Thinking about getting off celexa but o am terrified

okay, yea ive also heard taper slowly but i have had drs tell me to just stay on it indefinantly so i am confused as to weather i need it or not, as i was pretty much non functional before. but that was a long time ago. Thanks for the reply!

hi there thank you for the reply ! i have been doing well. I just have a hard time w taking a pill everyday and always being concerned about what I can take with it and what I have to be careful of like caffeine alcohol cold medicines muscle relaxers I’ve had a horrible interactions with all of these things so i considered going down to 10 mg last year. i got the pill cutter and everything. i started having so much anxiety about "rocking the boat" and scared of what the w drawals might be, that i decided that i wasnt a good time for me... my brother has had some of the same issues that I’ve had and has been on SSRIs for a long time to he decided that he was going to get off of them did well for a year and then all of his anxiety and depression came back and when he went to get back on the SSRI he found that nothing would help him so he struggled for years trying to find something that would give him some relief. I realize we are two different people but that is always in the back of my mind when I go to start titrating down on medication

messing with an already good thing is a no bueno for me.do the benefits outweights what you described?thats the question you gotta ask yourself.nobody on this or any forum can make that decision for you 20years is a long time to decide what the outcome could be?

messing with an already good thing is a no bueno for me.do the benefits outweights what you described?thats the question you gotta ask yourself.nobody on this or any forum can make that decision for you 20years is a long time to decide what the outcome could be?

good point! thank you 😃

Regarding anxiety and depression coming back, there is lots of information on the internet about this very thing, including doctors being too quick in assuming that its come back, instead of recognising that it could be withdrawal symptoms. I had terrible withdrawal coming off these as went cold turkey (dont recommend) and after 9 weeks am med free, and over the worst. Am thinking that in my situation when I felt at my worst, I know for a fact that if the doctors medicated me, I would not be in the good place I am now.

do not go down 5mg at a time that is too much! take it from someone who learnt the hard way xx

google surviving antidepressants lots more info on there on how to do it properly and safe xx

ok did u use the liquid form to titrate down then?my doctor when we discussed it I was going to go from 20 to 15 and try that for a couple of months but I chickened out LOL

oh wow thats great good for you! had you been taking Celexa for a long time before you started titrating down?i’m just wondering because I’ve been taking Celexa for so long it makes me wonder if my brain is just going to need that chemical for the rest of my life now

hi kelly yes 7 years and yes im using liquid, i made a mistake of listening to a doctor and cut 5mg it was too much and im paying the price, i honestly dont think your brain needs chemicals for the rest of your life, you just need to go slow, since reducing though i actually have my emotions back xx

yea i agree, def needs to be a slow taper. I dont think alot of doctors really get that. but then everyone is different i guess 😃

Have you personally experienced any adverse side effects since u have been tapering? i have read that the w drawal effects basically mimic anxiety and so its difficult to tell the difference between anxiety symptoms coming back or just a side effect from wdrawal that will go away in time....

ive had every symptom going fear racing thoughts anxiety terrible pain brain zaps migraines nausea dizziness i could go on! btw i wasnt on it for anxiety either xx

gotcha . ok well thanks for sharing . and good luck to you! hopefully things get better and even out for you 😃

Please be careful using the liquid, I didnt read the instructions so took it wrong and had a terrible reaction. You need less mg when changing from tablets to liquid, and you need to dilute it. All the details are on patient leaflet. My doctor and pharmacist didnt tell me any of this.

the liquid is just more potent as its not mixed with fillers, im on 3 drops that has the potency of 7.5mg but its still 6mg! i add it to a glass of water, paula if youre feeling good after 9 weeks youre very very lucky as a lot suffer for years xx

Toria, I am not fully recovered, every improvement I get makes me feel good after the hell I have been through. The brain can take up to two years to heal, good days get more, bad days reduce. Am a naturally positive person, that has never suffered from anxiety when not on meds, I dont think we can rely on luck, unfortunately. 😊

I have suffered for years. Taking celexa makes me ill.

it can take alot longer than that! im at 6 months of this dose and feel terrible

Hi Toria, I am not on any dose, am med free, and its a whole new and different experience.

Hang in there, with your tapering, alot of patience is needed.

i know paula some poor people suffer for 10 plus years from protracted withdrawal once off! im not new to this, i have my own support group and have quit another ad ct 3 times xx

wow thats alot of times quitting .so you know the consequences most folks experience coming and going off ssris.i know i wouldnt want to lplay russian roulete with a med that save my life.saying a prayer for you.

hi lois it wasnt an ssri those 3 times but thank you xx

also it never saved my life none of them have (for me anyway) theyve just made my health worse

why where you prescribe antidepresents?

the celexa has certainly save my life.

so you have nothing but bad experiences with antidepressents?

All the best to you Toria with your recovery.

i have a question .after all the hell you been thru with antid would you ever take another one again?

for depression but i did exercise a healthy diet and cbt so no longer have it

so the exercise healthy diet and cbt cure your depression .and while you where doing the above where you taking celexa?just curious.

Hi Lois, I would never take another one again, NO! I cant go through this hell again. Although, I do recognise that these have helped many people and we are all different.

i was just curious.x

not the first time no as citalopram wasnt given to me for anxiety or depression! all it did was turn me into a nasty cold uncaring person and made me ill!

what was celexa giving to you for .celexa is only for depression or anxiety only as far as my Phychiatrist says.

for fibromyalgia

did you ever take cymbalta ?

amitryptyline mirtazapine citalopram

oh wow i cant believe your doctor didn't prescribed cymbalta.my Phychiatrist uses that snri for fibro pageants.it is excellent for pain.all those meds you describe are not at all label for fibromyalgia.

i meant patients

Amitryptyline is an evil drug, my heart goes out to you taking that, I was on that with Celexa was awful. Took me months to get off it, and could only reduce by a few mg at a time.