Posted by vlvtelvis on April 18, 2001, at 22:54:04
In reply to Paxil to Celexa, posted by MarieMurph on April 18, 2001, at 21:02:00
I'm on celexa for anxiety and depression. It keeps me from feeling like my soul is on fire i guess. I've got a bottle of klonopin that chew on when stuff gets real bad.
It was around the end of my sophmore year of college that i started having extreme anxiety problems as well.
Celexa, like other SSRI's , will take a month to six weeks to come to full effect, so be patiant with it. Even then you might have to have your dose boosted a bit, so hang in there and don't give up on it. It's often that side effects experienced in the initial weeks of treatment will fade in time, if you can stand it that long.
Good luck
> I am a sophomore in college... and for some reason this year, I developed extreme anxiety and panic attacks, which has resulted in depression. When I am around my freinds and stuff, I'm not as depressed, but my major problem is the anxiety. I am unable to drive far, alone, or even work. My main problem, is the uncontrollable affects of the anxiety(extreme hot flashes, light headedness, etc.) I was wondering if anyone knew if this drug, Celexa, works well for anxiety as well as depression, or simply just depression, alone. And if so, how doesit work?? do most of the side affects, such as the sexual side-affects, subside after a few weeks?? I am now on lorazepam, to be taken whenever i feel extreme nervousness, it helps, but its just not enough for the depression and generalized anxiety. I was on paxil for only a few days, and had to stop. It made me sooo sick, I couldn't sleep, eat, my vision was blurred, i was about 100X more anxious than i was before, and i got a rash and hives all over my body. I hope someone can help me?!
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