Celexa?

Honestly this medicine seemed to make my heart hurt . It does cause heart papplitations at first. I honestly am not too sure if it helped. I am currently trying to wean off of it. Give it time and it could work for you. I have heard this medicine works wonders for some people .

I am young and have decided that I don't want to be controlled by a chemical for therest of my life. I honestly wasn't too impressed by celexa or anything I have taken. Unfortunately I went into it wit the wrong mindset and thought that by simply taking a pill would make everything better. Ask yourself if the benefit outweighs the risk . iPads of now I am weaning off all anti depressant meds and am going to take my xanax for severe attacks and go from there .

Masonsmommy, stay with the celexa!!! The symptoms you are experiencing are just the anxiety you're feeling over taking the pill. I remember having panic flashes right after taking the pill because I didn't know what it was going to do to my body!! I had some diarrhea a bit at first, but that subsided. I was already in high anxiety mode and the pills didn't make it worse, I did because I was so nervous to take it!!! We tend to be hypervigilant with what our bodies are experiencing, that every little thing will send us into worry mode. Once the pills were in my system for a few weeks, I stopped being hypervigilant, and all of my symptoms diminished and my mind was more relaxed. Trust me, a few weeks of feeling uncertain, is worth feeling yourself again once the medicine works!! I can't begin to describe how it gave me my life back! While I was on Celexa, I had gone through some pretty traumatic events, and believe me it got me through them all! Please give it time to work!!!!! Sincerely, Lis

They started me on 10 for a week and upped to 20 where I remained for 8 years. If you can already handle the 20, then don't change it! Just keep plugging along. Do you have klonopin or anything to get you through? I didn't use any at the time but I feel I may need to for the switch I am going to make to zoloft. I too took it at night as well. I had no trouble sleeping really, but sometimes anxiety itself can make sleeping difficult. Just remember, MILLIONS of people are on antidepressants for various reasons and the scary side effects that a small percentage of people complain about, are really nothing more than a temporary nuisance. Some people go off them all too soon because they can't handle the side effects, but really don't bother to give the med a chance. I feel that sometimes we attribute every body feeling to a side effect, when really we were feeling alot of them even before we started the med. I hope this makes sense, and really look forward to hearing your sucess story soon!!! We can overcome. I have overcome 4 bouts of this. 3 without meds, and the last with meds. I have 2 kids and really want to be strong for them. That is why I gave the meds a try in the first place. I felt like I needed to do it for them, if anything. Believe me, I was terrified to take anything, but I am so glad I did, because it really really worked!!!!!!!!

Mommy,

Increased anxiety is the most common start up side effect of taking an SSRI. It will go away in a few weeks, you just have to tough it out until then and use your xanax as a crutch.

In my personal opinion, they started you out too high. I have taken Paxil, Zoloft (4 times), and now Lexapro. With every one I started on the lowest dose and raised it gradually to avoid the unpleasant side effects, or try to minimize them as much as I could.

But, with that said, if you can ride out the side effects of starting at 20 mgs, I say go for it! Because if you drop down now to a lower dose, then your just going to get a little bit of the side effects with each increase. Not as bad, but you still get some.

Hope this helps some.

Fox

Anyone had any weird heart problems while on celexa? Like fast sometimes pounding heart beat where it will keep u awake at night. And tingling and ur neck will get hot. Chest hurt sometimes and it feels like u not breathing enough or corretly? And only taking 10mg celexa