Celexa

hope · 08-25-2004, 08:26 PM

A shrink put me on celexa today. I took one dose and felt sleepy but tried to lay down and got the same old wierd stuff that's been happening. I still feel on the verge of insanity. I feel like my whole body has been rewired and I don't know what is what. I was given seroquel in the er and it made me go nuts. I need a break. I don't know what is happening but I feel like I am going crazy. I've always just had depression. Not all this wierd stuff, not that I remember anyway.

Still having the GI symptoms too. Went to the ER to check the burning in my chest and throat and stomach. Didn't find anything. Anyway, I know everyone's sick of me. Has anyone had any experience with celexa??

08-25-2004, 09:49 PM

Hi hope!

I was on 20 milligrams of Celexa a day for a short time but I didn't like the way it made me feel so I had my doctor put me on 10 milligrams of Lexapro a day and it worked a whole lot better than the Celexa and I am no longer depressed.

I'm sorry you're having such a rough time and feelilng so bad.

Will pray for you to feel better real soon. :P

Scott · 08-25-2004, 10:04 PM

it's going to take some time to get used to the drug.. with lexapro my ears rang for a good 2 weeks but it got better.

genevieve · 08-25-2004, 10:06 PM

Hi hope!
wow, you are going through a tough time! I feel sorry for you...
Like I have just said to kizzie in another post I have been for 3 and a half months on celexa on a low dose and I did not see a big difference. I think it helped me with the withdrawal and/or anxiety and/or depression I was feeling at the moment. I am a little suspicious because I dont understand how somebody who had a BAD withdrawal (and you were really having a "strong" withdrawal if I can say that!!! with the twitches, panic attacks coming from nowhere, etc) with an SSRI can be put on another SSRI. I am not a doctor but my own doctor told me that he would not see me on another SSRI since I was so sick with paxil (I was prescribed celexa by another doctor who did not believe that...). I know you need a break and maybe celexa is the answer for the moment so I am not going to stress you with that.
Seroquel? this is an antipsychotic. please, dont begin to take this kind of drugs. Doctors are prescribing more and more antipsychotics to people who dont have schizophrenia but those are dangerous drugs and it is proven they cause tardive dyskinesia.

I am a little confused about your story. You seem to feel so bad and dont find any help. I mean, not too long ago you were doing great and since your detox/pneumonia you seem to be in trouble. I am not going to tell you to "pull yourself together" because I know all this is not your fault and the last thing you need is somebody to tell you "you just have to want to get better to actually get better"

The only things I can say to you is to take care (can you have somebody at home to take care of the children and the dishes, and the laundry and everything? Can you have some friends/family to be with you at home? can you do some things you use to like like watching funny movies or having a nice walk in the park?)
and YOU ARE NOT CRAZY!!!! You are crazy if you are seing things that doesnt exist, if you hear voices, if you feel like people want to kill you. If you feel like the world is falling apart, like your brain is in a fog, like you are going to die, this is anxiety or depression, not craziness!
About your stomach problems, I can relate since paxil completly f*** my GI system. Try to get help from doctors but dont always believe 100% of what they say.
we are all with you and you could be amazed at how things can improve rapidly. You are not condemned to suffer for long.

emily · 08-25-2004, 10:20 PM

HOPE,

You're not crazy! God knows I've felt that way myself more times than I can count.
It takes at least a month at the full dose to feel the full effects; be patient & have faith in your ability to heal.
Taking a less-than-full-dose is like taking less than a full dose of any medicine: mildly helpful, but ultimately not as effective as it could be.

A study in the journal _Nature_ last year showed that the hippocampus shrinks with each period of major depression/anxiety, & that the shrinkage
reversed SLOWLY in people who took SSRIs for the first time; in other words, depression & anxiety do cause "brain damage," but it's NOT permanent,, just as there are people who heal after a stroke.

Hang in there--cling as to a life raft to what makes you happy (husband, kids, the coming of fall, hot chocolate: whatever works!)

elisa · 08-25-2004, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hope

A shrink put me on celexa today. I was given seroquel in the er and it made me go nuts. Has anyone had any experience with celexa??

