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 | Dr. Said I was Depressed | Ringing in ears, no emotions. | Warning DONOT TAKE, side effects horrible, withdrawals you want to die,should be under strict Drs care while taking and weaning, Deal with life, meditate don't pop a pill to feel better, should be taken off the market! | F | 59 | 10 months 20 1X day | 4/26/2015 | 1 | anxiety/stress | While I did experience a relieving overall calm, the bad outweighed the good. 30lb weight gain (I'm a distance runner). Extremely lethargic (I started sleeping whenever I had free time). Antisocial (I love a party). Unmotivated (chose sleep over daily runs). Chewing on the inside of my cheeks while asleep (never did this before). Stopped for a week. Lost 3lbs, but became uncontrollably irritable. I started taking it again just to function until I can find an alternative. | I would not recommend this to anyone. I regret starting. | F | 40 | 7 months 10mg | 4/15/2015 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | I was initially prescribed this med for postpartum depression after my last baby. I can honestly say that I think this medication helped me tremendously. As with any antidepressant, I was worried about weight gain, but I did not have a problem losing weight (at least initially) while I was on it. When I did start gaining weight after being on it for about 5 years, my doctor tried blaming the medication and switched me to wellbutrin (which I hated). I have since realized that the weight I have gained was due to a different health issue and had nothing to do with the Celexa. Although I am trying to refrain from taking any antidepressants, in the future if I ever do need one again, this will be the one I go for. | Worked great for treating depression and anxiety and I personally had no bad side effects whatsoever. | F | 37 | 5 years 20mg 1X day | 4/9/2015 | 4 | Anxiety | I did not experience many side effects that I can attribute to Celexa. The only one I had, and the reason I quit, was erectile dysfunction. Ruined my confidence, and made me concerned that something else was causing it. | Celexa worked great for me and my anxiety. I was on what doctors called a therapeutic dose, so maybe that is when I got far less side effects than some others on here. | M | 29 | 2.5 years 10 MG 1X day | 4/6/2015 | 2 | anxiety | frequent urge to urinate during night | Almost immediately after taking 1st dose noticed could not sleep thru the night. Every 2,3 hrs had the urge to urinate as if I had a full bladder but only very small stream, if any at all. I did not have this effect during the day only at night and I would take my dose at 10AM. Also experienced back ache. I have stopped taking celexa and will see if my symptons stop. | F | 60 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 3/30/2015 | 2 | anxiety after a hysterectomy | Took it Saturday afternoon and woke up Sunday feeling nauseous wasn't vomiting stopped then started taking it today because my doctor said there wasn't anything else he could offer me so I have tingling sensation in my arms and a headache | I'm scared to take medicine period but are these normal side effects | F | 38 | 1 days 10 | 3/11/2015 | 3 | Fibromyalgia and depression | Weight gain and fatigue not helping with the pain from fibromyalgia | Quit taking feel like there is something that will work better. Having anger issues and uncontrollable outburst. | F | 56 | 4 years 40mg | 3/3/2015 | 3 | Autism, anxiety | increased aggression with higher doses (5mg) | took edge off my son's anxiety but didn't do much else. He was more aggressive when the dose was raised. | M | 9 | 6 months 2mg | 1/13/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | At first, like any antidepressant, it was hard to adjust. It make me a little nauseous, sleeping was effected, no weight gain at all, worked for anxiety, if I took too much I couldn't orgasm. But I am on such a low dose that its not working enough for what I need it to but I dont want to lose sex drive and now after all this time on it I am having memory issues and feeling like I just can't think, like I am straining my brain. I want to try something else. If you're not worried about your sex drive, take it bc it works. Now Lexapro didnt effect my sex drive at all but it made me gain weight and I was tired ALL the time. So I am going to try a new med called Fetzima. I am hopeful. | F | 43 | 2 years 10 1X day | 1/6/2015 | 2 | anxiety and panic | Made me more depressed and so tired and definitely more anxiety | Felt better on zoloft | F | 29 | 1 months 40mg | 1/5/2015 | 4 | Anxiety, depression | Loss of appetite, headache, insomnia, felling numb | Definitely changing my life. I feel like a new person and ready to live every day like I never did. The side effects are not that bad, my body is slowly feeling normal again. Hoping not having any side effects soon! | F | 21 | 2 weeks 10 mg | 1/2/2015 | 1 | for depression | It made me tired, lethargic, un-motivated, numb, agitated, annoyed. | F | 40 | 2 days 20 mg | 12/30/2014 | 1 | Depression, Panic Attack, OSD | Change of personality, anger, loss of feelings at all (even after 2 years off this medication) | This medicine, at the same time you think that it is helping you, It is changing something in your brain that the only thing that can save you after that, is another medicine. Even after 2 years off I was with bad sensations (no feelings at all, no sensations of love, anger, etc.) that this medicine brought to me.. Fluvoxamine brought I my feelings back that citalopram had taken away. I hate citalopram with all my force! | M | 28 | 1 years 20 1X day | 12/5/2014 | 1 | Depressed | Celexa ruined my life, started out on 20 mg, I told the doctor after a few