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Posted by Joy on April 11, 2000, at 18:18:19
In reply to Re: Scared,huh? to valley girl., posted by Valley Girl on April 11, 2000, at 7:49:01
I don't believe in god either.But I believe that happiness feels better than unhappiness.
Fed is better than hunger..etc.
I agree about the drugs. I am off all these anti-depressants,
(zoloft and started celexa). It is nice to FEEL again..instead of
being an automan.
(I get scared if I am not "happy" and start analyzing myself. Am I getting depressed..
do I feel anxiety? Maybe I should take a pill, etc.)This society does try to stuff a way of life at us. Look like this,dress like this,own
this many cars..house..etc.
I do what I feel is best for me.
You are entitled to,too. Maybe you are "happy" just the way you are!> >Why is it that everyone thinks life is suppose to be hard? I am an atheist and I get so much crap about that too! If you don't fit the "norm" people think there is something wrong with you. If you don't live the "happy" life, something is wrong with you.
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> I work two jobs. I never miss a day of work. Is that normal? I have been accused of doing to much to avoid my feelings. Maybe I just need the money.
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> People, especially Americans, think that happiness is a given. It is even in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.
> If we don't have it, we think we should get it.
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> I guess what I am trying to say is, some people just aren't happy. Why take drugs or do therapy for something that is out of reach? Maybe we should just accept who and what we are and leave it at that. Who is to say that happiness is normal?
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> Someone or something must have really hurt you..for you to be so down on life. You sound angry..
> > Maybe you feel you deserve better? Everything good is work,even happiness. Maybe you just don't
> > know how to go about it. Or you're afraid of the "side effects".
Posted by R. on April 12, 2000, at 9:16:22
In reply to Re: Scared,huh? to valley girl., posted by tom on April 11, 2000, at 16:59:51
Hi-
I started taking Celexa about a month ago. (Just to let you all know, I'm an atheist as well, but I really don't think that has anything to do with the medication!?!?!?!!!) Anyway...I was on EFFEXOR before that for 4 years. Somehow I don't think that should ever have happened. Oh well, it's all trial and error. I think that the effexor was AMAZING at first, but then after a while, it stopped working, and I continued taking it for too long while it wasn't working, hoping that it would somehow start working again!?!?! (DOH!!!!)Celexa has not helped me much so far. I haven't gained any weight, which is good. The dry mouth is less than Effexor. I do feel incredibly TIRED all of the time though. I exercise frequently, but that doesn't help. One other thing about Celexa compared to effexor, is that I used to be able to go out and have a beer or two with friends. Now I don't think I should. It seems like the alcohol has a much stronger effect, and I don't like that.
I'm considering changing to Wellbutrin (sp??), but don't know if I should. Does anyone have any more information about that one???? AUGH, i wish that one would work, and I could just STAY on that one.
After all of this, I forgot to mention my mood on Celexa. Well, it hasn't helped much. No where near as effective as Effexor was for the first year or so....
Posted by Mora on April 12, 2000, at 22:39:25
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by erin on April 8, 2000, at 14:36:18
Today was my third day on Celexa. After reading all these postings, it scares me. My stomach has felt weird almost nauseous and almost like really bad cramps. I was never a good sleeper so I can't tell if it is affecting my sleep. One question, did it seem to anyone out there that they had to go "potty" more often? I haven't had any more liquid than usual, but feel like I have to go ALL THE TIME.
Posted by Mora on April 12, 2000, at 22:40:43
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by erin on April 8, 2000, at 14:36:18
one more question any weight gains or losses?
Posted by Phoenix on April 13, 2000, at 8:28:13
In reply to Re: CELEXA or Not to CELEXA...???, posted by Alex on March 28, 2000, at 14:14:49
> Kathy, I found Celexa really good. 40mg made the world look good to live in again. It was okay to get up in the morning and face the day.Little things no longer sent me over the top. I was also able to make use of some cognitive behavioural therapy which also helped, especially thought stopping and reframing negative thoughts ie looking at the glass as though it is half full, not half empty.
