anybody with experience being on Celexa 20mg anti dperessants? - Mental Health Message Board

friendly strong person · 02-20-2003, 10:06 AM

anybody with experience being on Celexa 20mg anti dperessants?

i was just prescribed these today and have not started taking them yet - i want to know if anybody has experience being on this stuff, and how it affected them.

i'm not a "drug" taker, i hate putting anything in my body that isn't natural, so i wanted to get all the information beforehand...

can anybody help?

coraldnz · 02-20-2003, 01:54 PM

I don't know much about Celexa, myself, but my best friend takes it. She said it has relatively no side effects, and seems to help. She is very pleased. Good luck. I just posted my own med. question.

Karla · 02-24-2003, 07:48 AM

I was on celexa for a couple of years and found it to be a pleasurable drug to be on with no side effects. It helped with my depression until the medicine quit working for me one day and so the dosage was upped and then latter it quit working again so I switched to another medicine effexor. Celexa is so great because it is not hard to quit taking like paxil, effexor, and other antidepressents. It doesn't make you feel misserable when you stop taking it. Good luck but remember everyone is different and we react differently to meds also.

ainge · 02-24-2003, 11:55 PM

i was prescribed 20mg celexa in april 00. like you i was definately NOT a drug taker. (i am from a very holistic, natural approach family. however, my panic, anxiety and depression were taking their toll on me and my life.) i decided to take half of the dr. prescribed dosage which i have been doing for almost 2 years. it has been one of the best things i have done for myself. it has allowed me to gain a new perspective on dealing with my issues with out being so clouded from anxiety, etc. i have never taken more than the 10mg. and i am slowly weaning off of celexa and about to begin using the natural alternative, "5-HTP", which my naturopath has recommended. i am looking forward to the challenge of living once again with out chemical stimulation. i have read many, many opinions on withdrawl, but i think all i can do is try and see how it feels to me. anyway, good luck with trying celexa, be brave, it does take awhile to see and feel a difference. but try to stay with it and think positive! besides it is not the end of the world to try a drug for awhile, in fact it may be just the beginning.

4given1 · 02-25-2003, 03:12 PM

Yep, I've taken Celexa. (Now on Lexapro.) It worked very well for me, though I had to start off on 10 mg at first as 20 mg made me naseaus.