Posted by TJO on May 5, 2003, at 9:35:22
In reply to Celexa not working, any suggestions please ?, posted by janejj on May 3, 2003, at 22:33:16
> Hi,
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> I have been taking celexa 20mg for almost 2 months now. I really don't know if its working though, I have frequent days where I feel in the depths of despair and feel like taking a whole bunch of pills (which I've never thought about seriously before). I guess that means its not working? Its also making me put on weight...I just feel so down all the time, like I just want to crawl out of myself.
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> Prozac worked for me, but seemed to poop out. If I asked my doctor for Prozac again do you think it would work second time around ? Or do you think I should just give up on the SSRIs and try something different. I really need some help. I wish i could take a pill that wouldn't kill me, but would just give me a break from all these bad feelings.
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> Thanks JanejjHi Janejj,
I felt almost exactly the way you describe feeling on 20 mg of Paxil. It really didn't help me and I felt depressed. A smart Pdoc in the hospital gave me Wellbutrin and all those bad feelings went away. I truly felt better and didn't have any more urges to take a bunch of pills. They started me on 450 mg of Wellbutrin in the hospital and after I got out, cut it down slowly to 150 mg, which I still take now, 1 1/2 years later. Maybe Wellbutrin will work the same magic for you.
My opinion is that your meds aren't working and you need to do something different-either take more of Celexa or try something else.I don't think Prozac would work the second time if it didn't work the first time. You might want to consider something besides an SSRI if the increased dose of Celexa doesn't work because you will have tried 2 different SSRI's.Good luck and I hope you find something that works for you.
Tammy
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