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Re: Celexa is making me a zombie, continue or quit » Enigma

Posted by Racer on April 11, 2006, at 18:51:01

In reply to Re: Celexa is making me a zombie, continue or quit, posted by Enigma on April 11, 2006, at 17:52:01

I've never tried Celexa, but you're kinda describing me on Lexapro. I stopped taking it when it got to where I wouldn't even speak because it was too much energy...

The bad news is that I would kinda recommend giving Celexa 4 full weeks... If you can live through the four weeks at the prescribed dose, it makes it a heck of a lot easier to convince your doctor that you really did try, and it really doesn't work. Sometimes it's easier to deal with a pdoc that way.

On the other hand, I know how hellish it can be to stay on a drug you know isn't working. So, I would also kinda recommend tapering down, over maybe a week, and making a new appointment with this pdoc to talk about alternatives. If you make the appointment for past Friday, you'll even know how much the EMSAM will be. :-)

In terms of meds, have you ever had even a partial response to anything you've tried? If so, what is it? Someone here might be able to recommend a direction to talk to your doctor about...

> >
> Tried Wellbutrin - no AD effect for me, did give me energy though - took it for 2-3 years!

Were you taking it with another drug? Maybe a combination of something that maybe worked with Wellbutrin to add energy? If you haven't tried it, it's probably worth a shot.

> Tried Provigil - didn't do a thing (didn't give me any energy)

How long did you take it, how high a dose, and what else were you taking? It's possible that it might help if you took either more of it or for a longer time or with another drug. It could be that you were taking it with a Zombifying med that it couldn't help with, or that it was giving you such a subtle boost that you weren't aware of it. Also, my experience is that when Provigil was working, I didn't know it was doing anything. Only when it got too high a dose, and started making me jittery was I aware of it. Obviously, that doesn't mean that it's going to be helpful for you, just offering my own experience, in case it comes up again as worth a try...

> Tried Effexor - You couldn't pay me enough to touch that again.
>

You and me both. That's one of the few drugs that I absolutely, positively, no matter what anyone says, refuse to take again...

>
> So, I'll let you know Friday if BCBS New England is going to cover it.
>

Yes, do, because we have BCBS-Texas, and EMSAM is my pdoc's next choice for me....


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