> Pills can take away the responsibility for making changes to ones own life, it is important to find the right coach to help with this.I really like what Alex said about Celexa's helping "little things no longer make him go over the top." The more I read on this bullletin board, the more I wonder if Celexa ought to be classed as a special treatment for agitated depression, which is the type I suffer (along with a neuromuscular disease). When I'm in "that state", forget the glass. There IS no glass. Everything is a crisis, everything must be solved right then, and worry and anxiety become the order of the day. Yet, two medications so far have helped that.
I woke up one morning when I was taking Paxil, several years ago, and realized I no longer had the "clatter" in my head. Not voices, mind you.....I'm not psychotic. Just daily "you must do this or that" type or clatter. Things that really could have waited while I went out for a walk or a swim. It was the most astounding feeling. The only problem was, I slept---very nearly around the clock. Not necessarily because it made me sleepy, but because I *could* (part of taking responsibility again). I hadn't slept in soooo long and it felt so good. I also have a sleeping disorder.
Finally had to go off Paxil for that reason. I have been on Celexa 20 mg for three months, and have noticed a distinct decrease in crying spells, and an ability to get started and organized. Nothing amazing, like the Paxil quiet. Yet. I just went up to 40 mgs three days ago, and slept from 0930 yesterday morning to 1515, and 1800 to just now. So I cut back to 30 mg for a week or two, and we'll see how that goes. I've notice a definite drop in anxiety level since starting on 40 mg, a drop in internal "barmometric pressure". :-)
As one who has had to be on one antidepressant or another since 1988 for unipolar, endogenous (biological) agitated and occasionally fearful depression, I'd like to pass on that it takes times for antidepressants to work. Some longer than others. Only Paxil worked quickly. I was on Zoloft the longest, but, like someone said, it just stopped working, and that happens. So just give it time---I can almost guarantee you'll have side effects at first, but they almost always pass. If they don't after a few months, or are a danger to driving, etc., call your doctor immediately.I hope I've helped someone. Just the voice of experience.
Posted by jodi on April 13, 2000, at 10:24:18
In reply to Re: CELEXA or Not to CELEXA...???, posted by Phoenix on April 13, 2000, at 8:28:13
Hi all. I just need to unburden a bit if you don't mind. I have been on one anti-depressant or another for six years or so. I aparently have borderline personality disorder with bouts of major depression. I am a 38 year old university student (yay for me...). Anyway, I've tried all the SSRI's which all quit working or made me sleep all the time. Now I'm on Celexa since last summer--took 20, then up to 30 when we moved and I was super-stressed, then up to forty cuz I was weepy all the time and panicky. Now, I sleep every chance I get. My school work gets done, but I do no more of anything than is absolutely necessary, and I would rather sleep than just about anything. My doctor is hesitant to take me off them because I am getting my work done and my self-esteem is fair (in some areas anyway). But "I don't care" is my motto, and I have absolutely no control over my eating or exercize habits. I've had a half-headache since Christmas (which I forgot to mention to my Dr., cuz I'm so used to it) and my weight is creeping up at a steady pace. I am 4'10" and weighed a pudgy 120 when I began medication forever ago, now I weigh 145 with no end in sight--my doctor is singularly unconcerned about my weight I might add. I've had thyroid hormone blood tests which were fine. My eating is sporadic, but not really excessive, though I do eat in the middle of the night when I wake up after those weird nightmares that leave me all sweaty. I am at least able to cry. The last medication I was on (and I forget which it was) took away any emotions stronger than "I don't like spinach". I don't want to be "crazy" again, I'll be graduating in August, and I need my brain for work, but I can't live like this--I have no control, and my weight is beginning to really affect my health (asthma, decreased agility, not to mention embarassment to be seen by anyone). What do I do? Any suggestions?
Posted by Barbara on April 13, 2000, at 13:44:32
In reply to What is happening?, posted by Mora on April 12, 2000, at 22:40:43
> one more question any weight gains or losses?
well. i gained about 20 pounds. i had so many "little" side effects that i stopped using it and feel so much better. the interesting thing, mora, is your need to go to the bathroom all the time. i thought i was becoming incontinent. anyone else with such a problem?
pls excuse typing - my right hand is in a cast.