months of taking it that something just wasn't right and doctor said that not to worry that I just need a increase in dose to 40mg, at the time I was depressed as I was dealing with renal cell cancer and lost a kidney, Celexa changed me, it wasn't helping the depression it was making me depressed more and I went away and forgot to take my Celexa with me and that was the best thing that could have ever happened after a little over a week I started to see that this medicine changed me, changed my personality, mood swings and I realized that people with depression don't know why they are depressed, I was depressed because I had a reason. Shame on the doctor and shame on this drug company that makes this medicine as I have heard of similar stories of how this drug ruins lives. | F | 40 | 20 1X day | 12/3/2014 | 1 | MDD & GAD | Increased suicidal and other intrusive thoughts. Racing thoughts. Hyperactivity. Increased paranoia. Increased impulsivity. Decreased sex drive. Decreased appetite. Weight gain (20-30 lbs). Marked unusual changes in personality, behavior, and mood. Emotional numbness and inappropriate expression of emotions (especially smiling and laughter). | My experience is too long to detail here but suffice to say my experience on this medication was absolutely horrifying and left me extremely apprehensive about trying medication again. This was my first time giving medication a try after suffering for eighteen years without and it was the only medication I was taking at the time. I did not drink or participate in the use of recreational drugs at all whilst I was on this medication. I called it quits after all of the wretched side effects finally accumulated into one of the worst panic attacks I've ever experienced in my entire life, which resulted in me missing one appointment with my doctor and lead to her refusing to see/treat me anymore. My condition was worse than ever before for over a year afterwards, I suffered several very severe depressive episodes and my anxiety disorder developed into agoraphobia. I had one friend who was also taking this medication at the time and had been for a few years, at a much higher dosage than me, who had expressed never having experienced any problems with it at all... however she was also on several other medications simultaneously. Another friend also opened up about taking this medication later on, same dosage, and expressed that she also had serious problems while she was on it and ended up quitting. | F | 29 | 3 months 20 1X day | 11/26/2014 | 4 | depression | F | 28 | 1 days 40 mg | 11/4/2014 | 5 | Anxiety PTSD | Initially I had the fatigue and feeling so sluggish but I cut the dose in 1/2 for two weeks. I only took 5 mgs before I went to sleep. After two weeks I increased it to the 10mgs and still I take it before I go to sleep. No other side effects at all. No weight gain. In fact, I've lost the pesky 10 pounds I was trying to lose and kept it off with no changes in diet or anything. | Celexa has been great. I have had no issues once I cut the dose in 1/2 and gave myself a few weeks to adjust. Now I take my full dose before I go to sleep. No problems at all. This has helped me level out so good. I'm less anxious and I notice I have a handle on the PTSD a bit better than before. Nothing is perfect but this helps with the majority of it all. Served as a RN in Iraq and Afghanistan and really had troubles when I returned home. This has helped me so much. I truly do feel better, not 100 percent but much better than before and better than I felt in a very long time. I'm happy with this medicine. | F | 38 | 3 months 10 1X day | 10/28/2014 | 5 | C-PTSD and Anxiety disorder | No libido whatsoever | Helped so much; my miracle drug! I spent about a 1.5 years on Zoloft for depression, but started misusing it when anxiety came on. Finally had a complete anxiety meltdown that sent me to the ER. The next day my doc took me off Zoloft and gave me Celexa. It took a while for the anxiety to settle down, but I felt hopeful for the first time. My panic attacks went from constant, to sometimes, to now and then, to hardly, and now basically non-existent. I still get a little edgy on rare occasions if I'm really stressed, but no actual panic attacks in about a year. | F | 2.5 years 20 MG 1X day | 10/28/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | I've tried many meds for anxiety & no luck except Prozac for 7 yrs then it pooped out so tried this. I am sensitive so Dr put me on 5mg after dinner. A little nausea at first but not bad. Then for the next 5 days I slept! I had extreme fatigue & drowsiness. Couldn't go anywhere but my bed, bathroom & fix easy food items. I was a slug. I couldn't go to my yoga or water aerobics class. I basically lost s week sleeping. I didn't want to be around anyone. After existing for a week I told myself this is not normal & I am having a bad reaction because this is dangerous unhealthy drowsiness. I took 2.5mg the next night & stopped. It's been 48 hrs since last dose & can keep my eyes open & can read my book again. There is no getting past that kind of reaction. I had no anxiety of course because it knocked me out. I'm feeling better now. Be careful with this stuff. No wonder people gain weight you become so inactive. No pills for me. Glad some have good results but I read a lot that people just keep taking it hoping side effects will lessen & are quite miserable. Strangest medication I've ever taken & scarey. Good luck trust your gut. | F | 62 | 7 days 5mg | 10/23/2014 | 2 | depression | cold sweats, blood pressure change, weight gain, fogginess, out of touch, extremely hot, felt like i was on fire in waves | weaning off is difficult. dont take this. | F | 20 | 90 days 20 mg 1X day | 10/1/2014 |