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 |
| 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Dry mouth, mental fuzziness, weight gain, intense but brief (2-5 minutes)periods of sweating; sexual desire there but cannot reach orgasm | First started a year and a half ago for severe anxiety attacks; was on 20 mg which controlled the anxiety, allowed me to eat again, improved mood moderately; stupidly, started to taper myself off, as was feeling better and wanted to reduce weight; had another severe depressive/anxiety episode 6 weeks ago and am now up to 40 mg; anxiety is now manageable but mood lift has not yet occurred. Doctor wants eventually move me to Lexepro to reduce sexual side effects. | F | 44 | 18 months | 1/13/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Nausea, diarrhea, foggy/fuzzy feeling in my head, decreased appetite, emotionally detached, night sweats | Started noticing improvement from my anxiety symptoms very quickly. Started on low dose x 2 weeks with reduction in side effects. Dosage increased and side effects returned. I was warned about this so it was not a big surprise. Been on maintenance dose for over two weeks now and side effects are subsiding. I'm feeling so much better. I would highly recommend this medication at this stage of my treatment. | F | 46 | 5 weeks | 1/12/2007 | 3 | depression anxiety | Nausea, insomnia, mood swings, apathy, extremely tired, slight hand tremors, and I'm seeing lots of black spots. | I'm really getting quite a buzz from the celexa. I'm flying higher than a kite. Very spacey and it's hard to concentrate. It has helped me relax though. Although I can't sleep more than 4 hours unless I take Ambien CR with it. I hung up on a customer and started bawling at work today and that's not really helpful to me. I'm giving this two weeks and if I don't feel better by then I'm switching to something else. | F | 35 | 4 days | 1/11/2007 | 5 | Depression | Restless leg syndrome at night, slight mania / aggitation for first 2 weeks. | It saved my life. I wished I had known about this drug years before. I feel like a "normal person" for the first time in a long time. | F | 31 | 2 days | 1/10/2007 | 5 | Depression | Restless leg syndrome at night, slight mania / aggitation for first 2 weeks. | It saved my life. I wished I had known about this drug years before. I feel like a "normal person" for the first time in a long time. | F | 31 | 2 years | 1/10/2007 | 2 | Panic attack | I was a thin blondy cute girl who loved sex and now i'm a fat girl with no sexual drive. Celexa gave me the opportunity to stop having stress for nothing, but also stop me to enjoy any situation. I feel like a robot with no too bad or too high emotions. | Side effects of Celexa began after 2 months. Also, even with a high dose, panic attacks are still there. Moreover, panic attacks are worst because when it occurs, i have intense feeling of burn in my whole body. | F | 24 | 1.5 years | 1/8/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, PTSD, mild depression | I've only taken this mediction for 2 days. I've felt a bit glazed. I'm on 20 mg currently and am supposed to go to 40 mg within a week. This is the first ssri I've taken. I've been sleepy, nauseus and my hands shake a bit. I hope these side effects pass soon. I know it's probably too soon to comment on the side effects-- hopefully things will improve over the next week or so. | M | 45 | 2 days | 1/7/2007 | 3 | dystimia | Seemed to help with delaying ejaculation and increased arousal which were a benefit needed. However, I have experienced sleep problems: insomnia and especially daytime sleepyness. Like alot of the comments I have read, I will sleep a long time and still be sleepy during the day. Very aggrivating and frustrating as it affects all areas of my life. I just can't get to the point that I can accomplish things I would like to do----increase my income, take better care of myself like going to the dentist or exercising.This has been going on for 6-7 years now. I have been to sleep medicine centers where I was treated for sleep apnea--cpap was horrendous---next came the surgery to remove tissue in my throat and increase space in my airway. Nothing has worked and I now suspect celexa might be the cause of this. Am looking into options. Comments? | It does help with dystimia (long term low grade depression)and keeping my mood level. I don't have bad lows. If it wasn't for the sleep issue it would probably be ok. No effects like weight gain, panic attacks, etc. | M | 60 | 6 years | 1/4/2007 | 4 | post partum depression | I really did not have any side effects starting up. It was such an improvement in my life compared to the depressed state that I was in. After about 6 months I started realizing that I was not taking the medication for being depressed any more but I was taking it for life ups and downs. My doctor first tried to put me on a lower dose of a different medication and it made me a little loopy and I had to switch back to celexa. I finally weaned myself off and a couple of weeks after my last dose started taking a long acting form of St. John's Wort.(St. John's wort and Celexa do not mix and you need at least two weeks before moving from one to the other) It is definately not as strong and I am forced to deal with life's ups and downs the old fashioned way but I am getting there. As for celexa, if you need it take it. It really saved me in a awful time that I would never wish on any one. Take your time to get off and if you still need it just don't stop, your life is worth more t | F | 29 | 8 months | 1/2/2007 | 3 | Panic attacks, Anxiety | About 3 years ago I worked a very stressful job. Had my 1st panic and they put me on a poison call PAXIL (Beware)Side effects were terrible but once on was great. Took for 1 year and labido left me. Got off it and didn't have panic attacks for 1.5yrs then all of a sudden here they are again! Have been on Citalopram (Generic for Celexa) I take 1/2 of a 20mg pill and have been for 15 days. Panics are 75% less but I wake up at 5:30am with chills a anxiety feeling for the last mo (Not related to Celexa) It has not taken this away? Should I up it to the full dose? | M | 34 | 15 days | 12/27/2006 | 5 | jaw clenching, slightly tired | update to previous post. it's been 1 month now and i can say things have gotten a lot better. at 3 weeks was feeling good but the last week i've noticed a big change. celexa has been a great improvement to my life. like i said in last post no drug is going to make things completely better but it is a huge improvement. i know for some people the whole idea about taking an anti-depressant is a little taboo but here's my take on it and i hope it helps anyone who reads this. when you have a headache you take an asprin. when you're sick you might take an antibiotic. simply put when you dont feel good you take something to ease the symptoms. its no diffrent with an antidepressant. why allow yourself to feel bad if you dont have to? nobody wants to walk around all day with a killer headache so why should you walk around all day feeling blue or as if there is no hope? if a friend or someone in your family doesnt agree with taking an antidepressant who cares! its none of thier business. i KNOW | M | 36 | 1 months | 12/26/2006 | 4 | IBS | inability to have orgasms, hyperactivity | i like this drug, but i like my orgasms alot more. | F | 28 | 1.5 months | 12/26/2006 | 4 | Severe anxiety and panic | Weight gain, uncontrollable hunger, weird hypoglycemic symptoms | I wasn't sure how to rate this drug because I used it once for 5 years with fantastic success, but then went off of it for a year. My anxiety and panic returned so I went back on Celexa and I had many side effects that I hadn't before. I gained 30 pounds in just a few months, and basically couldn't function because of the uncontrollable, endless, gnawing hunger. It helped my anxiety and panic symptoms though. No withdrawals except for mild head zaps for a day or two. | F | 25 | 1 years | 12/25/2006 | 4 | anxiety | Increased anxiety the first few weeks, start out REALLY LOW ON THIS, don't take 20 or 40 to start out with or it may cause panic, insomnia the first few weeks, rapid heartbeat at first and really sleepy during the day. All side effects have subsided in week 3 except it takes marathon sessions to have orgasmn | Great drug for anxiety, but you need to keep positive thoughts going simulataneously. DO NOT START OUT ON A FULL DOSE OR YOU WILL HATE THE DRUG. See if your doc will give you 10 Klonopin to help you sleep the first week or so. Otherwise the insomnia may kick in. Be patient with the drug...works good, just has some nasty side effects in the beginning. | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 12/23/2006 | 4 | depression | sore jaw, insomnia the first few weeks, would fall asleep but wake up a few hours later, increased anxiety the first few weeks, sex drive is good but takes 5 times longer to reach orgasm, loss of appetite the first few weeks | Great drug for depression..... make sure you start slow on this drug or you may have a nasty reaction if you start out on too high of a dose. | F | 27 | 3 months | 12/23/2006 | 5 | depression | jaw clinching, tired, sight decrease in sex drive | tried welbutrin with no success. tried effexor and it killed my sex drive. celexa has been great! it knocks off the edge. brings everything to an even keel. getting back to my old self. no drug is going to make everything alright but it certainly helps. this has been great for me. i wish you all good luck! | M | 36 | 3 weeks | 12/21/2006 | 3 | Depression, anxiety | nausea, headache, insomnia, yawning, jaw clenching, lack of emotion, loss of appetite (good) | Had previously taken Paxil in the past and it worked immediately and very well but I gained 50lbs and cracked teeth with the jaw clenching. It's been 2 weeks on the Celexa and the side effects are starting to wear off some. I feel marginally better - more appropriate to say I feel "less horrible". Sometimes zombie like and medicated. Since the side effects aren't as pronounced now as they were the first week I will continue to take it and if I don't have a marked improvement at the end of this prescription run, will ask for something else. | F | 47 | 14 days | 12/18/2006 | 4 | depression | tired, yawning, jaw clenching | was on effexor. it killed my sex drive. been on celexa for over a week. sex drive is back, YEE HAW!. just a litle tired. seems to be working ok. has knocked some of the edge off. ive been told after 3 weeks there should be more improvement. hope so cause this is the 3rd one ive tried. lots of ppl have complained about withrawal symptoms with anti-depressants but i have had none when switching one to another. good luck to all. i know how much it sucks to feel bad. have felt like crap for over 5 yrs. wife finally convinced me to see a doc. i have had a little better improvement with each one ive tried. tried welbutrin but had bad insomnia. effexor, had no sex drive and really tired i mean scary tired trying to drive home at night. celexa, tired but not too bad. has had some effect. like i said knocked off the edge some. | M | 36 | 1 weeks | 12/15/2006 | 5 | IBS, depression (?) | Mild: nausea, blurred vision, jaw clenching, sweating. Delayed ejaculation :-) | Switched over from Lexapro, due to insurance no-pay. Has seemed effective for IBS, side effects mild and fading away. Attitude to life is better, more cheerful - though improved IBS symptions would contribute to that ! | M | 57 | 4 weeks | 12/12/2006 | 3 | depression | a little tired | was on effexor. that killed my sex drive and made me very tired. the celexa so far has not made a huge impact yet. have read it could take 3 weeks to show a diffrence. because it made me tired i switched from taking it in the morning to taking it in the evening. my last dose was at 7:30 am on Sat. i didnt take anything until Sun. at 6:00pm. i noticed that at around 2:00pm Sun i was easily pissed off. I had absolutely no patience for anything that i would regard as a stupid question or comment. said a few things to my wife that i normally wouldnt say. might have thought it but certaintly wouldnt say. i'm hopeing that in another week or things will change for the better. not that they'er really bad i just have not seen a huge diffrence with this so far. | M | 36 | 5 days | 12/11/2006 |