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 and anxiety | diarrhea, suicidal, became like a zombie, loss of taste and smell, dizziness, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat | I'd recommend trying anything rather than this drug although I know it suits some people. If you're reading this I hope you are one of the people it suits it sure didn't suit me! Came off very, very slowly, chipping away at the pills. | F | 66 | 10 months | 3/8/2009 | 4 | anxiety and panic attacks | initially, headaches. Vivid, memorable dreams- not distressing though.Loss of libido, delayed and less intense orgasm. | I now know what it's like to be normal, without irrational fears and obsessive anxious thoughts, sleepless nights and continual over analysis of the ordinary events in life. It's worth the side effects to be at peace. | F | 53 | 18 months | 3/3/2009 | 4 | depression/anxiety | fatigue at first that went away after a couple weeks, mild tremors, racing thoughts, difficulty falling asleep | Helps me stay motivated and focused, doesn't make me feel crazy like prozac did. Works well with my sleeping medications (trazodone and klonopin), and makes me feel less groggy in the morning. Overall, it is helping me a lot. I still have bouts of depression but I actually feel like getting out of bed in the morning! | F | 19 | 7 weeks | 3/1/2009 | 4 | Anxiety/Overwhelmed | My mind is constantly running, very hard to fall asleep, wide awake, increased yawning | I started taking Celexa 5 days ago... and I feel like it has already started working. My side effects aren't bad so far. I feel really good and much happier as in I do not gripe as much and am definately not as negative. I started taking the drug due to being overwhelmed as a fulltime student this semester and my doc seems to think it will help me focus and concentrate better. HOPE SO! I am excited to see the results, but this far all is good! | F | 29 | 5 days | 2/27/2009 | 4 | Depression and OCD | tiredness, dizziness, nausea and vomiting-- but they all subsided within a month. Delayed orgasm/reduction of orgasmic intensity-- has subsided somewhat. Has given me vivid, interesting dreams, which is kind of fun! | Helped me within the first month or so. Great drug-- but of course that's just my experience. Everyone is different. | F | 27 | 1 years | 2/26/2009 | 3 | | 2/26/2009 | 4 | depression, anxiety | Dizziness, balance issues but withdrawal is the big. I have been taking a very small dose, 10mg daily for years and I feel normal enough to take it for years to come. My dog bites people so a couple years ago I started giving him 20mg of my 30mg prescription. It helps him a lot. My husband is also on it, has no dizziness. He takes 40mg a day. With my husband I can tell if he has skipped a couple days of medication, he gets aggitated, anxious but he doesn't seem to notice. I have tried to cut back on my dosage and after feeling light headed, dizzy I decided it wasn't worth it. With my dog I began to wonder if was helping him so over the course of a month I weaned him off of it. He seemed alright. We were on a walk and he bit a girl running by and I wondered about the celexa withdrawal but decided it was probably my fault, and then a week later another bite! I put him back on celexa just in case. I think it tones down the aggression but mostly we are all staying on celexa because getting | My prescription was written by a psychiatrist. I think psychiatrists are necessary when you are treating depression until you find what works stick with them, they need to evaluate your progress. | F | 55 | 12 years | 2/24/2009 | 5 | GAD | sedation, dry mouth, yawning, decreased appetite, delayed orgasm, increased sweating | within two weeks of taking it my whole life had improved. my mood became very steady and i felt very content. the anxiety went away along with the derealization i was experiencing. i had increased motivation to do things. exercise felt amazing. sex was great. my sleeping patterns had improved, my eating habits were better. i never felt stressed out. | M | 22 | 4 months | 2/21/2009 | 4 | Depression | Extreme sleepiness, falling asleep suddenly, not able to lose weight. | Celexa, I take the generic Citalopram, just about saved my life. I am no longer super depressed all the time or just randomly start feeling terrible. It has helped a bit with my anxiety, I am now able to go out shopping by myself. But I can not lose weight on it no matter how little I eat. The worse side effect is tiredness. Has nothing to do with how much sleep you get. I have to take a nap every single day. Many times I black out on my computer, I have almost fallen asleep driving, fell asleep at work. My friend on it has the same problems. This is not just where you are getting tired slowly, this is where you are fine and the next minute you absolutely can't stay awake or keep your eyes open. I have blacked out and woken up minutes later only to not know where I was. Oh, and it made me have even more intense dreams, and I'm talking and yelling out loud in my sleep! | F | 33 | 400 days | 2/21/2009 | 3 | GAD/Anxiety | This time I am lacking an appetite and also find food tastes different. I had mild nausea and am feeling a bit tired. Last time I only really experienced the major yawns. | I was on this from Aug-Dec 2008 and felt like it had worn off so I began to taper off. As of Jan/09 I was off the med