sal h
08-18-2013, 08:21 PM
Hello there
I just completed 7 weeks on Celexa. (5mg on the first 20 days and increased to 10mg for another 20 days and have been on 20 mg for the last 10 days).
I started having insomnia as a result of anxiety/depression when my father had a stroke on January 2013. I’ve tried to deal with it myself without medications abut finally decided to seek professional help so 7 weeks ago I saw my pdoc and he prescribed Celexa.
With the exception of improving my sleep unfortunately, I haven’t noticed any improvements on my mood and anxiety at all. I mean prior to taking Celexa I had some interests like watching soccer, movies or take a walk in the afternoon or getting together with friend for happy hours……. I’ve noticed not only Celexa did not improve anything but it took away those few interests that I had before staring the med. Even after 7 weeks I feel awful everyday. Headaches, lack of concentration, restlessness (inability to sit or stay in one place with lots of pacing), irritability, increased anxiety (specially early morning), nervousness.
Don’t you agree I should’ve seen some small signs of improvement by now?
So I decided to taper off and currently taking 10mg for a couple of days and planning to go down to 5mg tonight and see what happens. Hopefully 7 weeks in not considered to be a long time on AD but you never know.
Love to hear from you,
Sal
I just completed 7 weeks on Celexa. (5mg on the first 20 days and increased to 10mg for another 20 days and have been on 20 mg for the last 10 days).
I started having insomnia as a result of anxiety/depression when my father had a stroke on January 2013. I’ve tried to deal with it myself without medications abut finally decided to seek professional help so 7 weeks ago I saw my pdoc and he prescribed Celexa.
With the exception of improving my sleep unfortunately, I haven’t noticed any improvements on my mood and anxiety at all. I mean prior to taking Celexa I had some interests like watching soccer, movies or take a walk in the afternoon or getting together with friend for happy hours……. I’ve noticed not only Celexa did not improve anything but it took away those few interests that I had before staring the med. Even after 7 weeks I feel awful everyday. Headaches, lack of concentration, restlessness (inability to sit or stay in one place with lots of pacing), irritability, increased anxiety (specially early morning), nervousness.
Don’t you agree I should’ve seen some small signs of improvement by now?
So I decided to taper off and currently taking 10mg for a couple of days and planning to go down to 5mg tonight and see what happens. Hopefully 7 weeks in not considered to be a long time on AD but you never know.
Love to hear from you,
Sal