CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1099 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Seasonal Affective Disorder | Premature Atrial Contractions, diarrhea and tinnitus (recent) occasional restless leg symptoms started several years ago and of course sexual response was very difficult.. | I have taken Celexa for almost 10 years, first year everyday than during winter months only..It was very effective for me BUT I am writing this after being all night in the ER for PAC's which started within 2 hours of taking dose of Celexa..I am a retired RN and thought I knew this drug..first occurance was two weeks ago..I didn't think it could be connected to a drug I had taken for almost 10 years but it definately was..within 2 hours severe PAC's followed by diarrhea,(diarrhea has been going on for almost two months again I didn't connect to Celexa)was given beta blocker to relieve symptoms..it took two doses over 8 hours in ER to control PAC's ..ER nurse stated she took 2 doses and had severe double vision and said no more for her..Just be very aware of the potential of this very potent drug..interesting reading on net under side effects..I will never touch this drug again..I guess I will research full spectrum lights and vit. D...also moving to Florida is a thought.. | F | 58 | 10 years | 10/3/2008 | 1 | anxiety | SEVERE weight gain!! I gained 20 pounds in 1 month. There is no other reason for the weight gain. I was promised that this was not a weight gain drug but after researching on my own, i found out that it was. It has also made me very tired and lethargic. Also decreased sex drive. I am a small 32 woman and have weighed 100 pounds my whole life. I now weigh 120 pounds at 5'2!!! I stopped taking Celexa a few days ago and cant wait for this weight to be gone. | Try something else. | F | 32 | 1 months | 9/27/2008 | 1 | Social Anxiety | trouble sleeping, nausea | didn't do anything for anxiety, nor depression. It didn't even feel like I was taking a drug at all and it gave me sleeping troubles. | M | 17 | 2 months | 9/23/2008 | 4 | bipolar 2, ibs, gad | drowsiness, blah feeling, manic episode | I really like what celexa has done for me so far. I am however a FIRM believer that people, such as myself, with bipolar need to take celexa in combination with a mood stabilizer. I think that Celexa pushed me into a 2 week long manic episode. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, thanks to my stabilizer (topamax, LOVE IT). I'm no longer depressed, but I still feel pretty blah when alone. My anxiety is going down and my IBS is under control too. It makes me tired so I take it at bedtime with my anxiety medicine. Give it a few weeks, it took a while for my body to adjust to it. Just be careful if you think you're bipolar and get yourself on a stabilizer ASAP! Because celexa WILL make it worse. | F | 22 | 2 months | 9/12/2008 | 3 | Bi-polar / Depression | Sexual side effects (unable to achieve orgasm) | Loved everything about this drug. I slept like a baby and had VERY vivid dreams, but -- when I would attempt sexual activity, it was a lost cause. Fun, but no end result. | F | 32 | 8 weeks | 9/12/2008 | 5 | GAD, Major Depression | Extreme sweating and hot flashes. Significant weight gain (60lbs) | This has been my miracle med. I have tried everything under the sun and was losing hope that I would ever find the right one. Even though I have gained a massive amount of weight and sweat like a beast, I am no longer an angry, anxious and severely depressed person anymore. I will take the side effects for a chance at normalcy. I started out at 20 mg a day, after about a year, I had to increase to 30 since the sadness started creeping back in. I'm doing great again with the minor tweak in dosage. | F | 30 | 1 years | 9/8/2008 | 1 | depression | BLEEDINg!!!! stomach pancreas vaginal | A good friend of mine had a massive cerebrial bleed and died while taking this drug. After all the problem I had with it I could have warned him about this. I am WARNING you now don't take it. It may be fine for some people and not others like him it is too late when you are dead I urge you find some other way to deal leave the drugs in the store. | F | 25 | 4 years | 9/3/2008 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Muscle tics in arms and legs just before falling asleep. Nothing too bad, just kind of annoying. This was for about the first 3 months, and seems to have gradually gone away. | I experienced an event in my life that caused me extreme anxiety and depression. I couldn't sleep at night, and I cried all day. I have been on Celexa for about 5 months now, and my doctor says I am in remission from my depression. She feels my depression was situational, so she is going to keep me on it for another 6 months, and then gradually wean me off of it. It has been a lifesaving drug. | F | 48 | 5 months | 9/2/2008 | 4 | depression | ive been on celexa for two months @ 20 mgs. when i first started taking this drug i felt extremely jittery so i decided to just take 1/2 the dose until my body got used to it. I was also taking it at night and felt that i couldnt sleep, so i took it in the morning. The only other side effects i experience are hot flashes, delayed orgasms (still can have them, just takes longer) and thats it! i love this drug! too bad i cant be on