Posted by D on April 14, 2000, at 14:09:39
In reply to Re: Scared,huh? to valley girl., posted by Valley Girl on April 11, 2000, at 7:49:01
Valley Girl,
I thought this might be worth sharing. At times when I have have been at rock bottom, and NOTHING else seems to work, I have just turned the situation over to a higher power. I make a decision to the the higher power handle it. I have found this works for any situation for me. I have certain scriptures that I have as ones I particularly like. I take them like medicine----hourly, daily, or whatever I decided the dose to be. As with other medicines, it may not seem to work at first, but after a while, an amazing peace sets in. If you want me to post some of these particular scriptures that have been my favorites, just let me know. I DO NOT see your situation as just not trying hard enough like some of the other people that are on here. I do hope that someday soon the black cloud will lift for you and you'll feel much better.
D
Posted by CHRISTINA on April 14, 2000, at 18:02:17
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by Noa on February 9, 2000, at 5:50:33
> Sorry to hear about this disappointing experience. What do you think you'll try next?
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> the questions/decisions you describe about weekend mornings sound oh so familiar!
I WAS ALSO ON THIS MED. MY HUSBAND MADE THE COMMENT "YOU DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT ANYTHING." THE FUNNY THING IS I THOUGHT I WAS DOING SO WELL.SINCE I HAVE DISCONTINUED THE MED. BUT I ALWAYS THINK WOULD I BE DOING BETTER IF I RESUMED THE MED?
Posted by Shar on April 15, 2000, at 0:48:17
In reply to Re: What makes you HAPPY VALLEY GIRL??, posted by Valley Girl on April 6, 2000, at 7:26:26
> >I have been in therapy for most of my adult life. 30 plus years. I keep hearing the same thing over and over. I don't understand that happiness has to be hard work. Our parents selfishly put us here for their egotistical or plain stupid reasons and now we're stuck. Life sucks and then you die. But for me you don't die soon enough, you get dragged through hell for what purpose? So you can die! Believe me, I have researched mental health, physical and psychic (I am extremely intutitive and empathic). I thought this was my problem, because I react to everyones emotions around me. I hate knowing what other people think and what is going to happen to them. I have tried, through various methods, to get control of this "gift". Say what you want. I have been there and done that. I am just sick of it all. I am on meds. I have tried natural, homeopathic you name it. Nothing works for me. I am glad that others benefit from meds and positive attitudes. Depression, is what is here for me in this life. I guess I am suppose to learn something from it. Sorry for being such a downer. I can only see the yucky underside of the rock, not the beautiful shiney side!
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> I am sure you have heard, that this is IT. This isn't a dress rehearsal..this is the only life we get..right now.If your med's. aren't working ---how important are YOU to YOU?
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> > Get help. Read everything about your illness you can. Don't wait. Research. Find a thread of hope. Seek out some answers. Make it your purpose. Since you have had children,
> > (I won't say do it for them.) having children is tough,raising them is tough,heck..life is tough sometimes.
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> > You have obviously toughed it out through the years...can you try a little more? For you?
> > Maybe I don't get it...as far as you are concerned...I haven't "walked in your shoes". But I do know that the human spirit wants the goodness,happiness.
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> > So don't try to "force" yourself to be happy..find some answers as to why you are unhappy.
Valley: I can join you completely in your definition of life, and the absence of "happiness" and knowing that most people don't understand at all. I feel very much the same way, and have since I was quite young. I am not terribly empathic (reading people), but I am ultra sensitive to slight nuances in behaviors, "disruptions in the force" if you will.
A survival technique I learned at home.I personally am tired of people --just about everyone --dispensing their personal theories on how I should behave/eat/exercise/go to their church/ etc. in order to not be depressed. I think my depression is biological, like diabetes or a thyroid condition. So those kindly suggestions of "why not get off your meds for a while, maybe you won't feel depressed anymore" are just ignored. And I tell them what I think.
I think it is good to hang in there, and do try the meds (give them a chance, because it could bring you from black pit to having your head above ground again). My meds don't keep me happy, they keep me not-suicidal, which is an improvement.
As far as "happiness" I have a pretty liberal definition: if things aren't horrible on all fronts, it's ok. Or, if my head is above water, I'm ok.
In terms of "happiness".....Delightful moments are what I have. Like moments of amusement inspired by nature (standing still watching a couple of squirrels go up and around a tree, full speed ahead) or a moment on Sat. morning when I realize I can sleep in and I am so GRATEFUL. I like humor also.