Yes Hope, with both meds.

Celexa: my jaws felt like wired shut, my jaws hurt like hell, clenching my teeth and the usual side affects while on it. Couldn't stand it any more and was switched to another med.

Seroquel, just used as a "booster" in conjunction with an antidepressant during crisises. It gave me such a boost that I slept more than the actual blankets on bed. Depersonalization. unreal world, you name it. But it sort of calmed me down a little.

It is up to you Hope in deciding if you want to be on Celexa or not. It is NOT a very good drug to withdraw from (other web site) and that is an understatement. Only YOU have the right what goes into your body, not a doc or anyone else. This also means that you have to take the responsibility for it.

Remeron & Lexapro(?) is the only AD I haven't been on. For me, I'vd got to say that NONE worked, only their side effects did. No more merry go round for me!

Take care of yourself Hope!!

hope · 08-25-2004, 10:56 PM

Hi,

I didn't know what else to do I'll be honest. I know I need to sleep and for some reason I'm not. The only reason I took it is because Iknow SSRIs don't make me too much more crazy. I noticed my muscle twitches have been worse but I think I've had them more recently anyway. I did not make me sleepy like I'd hoped. I'll call the doc tomorrow and ask him what he thinks. I have been really bad feeling. At least with the paxil withdrawal I knew exactly what it was. With this, I don't know. I'm getting all these strange sensations in my body right now.

I know the seroquel was not good for me. It was bad bad bad. I didn't know it could make you crazy. But apparently drugs that work for others don't work for me. The anxiety I've had recently has been at the top of the richter (? spelling) scale. I've been spacing out, pacing, acting very strange. Even the sleeping pill which worked before doesn't work well now. My body is totally nuts.

thank you all for your support. I have been very afraid of what is happening to me. I'll call the doc tomorrow and tell him the celexa did not make me sleepy.

I think the antibiotic set off some type of reaction but to be honest, i haven't slept good since stopping the paxil anyway. I can feel my body wanting to sleep. I have an appointment with a neurologist but people here say that they neurologists have never found anyting. Notice chills in my legs which I remember having coming off the Paxil. Strange.

dar7726 · 08-25-2004, 11:01 PM

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Scott · 08-26-2004, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elisa

Celexa: my jaws felt like wired shut, my jaws hurt like hell, clenching my teeth and the usual side affects while on it. Couldn't stand it any more and was switched to another med.

I've noticed that symptom whenever i've jumped on too high of a dose.. it's best (if you have time) to start out low and work up as you need to to avoid this symptom. Like with lexapro, my doctor thinks im on 10mg but ive never had to go over 5mg.

CloneX · 08-26-2004, 06:46 AM

Maybe the best thing is to start a benzo until things have settled down a bit ?

emily · 08-26-2004, 08:17 AM

Scott,

So on 5mg you're able to leave the house etc? Maybe I'm on too high a dose--scared to drop just now tho!

hope · 08-26-2004, 10:22 AM

I am thinking of maybe just still toughing it out and staying on the sleeping pill for sleep. I got pretty suicidal and probably still am. I dont know if the celexa helped or made things worse. I woke up shaking and nauseated this morning. I feel pretty bad physicallly, and am very anxious. Don't know what to do. I can't make good decisions right now. What a mess I am. I was still having trouble sleeping but the anxiety had pretty much disappeared. Now this. I wonder if there is a way to neutralize all these medications and the adverse reactions, or get them out of your system.

genevieve · 08-26-2004, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hope

I'll call the doc tomorrow and tell him the celexa did not make me sleepy.

