Posted by jessers11581 on March 11, 2005, at 14:44:43
Hello everyone! I'm new to this site and am very excited about interacting here. I have suffered from anxiety and OCD all my life and have been on one SSRI or another for the past eight years. Right now, I am taking Celexa but there are some issues developing that I'm concerned about. Basically, I'll just give a quick run-down. I started out on Paxil in 1997--very sedating, felt great but slept all the time. Went to Zoloft--didn't like it (can't remember why). Then went to Celexa 20-30 mg, where I stayed for about 2.5 years--felt great the entire time. A year and a half ago, I started having all kind of seemingly unrelated physical and emotional issues (sugar/carb cravings, digestive disturbances, extreme cold sensitivity, low-sex drive, no energy, etc.). My doctor suggested that I try Wellbutrin in conjunction with the Celexa, and that made everything about 10 times worse (EXTREME anxiety, crying spells, etc.). So I stopped taking it. Then I moved to another state with my boyfriend for grad school and continued to have the same problems on 20 mg. of Celexa. My new doctor here had me up the dose to 40 mg. over a period of time, which helped tremendously over the summer. But now I'm at that same dose and I feel absolutely insane. I cannot control anything that I put into my mouth (have been binging on sugar, carbs, etc.), I can't bring myself to exercise, I feel completely lethargic and apathetic, all I can think about is finding a way to get my life back in my own hands. I'm constantly on-line looking up stuff about axiety and serotonin. For the longest time, I convinced myself that I was suffering from chronic candidiasis, but now I'm beginning to really believe that it's just low-serotonin raring it's ugly head again. I guess what I'm asking is: would increasing the Celexa again help me? Is 50 or 60 mg. too much? I don't want to feel any more "dulled" by it, but I swear, I'm like a complete maniac now and it has GOT to stop. What should I do? Counseling did not help. If this is not low-serotonin, what else could it be? Have I become tolerant to the Celexa over time? Help!!
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