Posted by Archangel on May 15, 2000, at 17:49:39
In reply to Celexa Withdrawl?, posted by Gil on May 10, 2000, at 9:44:36
I’ve been lurking here for the past several months. Although I often wanted to respond to a thread or post a message, I lacked the courage…until today. I thought my depression was getting “better” so I discontinued taking my Celexa. I had been taking 40mg/day since September ’99. I tapered off to 20mg/day for the last month, and finally stopped taking it entirely when my prescription ran out last Wednesday. While on the drug, the only side effect I noticed was sleeplessness. I was waking up several times a night. On some nights, it was hourly.
My mood Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (yesterday) was fine. However, I woke up this morning depressed for no apparent external reasons. I’ve been feeling dizzy and “disconnected” all day. I spent a lot of time today crying, again for no apparent external reasons. Gil, after reading your post and jacquie’s post from 5/13/00 (celexa withdrawel or ambien side effects...crying), I’m trying to convince myself that I’m merely experiencing the effects of withdrawal. I hope they pass soon (especially the crying) because I really did think I was getting better (and I wasn’t convinced that Celexa was the reason), and for various motives, I don’t want to have to rely on drugs to control my emotional state.
Good luck on your withdrawal from Celexa and your battle with depression.
Best regards,
Archangel (Michael)> I've been taking Celexa for a little over 4 months - I've seen it work well for many people, but it had little or no effect on my depression.
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> I decided to stop taking it cold turky after researching for possible withdrawl symptoms and finding none on the net.
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> Since discontinuing the drug I've noticed some slight but anoying withdrawl - dizzy-type attacks, none strong enough to actually be called dizzyness, more of a very mild heartbeat of vertigo. Anoying. I've also started having some very vivid dreams.
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> It's now been over a week and I'm still experiencing these thing. Just wondering if anyone else out there has experienced anything similar?
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