Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 20, 2006, at 13:53:35
In reply to Time to get off Celexa or try something new?, posted by chachi100 on March 20, 2006, at 13:22:23
Hey there!!
> I also am lethargic and want to sleep a lot. I have no motivation to do much (except shopping). But I have this feeling that this may be from the med.
You would be right - its the med alright. I took celexa for about a year, and with hindsight, it was awful, but I sort of didn't realise it at the time, I thought it was me!! I could sleep for 16 hours a day, I didn't have any motivation (well I still don't really!) and bizarrely I shopped alot too (although I thought until now, that that was just me!!)
Anyhow, I would recommend getting off the drug. When I was off it, I was amazed that I could make it past 9pm at night without being asleep.
To taper off, I got down to 10mg, then I got my penknife out and started cutting the pills up. First in two (to get to 5mg) for a few days, then I would cut that half again to get to 2.5mg, then increasingly smaller and smaller 'cuts' of the pill.
The withdrawal wasn't nice - sweats, palpitations, generally feeling unwell, spacey etc.
But it was worth it in the end because now at least I don't need to sleep all the time.
Kind regards
Meri
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