anyone take celexa?

[mhartse]

just seeing if anyone had any good or bad reviews for celexa an anti depressant.

[yourjedi]

I know two people who are currently on Celexa, and I used to take it.

My dad has Generalized Anxiety Disorder (as do I) which gives us severe depression and he takes a very high dosage of it. It works miracles for him; he's credited it with saving his life and is completely different on it. My aunt takes it for depression and she also loves it. Both told me they have never had nausea as a side-effect, ever.

I tried Celexa when my GAD and depression were interfering with my life too much - at this time, I was in my emetophobia remission. It did make me feel "nauseas" and made me emetophobic again. Why I say "nauseas" is because it was changing the chemical levels in my brain, and during that adjustment period (when your anxiety can be worse), someone got norovirus around me and I totally freaked out. So, my bad experience with Celexa is all circumstantial. My anxiety manifests itself in this phobia again like it did when I was little, so it was all imagined nausea. Had that person not gotten sick, I think I would have been fine on Celexa, but I switched to Zoloft anyway and I love it. SSRI's have done great things for me.

In the end, it all depends on what works for you, as you know. Everyone reacts differently to medications. Your doctor will know best what to prescribe you. And, remember, just because a nausea side-effect is listed on the bottle does not mean you'll experience it.

[mscb]

I have taken Celexa this time since 2007. I'm now down to 10mg and tapering off which is hard but that's the case with most SSRI's. I'm currently in therapy (just started) and I'm hoping that helps more than me relying on medication (which is a very personal choice for everyone). I think it was crucial for me in 2007 when I had clinical depression but I feel that for my anxiety and this phobia that breathing, distraction techniques, therapy and physical excercise are better for me.

[ewilkins]

I used to take it and didn't have any stomach issues with it or anything like that. Initially it made me really tired but that only lasted probably two weeks. I tapered off of it last year though. I gained weight after and just decided I no longer wanted to take it.

[Dairyfreelife]

I take it and am slowly tapering off it, planning to drop to 10mg after my flight. It made me dizzy and tired. The fatigue lasted, but not as bad. I was fine initially, but when I first upped my dose from 10 to 20mg, I had a brief suicidal moment lasting like an hour, two at most. It was very scary because it came on so suddenly and left just as quickly. Never happened again and when I jumped to 30mg at one point it did not happen, nor when I dropped back down to 20mg. Not sure your age, but if you are under 25 be wary of such feelings related to SSRIs. Teens and young adults have the highest risk of such thoughts. I was 23 at the time it happened to me. I never felt any nausea from it or any other stomach problems.