I know that one of the most common side effect with celexa is insomnia... From what I have read (internet, forum, books on drugs) it makes people sleep LESS but BETTER...

hope · 08-26-2004, 05:11 PM

Hi Genevieve,

I took another dose of celexa and noticed it hyped me up. I felt like dying this morning and was scared so I took the celexa. All it did was give me energy to do myself in. (Not funny I know). So I called the doc and he said if I want to stop taking it to go ahead. He said I am worrying too much about what is going on and it's not helping me. So I'm going to shake, rattle and roll until whatever clears clears. I've taken different prescriptions since doing the detox. I can't believe a stupid antibiotic could cause me so much grief. I know all about the psych meds, I had no idea stupid antibiotics. I've become obsessed with my health and that's not good. I just want relief and it's not coming in a bottle that's for sure. My stomach seems to be settling down a little. Hopefully it will continue.

08-25-2004, 08:26 PM	#1
hope Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,185	Celexa A shrink put me on celexa today. I took one dose and felt sleepy but tried to lay down and got the same old wierd stuff that's been happening. I still feel on the verge of insanity. I feel like my whole body has been rewired and I don't know what is what. I was given seroquel in the er and it made me go nuts. I need a break. I don't know what is happening but I feel like I am going crazy. I've always just had depression. Not all this wierd stuff, not that I remember anyway. Still having the GI symptoms too. Went to the ER to check the burning in my chest and throat and stomach. Didn't find anything. Anyway, I know everyone's sick of me. Has anyone had any experience with celexa?? __________________ Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. Not quite 100% yet, but working towards getting there.

08-25-2004, 10:04 PM	#3
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	it's going to take some time to get used to the drug.. with lexapro my ears rang for a good 2 weeks but it got better. __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

08-25-2004, 10:06 PM	#4
genevieve Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: montréal, canada Posts: 1,442	Hi hope! wow, you are going through a tough time! I feel sorry for you... Like I have just said to kizzie in another post I have been for 3 and a half months on celexa on a low dose and I did not see a big difference. I think it helped me with the withdrawal and/or anxiety and/or depression I was feeling at the moment. I am a little suspicious because I dont understand how somebody who had a BAD withdrawal (and you were really having a "strong" withdrawal if I can say that!!! with the twitches, panic attacks coming from nowhere, etc) with an SSRI can be put on another SSRI. I am not a doctor but my own doctor told me that he would not see me on another SSRI since I was so sick with paxil (I was prescribed celexa by another doctor who did not believe that...). I know you need a break and maybe celexa is the answer for the moment so I am not going to stress you with that. Seroquel? this is an antipsychotic. please, dont begin to take this kind of drugs. Doctors are prescribing more and more antipsychotics to people who dont have schizophrenia but those are dangerous drugs and it is proven they cause tardive dyskinesia. I am a little confused about your story. You seem to feel so bad and dont find any help. I mean, not too long ago you were doing great and since your detox/pneumonia you seem to be in trouble. I am not going to tell you to "pull yourself together" because I know all this is not your fault and the last thing you need is somebody to tell you "you just have to want to get better to actually get better" The only things I can say to you is to take care (can you have somebody at home to take care of the children and the dishes, and the laundry and everything? Can you have some friends/family to be with you at home? can you do some things you use to like like watching funny movies or having a nice walk in the park?) and YOU ARE NOT CRAZY!!!! You are crazy if you are seing things that doesnt exist, if you hear voices, if you feel like people want to kill you. If you feel like the world is falling apart, like your brain is in a fog, like you are going to die, this is anxiety or depression, not craziness! About your stomach problems, I can relate since paxil completly f*** my GI system. Try to get help from doctors but dont always believe 100% of what they say. we are all with you and you could be amazed at how things can improve rapidly. You are not condemned to suffer for long. __________________ paxil free since july 2003 Still dealing with agoraphobia and anxiety

