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Celexa

sarahsmiles0509sarahsmiles0509
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My dr prescribed celexa for anxiety/depression which I started taking Monday night. Anybody have experience with it? It has made me feel awful!
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Re: Celexa

  • UseonfireUseonfire

    What are your symptoms?

    I took Celexa after my DS was born, and I have been taking it preemptively since about 4 weeks postpartum this time around as well, and I've had no side effects that I'm aware of. 

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  • sarahsmiles0509sarahsmiles0509
    Nausea, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, light headedness... How long did it take before you started to feel it take effect?
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  • PokeBridePokeBride
    I was on this for a short time.  I will tell you it was hard to tell what was a side effects of the meds vs. if it was due to the reason I was on the meds.  Before I started I had loss of appetite, sleep issues, etc.  After I took it those issues got worse but I didn't really connect it to the meds.  I got feed up and started slowly going off of it without my dr. advise.  While withdrawl sucked (major light headed for about a week) I was like my old self after that.  I know it works for some people but for me it actually made my problems worse.
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  • UseonfireUseonfire

    imagesarahsmiles0509:
    Nausea, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, light headedness... How long did it take before you started to feel it take effect?

    I didn't experience any of that either time. How much are you on?

    I think the main positive effect of this med is that it allows me to sleep better at night, which is my main feature postpartum.  I was taking sleep meds for a bit, and have been able to stop taking them since about 6 weeks after starting Celexa again. 

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  • SheLovesMrHipSheLovesMrHip member
    I take this for my PPA and now my hair is now falling out in clumps. I am more moody and have issues sleeping. Regardless of when I take it. Good times.
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  • katyb0515katyb0515
    I took celexa pre-pregnancy and experienced some of the same symptoms.  I was nauseous and had a loss of appetite.  I was also extremely thirsty.  It took about 3 or 4 days for the nauseousness to go away, 2 weeks for the loss of appetite and the thirst slowly got better over a couple of months. 
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  • heathert1981heathert1981 member

    I have been on Celexa or the generic pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy. I was told to ease into becuase of nausea that it causes but besides that I haven't had any negative side effects. The meds start helping me within a few days. I am hoping they will also help ward off any PPD. GL!

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