 | 10 days | 3/13/2009 | 5 | depression | Works really well, with no noticable side-effects. May have dropped my libido some, but worth it. | More energy, got rid of my depression. Was put on generic when it came out, within 3 days so depressed stayed in bed, just wanted to die. Got a 'medically necessary' for the real Celexa, no worries after that. No problem getting off of it, have had to go off for 6 wks then able to start back on lower dose if it quit working. This drug has been a life lifter for me. | F | 48 | 10 years | 3/9/2009 |