it forever. I have a lot of health issues and at 25 years old its really bringing me down. | F | 25 | 2 months | 9/1/2008 | 5 | GAD Anxiety | The worst thing after 3 or so weeks of taking it is Yawning. I haven't had any nausea or dry mouth. I am very pleased with this drug. | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 8/28/2008 | 4 | Panic Disorder | A floating feeling the first week, sleepy, hot, worsening anxiety, and nervousness. | The first week I thought i was going to die!!! I was worse with the anxiety, and I was feeling hot and flushed all the time. But 2 weeks into the drug, i am feeling okay. Sometimes i get a little anxiety but I can handle it. Hope this drug continues to work. | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 8/28/2008 | 1 | depression | dry mouth. headaches. loss of libido. fatigue. | Did nothing for me except produce the aforementioned side effects. I am very happy for the others here who found that it helped them. So it is with SSRI's. | M | 39 | 7 months | 8/22/2008 | 5 | Social anxiety, OCD | Some lethargy, sleeplessness, nausea, difficulty to reach orgasm, general anxiety. | I've suffered from anxiety related disorders my entire life. I'm pretty sure it has a purely genetic origin as I have not suffered through traumatic events prior to developing these disorders. When I was 2.5 years old my mother remembered me reacting unusual to normal situations. Officially I have been diagnosed with OCD and Avoidant Personality Disorder, which is an extreme case of Social Anxiety. After intensive research for 2 months into solutions I asked my psychiatrist to prescribe me a SSRI (anti-depressiva). She prescriped me Citalopram (generic) 20 mg. I had a response after about 3 days. Anxiety was still mostly present though. Side-effects weren't too bad, occasional lethargy, bouts of insomnia, some general anxiety, nausea and inorgasmia. Most of them subsides after a few weeks. After 3 weeks of 20 mg I asked to be put on 40 mg. This dose worked even better, I felt even more secure and less anxiety in all kinds of situations. If I had to put it into a figure, | M | 24 | 2 months | 8/21/2008 | 5 | Depression | None | Wonderful drug!!! I was on Wellbutrin and it did nothing short of make me suicidal. I switched to Celexa ($4 at Wal-Mart!) and have never looked back! I felt so much better that I decided to abruptly stop taking it. That was my only mistake. I felt extremely sad and would cry for the least little thing. Needless to say, I resumed the drug and it took only about a week to get my system back to normal. Looks like I'm going to be on this drug for quite some time. VERY happy with the way it makes me feel, I feel normal for the 1st time in my life! | F | 25 | 1 years | 8/17/2008 | 3 | Major Depression | Initially, extreme drowsiness mid to late afternoon, and disrupted sleep. I'd wake up atleast 2 or 3 times a night, at that point I had been on 10 mg a day for 10 days. I inreased to 20 mg a day, and have been on Clexa for about 3 weeks now, in addition to Wellbutrin XL 450 mg. Now, I'm tired all of the time and have lost my drive to get to the gym . LSight Decrease in appetite, and am still somewhat apathetic. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 8/16/2008 | 4 | Moodiness | Weight gain | still have libido, which I didn't with other ssri | F | 48 | 8 years | 8/13/2008 | 5 | moody | no side effects | F | 2 weeks | 8/11/2008 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Weight gain, 25 lbs. on a small frame; never had weight problems in the past. Lethargy; exhaustion; I am just existing; starting to feel depressed about weight and problems & lack of energy. | F | 43 | 3 years | 8/7/2008 | 5 | Depression | I started out having the "yawns" for the first couple weeks but the side effects were relatively minimal. | I have had great results from using Celexa for the past several years. It has gotten me through rough times and allowed me to cope in a healthy manner. I intially began anti-depressant therapy due to having some degree of seasonal affective disorder and taking something helped me get through the dark winter days. Also, I think I had been suffering from depression since I was a teenanger and didn't recognize it as such until I was an adult. I do think about eventually getting off of it especially with the thought of having children but for right now, it is the right drug for me. I have tried Paxil in the past and had an enormous amount of weight changes, both gaining and losing which had a huge toll on my body. I have not experienced anything like that with Celexa. The only negative thing I have to say about Celexa is that it does cause me to have a lot of energy, sometimes to the point of running myself ragged. I try to use it to my advantage when I can. | F | 32 | 4 years | 8/4/2008 | 1 | anxiety | facial and vaginal muscle twitches, total forgetfulness, insomnia, racing mind would not shut off. | I don't know how anyone could take this drug. One of the worst experiences in my life. As another person commented, this terrible experience made me really work hard and get in shape to handle my problems without drugs. It's not easy and life is hard, but maybe our society has set up unrealistic expectations that life should be happy and relatively stress free all the time. | F | 45 | 20 days | 8/4/2008 |