[ladydeedee]

Hi all, I have been on celexa for about a couple of months now. I had a difficult time for the first few days with it however when the first week was up it was working out really well. I could tell it was working...you could see it. I ran out of meds for 5 days and then was prescribed more for 6months by my pcp until I returned to the psychiatrist. Every since I have been back on it (same med and dosage) I don't see the change and my condition has gotten worse. I have been taking it again for a month and I don't see any positive change at all....actually I am worse now than when I started. For those 5 days I was off them - omg.... it was horrible. I don't like the person I am off the medication - I was hallucinating, uncontrollable muscle movement and extreme sadness (worse than before med). I don't know what to do. I am afraid to try a different med and I haven't reported it yet to my psychiatrist because I am afraid. How does that happen...a medication is working just fine for you and then it just stops and you are worse?????

[Dr. Smith]

Originally Posted by ladydeedee

I don't know what to do. I am afraid to try a different med and I haven't reported it yet to my psychiatrist because I am afraid. How does that happen...a medication is working just fine for you and then it just stops and you are worse?????

This can happen when some medications, particulary SSRIs like Celexa, are stopped abruptly - even as you describe.

Please - try not to be afraid - call the original prescribing physician (the psychiatrist?) immediately, report what has happened, and ask for directions.

Then google: Celexa and read up on this med, especially how it works, its side effects, and what can happen if/when it is discontinued abruptly, etc. so that you understand that some of what you're feeling may be due to the medication.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001041/

[ladydeedee]

Originally Posted by Dr. Smith

This can happen when some medications, particulary SSRIs like Celexa, are stopped abruptly - even as you describe.

Please - try not to be afraid - call the original prescribing physician (the psychiatrist?) immediately, report what has happened, and ask for directions.

Then google: Celexa and read up on this med, especially how it works, its side effects, and what can happen if/when it is discontinued abruptly, etc. so that you understand that some of what you're feeling may be due to the medication.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001041/

Thank you for that. I will read up on it and call my psychiatrist and pcp.

[dyas]

Originally Posted by ladydeedee

Hi all, I have been on celexa for about a couple of months now. I had a difficult time for the first few days with it however when the first week was up it was working out really well. I could tell it was working...you could see it. I ran out of meds for 5 days and then was prescribed more for 6months by my pcp until I returned to the psychiatrist. Every since I have been back on it (same med and dosage) I don't see the change and my condition has gotten worse. I have been taking it again for a month and I don't see any positive change at all....actually I am worse now than when I started. For those 5 days I was off them - omg.... it was horrible. I don't like the person I am off the medication - I was hallucinating, uncontrollable muscle movement and extreme sadness (worse than before med). I don't know what to do. I am afraid to try a different med and I haven't reported it yet to my psychiatrist because I am afraid. How does that happen...a medication is working just fine for you and then it just stops and you are worse?????

unfortunately drugs can do that i had surgery last year and was given tylenol with codeine- when i was younger i had no reaction to codeine- this time i did - it happens .

you need to rtell you psychiatrist- they cant prescribe if they dont knoe the whole story.

sue dyas