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Below are Celexa (Citalopram) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Celexa review by 27 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Panic disorder |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20 mg/day taken daily for the period of 2 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | birth control | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I had debilitating panic attacks and agoraphobia and Celexa completely saved me, allowed me to go live my life again. I even took a low dose and it still worked amazingly well, though it did take nearly a month to "kick in." |
| Side effects: | | In the beginning I had nightmares and some nausea, but that all passed within a few weeks. When I stopped taking the medication, I did suffer some side effects. |
| Comments: | | I took 20/mg a day each day for some number of years. |
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| | Celexa review by 50 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20mg taken once per day for the period of 2 periods 6 months each |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | when the drug actually kicked in, after about 10 days as i recall, it was an amazing experience.I got out of bed and was walking to the bathroom to shower. I was whistling!!!I stopped and thought, hey whats going on here. I realized I felt great, like a heavy weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I felt better than i had felt for a hell of a long time. Never forget it, a fantastic feeling.Truly helped me to cope with the stress of business and relationships.I have recommended it two occasions both had a similar experience to my own. |
| Side effects: | | quite severe night sweats and yawning,dry mouth,ejaculation disorder (not always a bad thing) |
| Comments: | | not sure what you mean by this. Was in relationship counceling and the psycologist suggested I was depressed as well as stressed. she suggested citalopram. saw my gp who prescribed it. never looked back. I did slide back in to depression a couple of years after first taking the drug but recognised the symptoms and got another script from my doctor with the same positive results. |
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| | Celexa review by 35 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20 mg taken once a day for the period of 1 year |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | vitamins | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | After the first month it definetely improved my mood and my level of energy.
I became more productive at work and my overall mental health improved.
It also helps a lot with my pre menstrual syndrome anxiety. |
| Side effects: | | I had very mild nausea about 30 minutes after taking it in the morning that went away after a couple weeks. |
| Comments: | | I took the medicine 20 mg once a day for one year and had no major side effects.
Did not feel any sonolence and actually improved my sense of overall well being. |
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| | Celexa review by 45 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20 mg. per day taken once a day for the period of 10 years |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | After several days of taking 20 mg. per day my signs of depression were gone. I felt coming out of the dark in the bright sun! It has changed my life. |
| Side effects: | | I did not notice it myself but my husband told me I became rather 'cool', less sensitive. |
| Comments: | | Treated 2 years by a psychologist who prescribed the Citalopram. Three times I tried to stop and live without, but the depression returned. Now my doctor prescribes it each time for 3 months. |
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| | Celexa review by 57 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Depression, Irritability |
| Dosage & duration: | | 60 mg per day taken daily for the period of 1.5 years (still taking it) |
| Other conditions: | | Moderate hypertension |
| Other drugs taken: | | Verapimil (for Calan SR/Soptin SR) | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The benefits of Celexa have been surprising and welcome. Over the passt 15 years I've been given every anti-depressant the doctors could think of. Most had no effect at all, some had such uncomfortable side effects that I couldn't take them long enough to find out if they would help at all. One (I can't remember the name) actually lifted my depression almost immediately and made me feel great, but after about 3 weeks I was suddenly plunged into a depression that was darker and more frightening than any I'd experienced before. I stopped taking it. |
| Side effects: | | The side effects I experienced with Celexa were heart palpitations during the first few weeks of taking it, which later subsided. Yawning was also a side effect, but it went away after a couple of months. |
| Comments: | | I take 1 1/2 40 mg. tablets of Celexa once a day. |
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| | Celexa review by 46 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10, 20, & 30 (dosage was increased) (dosage frequency: once a day) for the period of 7 months |
| Other conditions: | | Anxiety |
| Other drugs taken: | | Omeoprazol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | For the depression it didn't make much of a difference; but it worked wonders for my anxiety. The edginess, nervousness, impatience, fear of socializing and going out of the house, completely disappeared after one month of taking it. My close friends even commented that 'I was my old self again'. I was much more relaxed and happy. It made me realize that I was misdiagnosed as depressed, when what I really have is anxiety. After talking to my new psiquiatrist, we came to that conclusion. |
| Side effects: | | COMPLETE loss of libido. That's why I discontinued the treatment. |
| Comments: | | I started with 10mg/day, for one month, when I started to feel less anxious, but not motivated or more energetic, as expected from an anti-depressive medication. Then the dose went up to 20mg/day for another 3- 4 months, when no 'anti-depression' effects were noticed, the dose went up to 30 mg/day, it made no difference either. I have stopped taking it gradually (20mg/day for 1 week, then 10mg/day for 3 weeks) until i stopped completely. Now I'm waiting to see how I feel, to see if I 'll try another medication, since the side effect described above was intolerable to me. |
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| | Celexa review by 30 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 20 mg taken daily for the period of 1 week |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I really did not see any benefit in taking the medication. However, this may have been because I was unable to tolerate it for any length of time.
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| Side effects: | | Severe abdominal cramping and diarrhea, dizziness, "spacy" feeling, fainting due to the severe diarrhea. |
| Comments: | | I was placed ont this medication to help with lack of energy, inability to sleep, loss of appetite (depression symptoms). The side effects were so severe that I was only able to take the medicine for a week. |
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| | Celexa review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg taken 1/day for the period of 3 weeks |
| Other conditions: | | Hypothyroidism |
| Other drugs taken: | | Levothyroxine | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | There were no benefits. It did not solve the organic issues and created new problems. |
| Side effects: | | Firstly, this medication made me drowsy, and I often took involuntary naps mid-afternoon. Secondly, I had carbohydrate cravings, and felt hungry all the time. Lastly, after a couple of weeks I became weepy, irrational and anxious. I can't imagine how magnified these symptoms would have been on a higher dose.
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| Comments: | | I began taking Celexa after Lexapro made me sleepy and hungry. The Lexapro did indeed calm my anxieties. It was thought that an isomer of Lexapro might be better tolerated. This was not the case, and now I am off all medications for a short period to re-evaluate my baseline needs. |
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