I am aware of the occasional little good things, but I would not say "I'm a happy person" and I pretty much agree that life sucks, and is also unfair.
I have determined to stick it out. I hope you do, too.
Good luck - Shar
Posted by Melly on April 16, 2000, at 21:46:37
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by CHRISTINA on April 14, 2000, at 18:02:17
So I have been reading all of the posts about Celexa and now I don't know if I want to start taking it. I have been on and off many other antidepressants, and I could hardly tolerate their side effects. Perhaps I just need to "Bite the bullet" for a few weeks? Or should I truly consider med-free? I've been as such for about 4 years. I already feel like I don't care about anything, I don't need Celexa to make me feel that way. Any insights? Thanks!
Posted by boB on April 17, 2000, at 20:38:24
In reply to Reluctant to take Celexa, posted by Melly on April 16, 2000, at 21:46:37
If anyone wants to spot me a few doses of their Celexa, I will be glad to share with you all how it makes me feel. But I will never create a record of accepting a prescription and if some court agency wants to cram it down my throat they will have a rather ugly fight on their hands.
But otherwise, I am with Valley Girl. Who cares if I am happy or not? I don't and frankly it is nobody elses business. If someone doesn't like my frowning face, maybe they should consider some of the things that make it that way rather than telling me I should take a pill and cheer up. Apparently hating people for their skin color is out of style, so frowning faces are the new boogie man of choice. I agree that some people are born predisposed to the conditions that are called depression, and I bet I am one of them. But my condition is one of sometimes flat emotion and othertimes a wide dynamic range of emotion - it becomes depression when people around me start complaining that I am not sharing in their manic, hyper-joyous dillusion of who we all are. If people want to live like gods, that is there business. They seem to enjoy my work and my insight, when they don't have to go home with me, or spend to much time plumbing the dark depths of my unreformed soul.
Natural things give me a sense of belonging. That might be called happiness, but I don't equate it with this stupid grin I see on all the faces around me. Frankly, I think the pdocs are giving pills to the wrong people. They should be giving wake-up pills to all the happy people so they would understand that 1/2 of the world's six billion people live on less than $2 a day and the roses they enjoy smelling so much will likely be extinct next year because the bees that polinate them are dying, along with the frogs, the monarch butterflies and hundreds of other species that never saw fit to introduce themselves to humankind.
I hope no one sees this as a hostile post. I can block this kind of transmission, but I think that is what all the suicide prevention people are trying to avoid - people like me turning themselves off, which is a likely choice if noone cares to share our honest appraisal.
Don't worry, though, I think there is a huge market for this kind of honesty, as long as one sugar coats it, as I have learned to do. Sorry, i just was out of sugar today.
Live on, Valley Girl.
Posted by Elizabeth on April 19, 2000, at 0:47:10
In reply to Re: IM SOOOOO CONFUSED! HELP! , posted by Sandra on April 4, 2000, at 10:11:57
>I have been taking Celexa for approximately 3 months now and it has been really great. Although, I'm a little worried I am gaining weight because of it, which is what brought me to the message board. Aside from that, Celexa has been a wonder drug for me. I have not had any negative side effects and I feel great! (I just hope it isn't making me gain weight, because I have quite an appetite lately.) I have taken Wellbutrin & Prozac with some success and Serzone which was really, really bad. As far as a success story - I would highly recommend Celexa.
Posted by Joanie on April 22, 2000, at 10:31:43
In reply to Re: Celexa Side Effects, posted by Rick on March 28, 2000, at 15:39:47
>I started taking Celexa 4 days ago. Took 10 mg. for 3 days and just took 20 mg. today. I noticed immediately that my teeth are clenched; SO clenched, in fact, that my jaw is killing me! I think this is very strange considering how 2 doctors sung this medications praises, and everyone here seems to be miserable from it. Has anybody else experienced this clenching thing?
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> I've been taking Celexa for 60 days now and I must say it did have an immediate effect on my sexual function, but it only lasted about 4 weeks. During this time I no need or want to do anything. After I had even more stress come into my life the doctor doubled my dose to 40mg/day. I now have an increased desire for sex and my wife and I are getting along just fine. I still have problems with decision making as I tend to say exactly whats on my mind instead of thinking of how it's going to affect everyone before I say it.