08-25-2004, 10:56 PM	#7
hope Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,185	Celexa Hi, I didn't know what else to do I'll be honest. I know I need to sleep and for some reason I'm not. The only reason I took it is because Iknow SSRIs don't make me too much more crazy. I noticed my muscle twitches have been worse but I think I've had them more recently anyway. I did not make me sleepy like I'd hoped. I'll call the doc tomorrow and ask him what he thinks. I have been really bad feeling. At least with the paxil withdrawal I knew exactly what it was. With this, I don't know. I'm getting all these strange sensations in my body right now. I know the seroquel was not good for me. It was bad bad bad. I didn't know it could make you crazy. But apparently drugs that work for others don't work for me. The anxiety I've had recently has been at the top of the richter (? spelling) scale. I've been spacing out, pacing, acting very strange. Even the sleeping pill which worked before doesn't work well now. My body is totally nuts. thank you all for your support. I have been very afraid of what is happening to me. I'll call the doc tomorrow and tell him the celexa did not make me sleepy. I think the antibiotic set off some type of reaction but to be honest, i haven't slept good since stopping the paxil anyway. I can feel my body wanting to sleep. I have an appointment with a neurologist but people here say that they neurologists have never found anyting. Notice chills in my legs which I remember having coming off the Paxil. Strange. __________________ Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. Not quite 100% yet, but working towards getting there.

08-26-2004, 10:22 AM	#12
hope Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,185	celexa I am thinking of maybe just still toughing it out and staying on the sleeping pill for sleep. I got pretty suicidal and probably still am. I dont know if the celexa helped or made things worse. I woke up shaking and nauseated this morning. I feel pretty bad physicallly, and am very anxious. Don't know what to do. I can't make good decisions right now. What a mess I am. I was still having trouble sleeping but the anxiety had pretty much disappeared. Now this. I wonder if there is a way to neutralize all these medications and the adverse reactions, or get them out of your system. __________________ Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. Not quite 100% yet, but working towards getting there.

08-25-2004, 09:49 PM	#2
Posts: n/a	Hi hope! I was on 20 milligrams of Celexa a day for a short time but I didn't like the way it made me feel so I had my doctor put me on 10 milligrams of Lexapro a day and it worked a whole lot better than the Celexa and I am no longer depressed. I'm sorry you're having such a rough time and feelilng so bad. Will pray for you to feel better real soon. :P

08-25-2004, 10:20 PM	#5
emily Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 365	HOPE, You're not crazy! God knows I've felt that way myself more times than I can count. It takes at least a month at the full dose to feel the full effects; be patient & have faith in your ability to heal. Taking a less-than-full-dose is like taking less than a full dose of any medicine: mildly helpful, but ultimately not as effective as it could be. A study in the journal _Nature_ last year showed that the hippocampus shrinks with each period of major depression/anxiety, & that the shrinkage reversed SLOWLY in people who took SSRIs for the first time; in other words, depression & anxiety do cause "brain damage," but it's NOT permanent,, just as there are people who heal after a stroke. Hang in there--cling as to a life raft to what makes you happy (husband, kids, the coming of fall, hot chocolate: whatever works!)

08-25-2004, 11:01 PM	#8
dar7726 Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,488	Dr. Tracys email: drugawareness-owner@yahoogroups.com

08-26-2004, 06:46 AM	#10
CloneX Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 294	Maybe the best thing is to start a benzo until things have settled down a bit ?

08-26-2004, 08:17 AM	#11
emily Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 365	Scott, So on 5mg you're able to leave the house etc? Maybe I'm on too high a dose--scared to drop just now tho!

08-26-2004, 05:11 PM	#14
hope Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,185	celexa Hi Genevieve, I took another dose of celexa and noticed it hyped me up. I felt like dying this morning and was scared so I took the celexa. All it did was give me energy to do myself in. (Not funny I know). So I called the doc and he said if I want to stop taking it to go ahead. He said I am worrying too much about what is going on and it's not helping me. So I'm going to shake, rattle and roll until whatever clears clears. I've taken different prescriptions since doing the detox. I can't believe a stupid antibiotic could cause me so much grief. I know all about the psych meds, I had no idea stupid antibiotics. I've become obsessed with my health and that's not good. I just want relief and it's not coming in a bottle that's for sure. My stomach seems to be settling down a little. Hopefully it will continue. __________________ Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. Not quite 100% yet, but working towards getting there.

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