Posted by med_empowered on April 11, 2006, at 15:18:25
In reply to Celexa is making me a zombie, continue or quit?, posted by Enigma on April 11, 2006, at 15:07:46
i'd say taper off, if you feel that awful. If you doc sucks, you can always get a new one. One trick that sometimes helps: go into your next session, and instead of asking if there's something you can do about the situation, just say you've stopped taking the celexa and you aren't going to take it again and that you need something that will help with your depression w/o making you a zombie. Your doc could hit the roof and decide to send you to another doc, hit the roof and complain about "non-compliance"...but most likely she'll be peeved, but work with you. If the antidepressant route is really the way to go for you, you could try something like Wellbutrin (apaprently helpful for atypical depression) or some of the TCAs, the newer ADs (effexor, cymbalta), anti-depressant cocktails (example: "California Rocketfuel")....so on and so forth.
I know this sounds manipulative, but this is really YOUR life here, and its not like you have florid psychosis or something like that in which medication is needed to make you coherent...you have severe depression which sucks, but can be treated in a number of different ways, with various meds (or without meds), so you really need to push your doc to be flexible here--there's really no good reason for you to feel like a zombie.
Personally, I think you need a more aggressive approach than just "take the celexa--wait a month". I mean, if your depression is so severe you're not working, you really need a doc who will get creative and really attack the problem, not just throw a pill your way and tell you to wait it out.
Good luck!
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