Posted by Michele Cohen on April 22, 2000, at 16:28:53
In reply to Re: Celexa Side Effects, posted by Joanie on April 22, 2000, at 10:31:43
> >I started taking Celexa 4 days ago. Took 10 mg. for 3 days and just took 20 mg. today. I noticed immediately that my teeth are clenched; SO clenched, in fact, that my jaw is killing me! I think this is very strange considering how 2 doctors sung this medications praises, and everyone here seems to be miserable from it. Has anybody else experienced this clenching thing?
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> > I've been taking Celexa for 60 days now and I must say it did have an immediate effect on my sexual function, but it only lasted about 4 weeks. During this time I no need or want to do anything. After I had even more stress come into my life the doctor doubled my dose to 40mg/day. I now have an increased desire for sex and my wife and I are getting along just fine. I still have problems with decision making as I tend to say exactly whats on my mind instead of thinking of how it's going to affect everyone before I say it.Hi--I started taking Celexa 3 weeks ago-- I have stayed at 10 mg instead of moving up to 20 mg because the side effects were really bad-- no sleep, yawning, clenched jaw, racing heart, and worst of all constant nausea. May jaw still feels tight every once and a while, but it's gotten much better-- so have the rest of the side effects. Hope this helps-- Michele
Posted by Irene on April 27, 2000, at 18:15:39
In reply to more Celexa sharing, posted by torchgrl on February 9, 2000, at 2:46:11
Anyone have any comparative information as to differences between Celexa and Prozac in their effectiveness and side effects?
Posted by whereismychair on April 28, 2000, at 6:44:44
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by Irene on April 27, 2000, at 18:15:39
> Anyone have any comparative information as to differences between Celexa and Prozac in their effectiveness and side effects?
hi- i'm a 16 (almost 17) year old female diagnosed with ocd, clinical depression, and manic-depression (somehow, they can't seem to make up their minds). i am on my 5th day of taking celexa, which has really messed up my body. i stayed home from school for 3 and a half days, unable to get out of bed from dizzyness, fatigue, nausea, headache, etc. i am finally able to get up, and all i have to say is- I HOPE THIS IS WORTH IT. i have had trouble breathing and swallowing, also. i was on prozac for 6 years, with NO side effects at all. it worked with in a month. i'm thinking about going back to prozac...but i guess i should give celexa a shot, huh?
Posted by Beth on April 28, 2000, at 12:28:15
In reply to Re: Saint James (somewhat off topic), posted by Jen Hill on March 27, 2000, at 18:09:48
>I only took Celexa for a week because it made me so sleepy.
In fact, I am supposed to be taking this for tension
headaches. Is anyone taking Celexa as a headache treatment? If
so, what type of headaches? Is it helping you?
Posted by tina on April 28, 2000, at 17:15:27
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by whereismychair on April 28, 2000, at 6:44:44
I'm with"whereismychair" I've had the most horrible side effects from this crap and i've only taken it twice so far. That's two little white pills ladies and gentlemen. Last night was spent with my face in the toilet and my body shaking so badly and my heart pounding so hard I thought i was dying, literally. After reading all the horror stories you all have written here i''m pretty sure i want to try something else. Any suggestions?? I'm new to the prescription thing and the depression thing and would appreciate any feedback. Thanx.
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> hi- i'm a 16 (almost 17) year old female diagnosed with ocd, clinical depression, and manic-depression (somehow, they can't seem to make up their minds). i am on my 5th day of taking celexa, which has really messed up my body. i stayed home from school for 3 and a half days, unable to get out of bed from dizzyness, fatigue, nausea, headache, etc. i am finally able to get up, and all i have to say is- I HOPE THIS IS WORTH IT. i have had trouble breathing and swallowing, also. i was on prozac for 6 years, with NO side effects at all. it worked with in a month. i'm thinking about going back to prozac...but i guess i should give celexa a shot, huh?
Posted by Charles on April 29, 2000, at 9:17:23
In reply to Beginning Celexa, posted by Beth on April 28, 2000, at 12:28:15
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I'm been taking Celexa for almst 2 weeks.
I have noticed both my frequent (4x a week) tension headaches and peptic ulcers have almost disappeared. Good luck.
