Celexa ???????????

has anyone else taken this crap? that is exactly what it is for me.... CRAP! Didnt feel like this before starting to take it, but now after only a few short days..... insomnia, extreme anxiety, and the feeling of losing it.

anyone else experience the same thing?

Good Morning...
It takes awhile for the medicine to kick in. It does give u anxiety, insomnia..and everything else in the beginning. I was on celexa and it didnt work for me so I switched to zoloft. Even with zoloft, it took a good 6 weeks to kick in. The insomnia lasted a long time, I was taking sleep aids to get a good nights rest. Now, everything is back to normal..hang in there.

PREDMOODIE

I am sorry you are feeling the way you do right now but I found this med to be helpful for me.  The trick with all of the antidepressants is to give them time which I know is not always pleasant to begin with but often well worth the patience.

I have been on 15 of the antidepressants over the past 30 years and one of those did me well for over 20 years and then it pooped out or something change for me.  Since then I have been on some that were not so good but others that have helped me very much.

The one thing anxiety and depression has taught me is my disorder will not be magically cured by the meds but together with therapy, good friends and a strong medical team I will make it through each of the dark periods. I just came out of a bad place emotionally , actually still slowly working my way out but I remember last week at this time how hopeless and lost I felt. 

So please remember, as hopeless as you may feel, it is a temporary feeling. We are all in this together.

 

Welcome back Mary/angels3!

I am glad to see you posting again...sorry to hear of your med change...but if it will prevent any possible/future heart issues, than it is a good thing in the long run, right?

Thanks for coming back to support others as you do so well.:)

Hope to talk to you again soon, and that you will start to have much improvement with your depression/symptoms.

S.C.

I wanted to share my experience on the medication.

I tried Celexa also and it did not work for me. My primary dr. prescribed it for me since I have been suffering greatly in the past 4 months from anxiety. I have had GAD for most of my life but this year it became bad again. I think the anxiety makes me depressed. I don't think I normally have a depression issue but dealing with this stress can sure turn someone into a depressive cycle.

I started taking 10 mg and that gave me horrible anxiety, insomnia, nausea, NO appetite. I felt WORSE than having the flu. I was exhausted from the side effects. I had sleepless nights and actual body tremors when I would try to fall asleep. I tried to hang with it as I had also read that you have to give them time to "work". I know friends and relatives how may have had a "difficult" few days getting adjusted to a med, but nothing like the literal suffering that I went through for almost two weeks. They were the worst two weeks of my life...I finally had to call my Dr. to ask for something to help deal with the increased anxiety that was accompanying the meds side effects, so he gave me Ativan. That at least allowed me to get some sleep, but the nausea and daytime anxiety was off the charts. By the end of week two, I cut my dose in half and ended up only taking 5 mg a day which is very low for Celexa. I was STILL getting bad side effects. I was also foggy headed, absent minded and couldn't concentrate. I felt like I didn't care about anything good or bad. I felt numb. I did not feel like "me"...

All this being said, I went back to my Dr. yesterday and he told me to discontinue. He said that the drug probably isn't reacting well for my personal brain chemistry. He said I may be very sensitive to seratonin medications and that some people cannot take them. They need SNRI's instead of the SSRI's. He wants to try me on Zoloft but honestly, after my experience, I am afraid to try any SSRI. I may go the herbal route and give St. John's Wort a try.

I realize that medications help a LOT of people!!! I wish I had better luck with the Celexa. I was very hopeful. My mom takes Lexapro which is very similar and she has done quite well on it. But everyone is different. There can be a lot of trial and errors before finding the right fit.