totally... and felt pretty ok. By Feb as drug was totally out of my system I began to get the anxiety symptoms back. I am now on 30 mg and am praying that this drug doesn't cause anymore weight gain. | F | 36 | 11 days | 2/18/2009 | 5 | Bipolar depression | I was tired a bit the first few days, then I noticed I either wasn't hungry at all or food tasted differently. I lost about 6 pounds in a week...but that's a good thing! | I have taken Lexapro in the past with great results, it always helped in about a week. This drug also has worked within a week and it has changed my life. My husband is VERY glad I have started on this prescription. Matter of fact, he is on Lexapro and is switching to Celexa. It is on Wal-mart's $4 list. | F | 34 | 8 days | 2/17/2009 | 4 | Depression | None | I took this for just over six years after I had a seizure on Prozac. It was really good, improved my mood (it definitely didn't cure me, but I was able to live my life) and no side effects. Eventually the effect of the drug seemed to wear off, but I got a good 6 years out of it! Am now on venlafaxine which I haven't reacted to as well. | F | 23 | 6 years | 2/17/2009 | 5 | Anxiety & Mild Depression, 40 mg | Initially, a strong desire to yawn and a strange spaced out feeling. You have to be careful not to turn in to an animal when you first start taking it because you lose alot of natural fear (it returns after a few days). Most side effects wear off within a month, except for the sexual ones if you experience them. I find it very, very difficult to orgasm when I am on celexa. In fact, it is almost impossible for me during regular intercourse. Sounds like a big deal but it really isn't if you're male. | Completely cured my depression and anxiety. I have found it to be the most effective of all the antidepressants. Unlike other antidepressants it doesn't cause weird side effects from dopamine or norepinephrine reuptake and I find its effects on anxiety extremely powerful and immediate. It blew my anxiety right away as soon as I started taking it. Cipralex (just a patented mixture of celexa isomers) is marginally better, but definitely not worth the extra money. I would definitely reccomend this drug as the #1 choice for anxiety, although if you experience more depression than anxiety there are probably better options. | M | 20 | 400 days | 2/10/2009 | 3 | anxiety, mild depression | had very weird dizzy spells off and on, felt out of it..but only for a few weeks until my body adjusted. not bad at all. | i took this drug for a few years, and for a long time it definitely helped take the edge off of my anxiety. however, i've recently felt that it has sort of "crapped out" and stopped working. | F | 20 | 2 years | 2/10/2009 | 3 | depression/anxiety | itching,hives,out of it | had to stop taking due to the hives and itching :( | F | 34 | 14 days | 2/9/2009 | 1 | social anxiety | nausea. some sleep problems | This was the first medication I've tried for social anxiety. I've been very shy all my life and its totally effecting my quality of life. I spend my days by myself and with my family of course. I always feel reclusive and am completely unmotivated. This medicine did absolutely nothing positive for me. | M | 17 | 2 months | 2/5/2009 | 3 | anxiety, depression | WOW first week was constant outburst , screaming, arguing Just plain mad and dwelling on everything that made me mad then my head felt wierd like I felt I should be hospitalize had to tell wife to stay home with me next day because I felt like I was going to do something crazy...but next day everything calmed down feel better. this drug is a part of lexapro which I also had a bad reaction to and stopped after 5 days just hang in there and have someone to watch you and support lots of support is important from family or friends and doctors. | I take Celexa now before was taking Zoloft which is an excellent SSRI but Zoloft quit working after awhile on me about 7 months I also take Seroquel because whenever I take SSRI's I have Rapid cycling of mania and depression which can mean Bipolar Doctor wont really say I have bipolar or what just says it seems to be bipolar...well anyway originally started taking med Because of constant Panic attacks all day especially in stress full situation or crowds or in car in traffic felt trapped. Dependency grew on my wife could'nt go anywhere without her. | M | 41 | 3 weeks | 2/4/2009 | 2 | Anxiety/Major Depression | Incessant muscle twitching, vivid nightmares, erectile problems. | It helped with my anxiety because it pretty much made me not care at all about anything. It did nothing for my severe depression, and the incessant muscle twitching and vivid nightmares were too much to deal with. | M | 28 | 1 months | 2/2/2009 | 3 | Depression / Anxiety / Panic attack | Dry mouth, more energy, hard to have an orgasm but I'm sure the ladies don't mind that. | I feel a little better and got me back to the gym and exercising again. But I noticed my lips were twitching a little bit and felt a little panic attack coming on but went away fast, I did'nt dwele on it like I did before this drug. Less racing thoughts I guess... I'll wait and see what 6 weeks does I hear that thats when you really feel better... I'm on 20mg so far. | M | 32 | 3.5 weeks | 1/24/2009 | 4 | anxiety | none | Taken with wellbutrin. Reduced anxiety and depression episodes | M | 55 | 4 years | 1/23/2009 |