Posted by Eliza on May 1, 2000, at 12:20:45
In reply to Re: more Celexa sharing, posted by Irene on April 27, 2000, at 18:15:39
I've been on Celexa (20 mg) for almost eight months. For me, it has been a wonder drug. I really don't experience any side effects to speak of (although when I tried to up the dose to 40 mg) it made me very very sleepy. My attitude has improved 100%, my outlook is more positive, and slowly but surely I am making small but important changes in my life, exercising more, moving to a nicer place, etc., and the best news of all, I have been dating someone quite wonderful since December.
I tried Prozac at two different times in the past, 4 to 6 months each time. The best thing about Prozac was the immediacy and intensity of its effect (it was like the world went from black and white to color in a matter of days). Celexa's effect was much more gradual and subtle. I did experience an increase in self-confidence on Prozac, but no accompanying desire to really better my life, just no longer caring about not having achieved much of anything. And then the really bad thing about Prozac for me were some of the paradoxical effects. It made me very sleepy (I would sleep nine or ten hours a night on it, and still have a hard time getting up in the morning) and I GAINED weight. I know they say that's not supposed to happen, but the first time I took Prozac my weight went from 105 to about 120 in six months. I did lose about 5 pounds when I stopped taking it, but I've never lost that other 10 lbs. When I took it again (for only four months), again my weight started to creep up, but I stopped it, because I really didn't want to experience another permanent weight gain.
I went to a psychiatrist this time around with the hopes of being placed on Welbutrin, but she is one of these doctors who doesn't like Welbutrin, and suggested Celexa. It's been (for me) really wonderful.
Hope this is helpful. EVeryone responds so differently to these medications!!
Posted by D on May 1, 2000, at 13:43:54
In reply to Re: whereismychair, posted by tina on April 28, 2000, at 17:15:27
Tina,
I'm sorry to hear that you had such bad results w/ Celexa. I had wonderful results w/ Zoloft (50mg). Maybe that would work for you. Best wishes.
Posted by tina on May 1, 2000, at 14:01:50
In reply to Re: whereismychair, posted by D on May 1, 2000, at 13:43:54
D:
thanks for the advice about zoloft. I'm seeing my pdoc on thursday and I'll ask about it. Can you fill me in on any side effects of it that the docs don't mention?Tina,
> I'm sorry to hear that you had such bad results w/ Celexa. I had wonderful results w/ Zoloft (50mg). Maybe that would work for you. Best wishes.
Posted by DAVE on May 4, 2000, at 1:33:08
In reply to Re: Celexa, posted by Jen on March 19, 2000, at 8:11:15
>Hello everyone- I had a strange experience with celexa and wonder if others have had it and what it may suggest (if anything) about my own brain chemistry.
I took celexa for a bout a month- and from about the second day felt extremely peaceful and in control of my life- however after about a month it wore off and i felt terrible- maybe worse than before or it could just have been the contrast fromt he drug not "working: and then not "working"- has anyone had this before?I have experimented with other AD's and have found that if you take a tiny dose every second day sometimes the same reaction can be achieved- but it will always only last for a month-
thanks- bye.
Posted by jacquie on May 4, 2000, at 4:56:14
In reply to Re: Celexa, posted by DAVE on May 4, 2000, at 1:33:15
Hi Dave...I'm not an authority on ADs , but I also took Celexa and wondered what dose you were taking. I started at 10mg for a week (went to 20mg sooner because 10mg made so tired) then to 20mg within 4 days and stayed on 20mg for over a month. By 5 weeks going into 6 I felt unmotivated, had to desire to even talk in therapy and had an overall sense of "well, this is it" then the docs booted me to 40mg and by the second weekof that I was feeling quite good. The only reason I have stopped is because Celexa gave me insomnia that I strugled to combat well. I think it is a very good drug for some and I am not thrilled I had to get off it. I have found, at least for me, that dosing is critical with these things. Ihope this has shed a little light on the area for you and that ou are feeling better. Take care. Jacquie
> >Hello everyone- I had a strange experience with celexa and wonder if others have had it and what it may suggest (if anything) about my own brain chemistry.
> I took celexa for a bout a month- and from about the second day felt extremely peaceful and in control of my life- however after about a month it wore off and i felt terrible- maybe worse than before or it could just have been the contrast fromt he drug not "working: and then not "working"- has anyone had this before?
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