Posted by Quintal on December 9, 2006, at 18:57:02
In reply to Worried about my mother (long)....., posted by maryhelen on December 9, 2006, at 13:44:25
My own grandmother was prescribed Celexa by her GP when she started suffering panic attacks and became depressed after my mother died. She seemed to do reasonably well on it. She did start to lose a *lot* of weight over the last year of her life, but I don't know that this was due to the Celexa - it was never satisfactorily explained though.
There was a story similar to this in Andrew Solomon's book "The Noonday Demon". His grandmother was a very sprightly, active lady well in to her nineties until she suffered a fall and then suddenly became depressed. I think she was given Celexa by her doctor too if I recall correctly.
Perhaps she'd like to feel in control of her own treatment if that's been her style for most of her life? I wonder if having some literature etc on the subject and generally being well informed about what's going on might help?
Q
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