Posted by smittay17 on January 18, 2004, at 17:40:04
In reply to Re: Celexa for melancholic depression, posted by cletus on November 30, 2000, at 13:16:36
i have OCD and panic disorder and i am currently on 80mg of Celexa, i just switched from Imipramine and im having massive panic attacks now. How come a Imipramine worked for me for 8 years and this SSRI seems to not?? Has anyone ever heard of anybody going up to 100mg of Celexa like this post below?? Please let me know, i feel like i made 6 moths of transition only to have it not work, im so discouraged...
> Ben,
> I currently take 100mg of Celexa for OCD which is not that abnormal considering that OCD requires higher dosages than depression. My pdoc told me that he has some patients that use up to 140mg a day with great results. I could not sustain a good drug level until I hit 100mg and now I am very pleased with the results. According to my doctor, some people just have higher tolerances (depending on their physiology and specific mental illness) than others and they require higher doses to relieve their symptons. I even tried to go up to 120mg a day to see if I could acheive even better results, but the side effects were a little too much (the only real side effect was a little more drowsiness than I wanted)so I dropped back down. I am still very satisfied with the results 100mg has given me and I feel a ton better. Celexa is a great drug and should be equally as effective on your depression as it was on my OCD. Good luck!
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