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 | Utter disorientation and constant nausea. Detached sensation as if I was outside of myself looking in. Fatigue and extreme drowsiness yet couldn't sleep for any length of time plus the most horrid, vivid nightmares. AND ALL THIS AFTER JUST TWO DAYS OF 40mg | I am astounded how potent and debilitating this drug can be. The manufacturer describes any side effects an minor and not long lasting. I consider that a total misrepresentation since it can be impossible to endure the new agonies it triggers. I suppose the SSRI feature penetrates the blood/brain membrane and once is inside is a bastard to eradicate. It's been five days since I ingested this poison and am just now feeling my tremors and other aspects subside. The depression is more desirable than the cure, at least this one. Did try Prozac quite a few years back and had debilitating side effects also but no where near as fast as Celexa. Perhaps the whole family of SSRI's is suspect. Best of luck all. | M | 62 | 2 days | 3/2/2007 | 4 | anxiety | Jaw clenching, dreaming, sexual dysfunction, weight gain gradual | M | 62 | 4 years | 2/28/2007 | 3 | depression, some anxiety | Jaw clenching, jitters, nausea, headache, trouble sleeping, kind of weird dreams | My doctor just increased my dose a couple days ago, so it's like starting all over with the side effects, especially the nausea and the jaw clenching. Dry mouth is also driving me nuts. | F | 35 | 40 days | 2/28/2007 | 5 | anxiety/panic attacks | weight gain | works great for panic attacks | F | 49 | 5 years | 2/27/2007 | 3 | for my depression. | no side effects | I still am depressed and need another type of med. | F | 32 | 8 months | 2/25/2007 | 3 | depression | weight gain of 35 pounds, extremely tired all the time, but I've been diagnosed with narcolepsy, after reading comments, maybe it's the med, lack of emotion and motivation. | Worked well for depression. | F | 27 | 3 years | 2/24/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Fogginess at a higher dosage (40 mg). Dry mouth. Slower to orgasm at a higher dosage. | I briefly tried Paxil, but it wasn't for me. My psychopharm had me try Celexa at 40 mg initially as I was going through a difficult divorce. I helped with my depression and anxiety almost immediately, but I felt a bit like a zombie at 40 mg, so she moved me back down to 20 mg, and I've been on it ever since. It really has changed my life for the better. I no longer dread going to parties, going out with people from the office, and I can now speak in front of groups, something I was never able to do. Panic attacks are pretty much non-existent now. Make sure you slowly increase/decrease your dosage when changing amounts. Withdrawal can be a bit difficult. | M | 32 | 3 years | 2/22/2007 | 4 | anxiety | jaw clenching, loss of appetiete-inablity to gain weight, night sweats!, rash on my chest first week, fatigue | celexa has really helped me control my racing mind. i am on 40 mg/day and take it at bed time. It does come with some costs (see side effects). It has helped me | F | 20 | 6 months | 2/22/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Very vivid dreams, MAJOR increase in sex drive but hard to achieve the big "O", less hungry in the morning, night sweats during the first few weeks but they have now tapered off, slight weight loss, foggy feeling at times | It has helped me so much. I was in a motorcycle wreck two years ago and my anxiety of wrecking began to spill over to even driving a car. At first I was not noticing anything majorly different until my husband noticed that we went down a curvy mountain road and I was laughing and talking the entire time. I honestly feel like my old self again which I haven't seen in years. My attitude is better, I feel wonderful about me and the way I look and my sex life is awesome. | F | 31 | 5 months | 2/12/2007 | 1 | Depression | I took Celexa 2 different times in my life. The first time I became very suicidal but that ended with a higher dose. Didnt want sex no longer. Husband said I was a zombie, and seemed to be even more depressed. Sometime later, I told my Dad about it because he was feeling very down. I told happily told him about Celexa, not remembering how suicidal I became, but realizing how much better I had been feeling. He committed suicide 4 DAYS after taking this DRUG. I blame myself because I told him to ask his dr about Celexa. I TRUELY BELIEVE HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF HE HADN'T TAKEN THIS DRUG!! He WASN'T SUICIDAL!! I can prove it!!! Dr had to up my dose because I became extremely depressed. Had a nervous breakdown, tried to commit suicide. Second time I took this drug, I was ALWAYS sleeping, didn't give a sh*t about anything! NOTHING MATTERED! Work and sleep, work and sleep. THEN 6 months later, I started cutting. Had to release and FEEL something... I kept thinking about ALL the ways I c | I took myself off this drug, THANK GOD with my pharmacists help, because otherwise I would have just stopped and not weaned off. But even at weaning off, for 3 MONTHS the withdraws were HORRID! I would have EXTREME electric like zaps all thru my body, all thru out the day. I swear, it felt like my heart would stop, and I would almost pass out. EXTREME nightmares! EXTREME irritability. If my husband wasnt as much as a "ROCK" for me, I would be divorced. But Im not longer in that black hole, I dont cut, and Im not thinking about all the ways I can kill myself. I MISS