Posted by Mitch on January 7, 2002, at 23:24:28
In reply to Re: Celexa Side Effects - temperature tweaking » Mitch, posted by Emme on January 7, 2002, at 12:20:32
> Your mix sounds very similar to mine except that instead of the Wellbutrin I'm trying Lamictal. So I'm not the only one who gets the tired/wired feeling! Problem is, I can't stand it - makes me need to lie down. I generally have to tame it with Klonopin. It sounds like you really are sensitive if you're sweating that much on such a tiny dose. The hot flashes have in fact decreased a little bit for me, though I suppose they might come back if I should have to raise the dose. But feeling cold all the time has really been getting me down - I've even been too chilly to do things around my apt because I want to stay under a blanket. I sit with my back against my warmest radiator and read. I've been wondering what was wrong with me - my last thyroid check in the summer was normal but I am thinking another test wouldn't hurt. I do feel less worried hearing that others have thermal regulation problems with this drug.
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> I too have felt the warm feeling in the center of my body. I thought maybe it was heartburn - I've never had heartburn so I don't really know what it feels like, but I thought perhaps that was it. The timing made me think it was related to the Celexa.
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> How do you feel when you wake up? I wake up around 6 feeling unrested and a bit anxious/jittery. So it makes me wonder if my quality of sleep is very good. If I wait a while on the weekends I can often go back to sleep for a few more hours. I'm going to keep the 36 hour half life in mind. Maybe every-other day dosing would be an option for me if I need to decrease it more. Or even try 1.5 mg daily. I'm good with the little syringe. :) Stuff tastes like Scope, doesn't it?
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> Thanks for your input.
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> EmmeHi Emme,
I feel okeedokee when I get up. It is very strange, but with my current combo if I stay up an extra hour or two I still wake up about eight hours later regardless. I think they are making a liquid Celexa (Chloe is this correct?). However, what I do is get out a utility razor and take a 10mg halftab and bisect it once and then bisect the two halves yet again. I take the approx. 2.5mg chunk every other day. I *was* crushing 10mg and adding a few milliliters of vodka (citalopram is freely soluble in ethanol), and a little juice, doing the math-you get the picture.
Yeah, I would first try cutting the Celexa back and see if you sleep better. BTW-Celexa gives me the worst heartburn of the SSRI's (I mean reflux heartburn, yuck), but I can sleep OK (which is screwed up on Prozac and Zoloft), don't feel like puking (like Luvox), and I don't feel too numbed (like Paxil). Pick your poison.
Oh, here's a simple trick for sleep that helps. If you *can* take all of your daily Klonopin at bedtime. Also toss in 25mg of Benadryl with it. That works great for me.Mitch
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