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 |
| 3 | Depression and Anxiety | My last 8 months have been not too nice and my Doctor put me on Celexa 20mg well after 6 months panic started to consume me again I moved and saw a new Doctor who increased my dosage to 30mg...I seem to have settled with the panic although I am having great difficulty in sleeping and it is going in spurts 10-15 mins then I awake with a strange feeling and cannot get back to sleep....going to see if it will pass....otherwise happy. | F | 33 | 6 months | 7/26/2004 | 3 | PMS/Hormonal Issues | Dry mouth, decrease in sexual drive, fatigue, 25-pound weight gain (in 3 years) | I was on Celexa to ''mask'' symptoms of low progesterone and hormonal issues. While on it, I did fine. After a while, though, it seemed to lose some effectiveness and my dosage had to be up'd. I finally found a doctor who understood my progesterone issues and prescribed progesterone for me, and I started weaning off my 40mg of Celexa in early May. I took 20mg for 2-3 weeks, then 20mg every other day for a couple of weeks. Within a week after I stopped, I started feeling jittery/nervous all the time. Then the insomnia hit. Then the nightly panic attacks, hot flashes, hyperventilating, and feeling like I wanted to ''crawl out of my skin.'' It got so bad that I ended up having to go back on the Celexa (at 30mg) just to stop the horrible withdrawal symptoms (which they call ''discontinuation syndrome'' because Celexa is not supposed to be addictive). My docs told me my symptoms were like the Paxil cases from the ''20/20'' special. I couldn't work for a week (thank God my boss is so wonderful). Now I'm being switched to Prozac (10mg) for my weaning off period, since the half-life is much longer and the weaning process much easier than Celexa's. I'm praying I don't go through what I went through with Celexa; it was the most horrible experience of my life. BE VERY CAREFUL if you plan to stop taking Celexa, and ALWAYS have your doctor fully monitor you throughout the process. I learned the hard way. | F | 46 | 3 years | 7/22/2004 | 3 | major depression | 1st week: nightmares, would wake up in a bath of sweat in middle of night, disoriented. these s/e's disappeared in 4-5 days. Cured my depression really effectively but the one side effect that never went away was the no sex drive AT ALL, so switched to wellbutrin. I gained 20lbs on celexa. That sucked. | F | 23 | 7 months | 7/19/2004 | 5 | Anxiety/depression | Initially Insomnia which lasted for about 4-5 weeks,but this was complicated by the fact that I had been taking Nortriptyline for 5 years,and went off it cold turkey.I would say the Nortriptyline going out of my system exacerbated this problem.Lack of appetite,and weight loss(Hey,im a girl whos complaining!!) | If you are taking this medication,and having the same symptoms as Ive had,stick with it and give it a chance.This medication has reduced my anxiety dramatically,to say nothing of helping with obsessive thoughts,and analysing problems over and over and over.....its given me clarity,more self esteem because of this and a feeling of control over my life again.After 5 years of feeling like someone else was living in my head im so grateful..sounds to good to be true, but it is!!! | F | 30 | 3 months | 7/17/2004 | 4 | Depression, hypersensitivity | Celexa is a good drug, but I have had some minor but worrisome memory problems since I started taking it. They're noticeable to others...I'm a teacher, and have a harder time recalling the last names of my 150 students (30 in 5 classes per day). A little bit of aphasia, reaching for words...for those of us who make our livings with language, this can be scary. I've had trouble finding literature on short term memory loss as a side effect. Does anyone have any information on this? | F | 55 | 2 years | 7/17/2004 | 1 | Depression | Induced Mood Disorder - highly addictive -causes side effects similar to a bi polar disorder - manic and depressive episodes - Chemical lobotomy - | Extreme caution to anyone considering this | F | 33 | 4 years | 7/9/2004 | 5 | anxiety | M | 38 | 10 days | 7/7/2004 | 5 | depression and binge eating | absolutely none | I experienced sexual side effects on Zoloft so I switched to Celexa and the results have been great. I've noticed a good decrease in my binge eating as well. | F | 33 | 2 years | 7/6/2004 | 1 | depression | wanted to kill myself after taking the first pill- couldn't calm my thoughts and was so suicidal it was scary! | never took another one after that first pill | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/3/2004 | 5 | Depression | Very little, decreased sexual desire at first, went away. | wonder drug, am now taking with wellbutrin and haven't felt this good in years. Went through the zoloft, effexor, prozac, wellbutrin, buspar, nothing worked, this is wonderful. Have been taking for the past 5 years now with no long term side effects. | M | 32 | 5 years | 6/30/2004 | 5 | for anxiety and depression | Weight gain | F | 57 | 2 years | 6/29/2004 | 5 | panic attacks, anxiety | A few side effects while adjusting for the first few weeks (insomnia, spaciness, etc.) | Celexa has given me myself and my life back. I am no longer consumed by anxiety, and I'm able to focus on and enjoy living. For me, taking Celexa has been worth it. | F | 22 | 5 years | 6/22/2004 | 3 | M | 44 | 6 years | 6/17/2004 | 5 | Depression | I dont see many side effects except dry mouth and low sex drive (which in my case is just as well) | celexa has done the job ( i still have anxiety attacks but not as bad and no more week long bouts of severe depression.It works for me and I would not stop it .I take 60 mgs a day.I still have trouble at times but for the most part it works very well. | F | 56 | 4 years | 6/4/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, Stress, Minor Depression | After a few weeks of taking the product my focus seemed to be a bit off and I became more and more irritable. The product does work and there were no severe side effects, but because of the irritability I had after taking the product I have tried to cut back on my dosage per the doctor's recommendations. Celexa 20mg pills/pink caplets. | M | 27 | 60 days | 6/3/2004 | 1 | depression/anxiety | dry mouth, nausea, no sex drive, inability to have orgasm, and when I did it was numb and pointless, tremors, shocks in legs and face/neck, anger, irritability, extreme agitation, intense grief, suicidal thoughts (never before had I been suicidal).. AWFUL, AWFUL drug.. doctors prescribe this as a trial and error type of thing and they're playing with our lives. Did you know that many forms of depression, even extreme cases turn out to be B vitamin deficiencies? Or thyroid disorders? I finally discovered that I am hypothyroid after my doctor finished stuffing Celexa down my throat to get me out of her face.. hypothyroidism for those of you who don't know.. even a minor thyroid disruption can cause MAJOR depression. Some of the symptoms are- cold hands and feet, dull, thinning hair, moodiness, bouts of crying, muscle aches, eye problems, hot flashes, etc.. | Be so careful with this drug, especially when withdrawing. I nearly lost it when I tried to stop this drug, could barely work. The dizzy spells are the scariest thing ever. | F | 26 | 4 months | 5/31/2004 | 5 | bipolar disorder | No Sexa with Celexa | No orgasms or extremely muted. Weight gain. Terrible drug. | F | 48 | 10 days | 5/18/2004 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, i only took this tablet for one day and had no sleep that night woke the next morning with full blown depressive symptoms, cried for hours and felt very anxious, never again. | F | 39 | 1 days | 5/16/2004 | 5 | depression, dysthymia | sexual disfunction, fatigue, insomnia | M | 54 | 2 years | 5/13/2004 | 4 | Prolonged depression | dizzyness, yawning, headaches, dry mouth, disorientation in the first few weeks, lack of concentration | This is my second try at Celexa. I tried it a few years ago and gave it up within weeks because I thought that I was | F | 34 | 8 months | 5/2/2004 |