MY DAD!!! Thanks Celexa!! BEWARE OF THIS DRUG!!!!!! | F | 39 | 5 years | 2/10/2007 | 5 | Depression & Anxiety | For the first week I had a slight rash on my chest, slight dizziness, increased anxiety and two days of almost paralyzing exhaustion. The only side effect I now notice is that it takes A LOT longer to achieve orgasm! | I am almost back to myself - happier and not having major crying bouts! I was nervous & against going on meds so put off doing it for about 10 years - what a waste! I now sleep MUCH better and am happier all the way around. Hope it continues. | F | 32 | 3 weeks | 2/9/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Very vivid, odd dreams. Not scary, just different. Slight dizziness and slight nausea for the first week. Increased anxiety for the first 4-5 days which has now subsided. | Have only been taking for two weeks but am now sleeping at night. I still have strange thoughts, anxiety but it has decreased significantly since taking it. I am looking forward to it really kicking in. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 2/8/2007 | 5 | depression/suicidal thoughts | none - no dizziness, no thirst, no anything other than I immediately felt better after two days @ 20mg per day. Have been taking roughly 3 years now. My doctor said not to worry if I need to continue. | Like so many others, truly saved my life. I tried weaning down but it seems everytime I do, the brain kicks out, stress arrives bigtime, tension ,nerves, etc, oh yes, no sleep, maybe 3 interupted hours a night. | M | 55 | 3 years | 2/8/2007 | 5 | severe anxiety/ depression | slight dizzyness the first day. very vivid dreams. slept very well. | Before taking celexa i was sleeping very poorly. Often only about 3 hours per night if i was lucky, none at all if i wasn't. I had constant anxiatly that would only breifly dissapear during daylight hours when i was deeply emersed in an activity. Once night came it was impposible to stop worrying about the smallest of things. Just a few days after starting on 10mg per day i was sleeping soundly every night. Every time i slept i had quit odd dreams but none of them nightmares. After 1 month on celexa i realized my anxiety was rapidly decreasing and i was sleeping soundly every night. My mood was also improved. I didnt notice i was "happy" i just felt normal and very relaxed. My heart rate wich was never below 100 beats per minute was down to a normal 70 or so. This is a big releif to anyone who's anxiety is focused around thier health. I don't like the thought of taking drugs for any reason partly because of my anxiety most likely but i would recommend this to anyone who has a | F | 17 | 20 months | 2/7/2007 | 1 | depression | couldnt get my words out very anxious and tired | F | 28 | 1 months | 2/6/2007 | 4 | Stress | Increased anxiety at first, increased insomnia, loss of sex drive, decrease in appettite. All subsided within a month. I was also prescribed Klonopin which helped with the sleeping issues. I only took about 10 of them in three months. Now I take one Tylenol PM or Benadryl and it knocks me out. | Have to suffer through the side effects but its worth it. | F | 28 | 3 months | 2/1/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | sleepiness, chest and heart pains, headaches, loss in appetite | Celexa is horrible. I've never been on any other anti-depressant in my life and my doctor started me out on 20mg and i think that was wayyyy too much for me to handle. So, i started taking 10mg and then started having really bad heart and chest pains. I thought i was having a heart attack. My doctor just put me on paxil cr today so i hope that works for me. I would not reccomend taking celexa, but everyones different. | F | 20 | 3 weeks | 1/31/2007 | 3 | depression | I can't sleep or if I do sleep it is briefly, tossing and turning most of the night waking up every hour on the hour it seems. I am going to see if my doctor can give me something to counteract this side effect. I have no sexual desire or the ability to achieve orgasm has greatly diminished. | For me it has dulled my emotions. I still have thoughts but this medication basically does not allow me to react or become upset. | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 1/30/2007 | 2 | bipolar | reduced sex drive, nightmares worse than usual, some difficulty sleeping, RLS sometimes, not very good control of mood swings. If I tried to stop taking it, VERY dizzy. | still looking for something else | F | 35 | 2 days | 1/26/2007 | 4 | Depression/Anger Issues/Anxiety | Dry mouth, vivid dreams, very dilated pupils, trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, spacy feeling | It has only been 3 days for me, but aside from the few side effects that will probably go away I feel much better already. I am on 10mg for 1 week then will go up to 20mg. I did lose the love of my life from my prior issues. However, he came into town yesterday while I was on the medication. It was like being around him for the first time. Everything was perfect, we could have never gotten along like that before. Because of my issues. I am not crying anymore at night and don't feel sad. I am a little afraid though that I won't be able to feel anything. Right now everything is ok. Not bad, not good. It takes a lot to make me laugh now and I don't kid around anymore. I hope that I get my personality back in time. Has anyone else felt that they gave up their personality to not feel the way that we felt before? | F | 27 | 3 days | 1/25/2007 |