I am wondering if anyone has tried or is currently using celexa for anxiety, and if so have you suffered from weight gain.

Hi Jennifer!
This is soooo weird! I was just going to post the same topic! I just started taking Celexa today.My doc. put me on 20mgs.
My doc. didn't mention anything to me about weight gain, she said that the side effects would be mild.Whew.For someone that is ultra sensitve to what my body tells me it's a relief.
I'm kinda hoping Carolyn from the MWC center will see your post and respond. I believe she mentioned ahwile back that she was on Celexa as well.
I'm wondering,how long it takes (generally) to feel a difference and what e-x-a-c-t-l-y does this med. do?Does it help with panic attacks?Obessive thinking?I'd love to know from anyone who's taking it or has taken it.
I feel kinda bad because I'm taking something.I feel weird about it and scared.

Thanks skyeyes for responding to my question. My doctor has also given me a prescription for celexa (20 mg), but I have yet to take it (a little scared). However my doctor said that it is one of the newer SRI's and is better than paxil. Can you keep me posted on your progress

Thanks, and take care

jennifer

Hi jennifer!
Well, I'm going on day 2 of taking celexa.
I feel weird..it's like I'm getting spurts of feeling good and empowered, then I feel the anxiety again?????Maybe the anxiety is breaking up? I dunno.
OMG, I understand your fear of taking meds! I even told my doc about this one.She basically said that the side effects would be mild, although she did say it might effect my libido...That doesn't bother me..
Even though I'm scared about taking meds. I'm more afraid of spending the rest of my life this way..Now THAT IS SCARY.Besides, I'm not planning on being on meds for a long time anyway.It's just an ace-bandage to help me heal until I've learned the skills from the program. I'm trying to look at it that way.
I hope you give it a try.Please let me know how you're doing too, ok?
Sky

Hi sky. I'm so happy to hear that things are looking better with you with celexa. I am so glad that you started to take it. I wish I could just do it as well, but I am thinking about it more and more. I feel exactly like you do about getting my life back. I'm 27 years old and want to enjoy my life and stop worrying about anxiety so much. I have to go see my doctor in about three weeks to talk to her about the celexa again. I have done some research via the internet on celexa, especially on www.adaa.com. If you go to the message boards and register you will have find alot of stories of people taking celexa. It seems to help alot of people and they call it the "wonder drug". However there are some not so great stories but I don't read them because then I would change my mind about starting the med. Anyways good luck with celexa and I hope that you are doing well. Keep me posted on how you are doing, and I will let you know when I start celexa and hopefully it will work for me

take care

jennifer

I made aliitle mistake on the website. It is www.adaa.org. Sorry about the mix up

yeah i have tried celexa, it is supposed to be the same as Zoloft which is what i have been taking for about 3 years and zoloft has been working beautifully but in the beginning when i first start taking it i would get really mean so i tried celexa cause it was supposed to be the same thing but milder, and it seemed that it was not working, i am now taking a mixture of zoloft and wellbutrin and it is working like MAGIC! i really recommend you ask your doc about doing it.

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I'm glad that it is working for you. I was wondering if you noticed any weight gain from taking a SRI

Hi. I was so glad to see your messages here. I, too, have been given a prescription for Celexa for panic disorder and the accompanying scary, obsessive thoughts that go with it.
I haven't taken it yet, because I am also very nervous. I'm very sensitive to any/all changes in my body and am worried about how I might feel on it.
I'm hoping to get the nerve up today. I was also told side effects are mild, which I'm thankful for. My pharmacist told me the most common symptoms are dry mouth and tiredness.
I've had panic attacks for about eight years now on and off. The first year I had attacks it was bad, then for many years now, I've managed it OK, though I have always been aware and on alert about having an attack and my attack triggers. It's just been since Christmas time that the attacks have come back full force.
I am on Lesson 3 in the program. Are you both working the program now? Just curious. Anyhow, I'm hopeful it will help, but am having a hard time "floating" through my symptoms and just thinking it's "no big deal."
I have thought for so long I could beat this without meds, but am thinking maybe I need the help. My doctor has been trying to get me to take them for years now, and I've always rebuffed, but I'm feeling like maybe it's time to get some extra help so I can focus less on all the symptoms and more on getting better, which is what I want.
I'll keep you posted on my progress. I hope you'll do the same. Thanks for being here. -- LucyQ

Hi you guys!
I surely can understand your fear about taking meds.I'm scared too, but I'm doing it anyway.I expressed my concern about taking meds to my doctor and told her how sensitive I am to my body symptoms.She told me to start out taking a half a pill and I take it before I go to bed.Maybe it wouldn't hurt for you guys to ask your doc. about doing it that way? It has lessened the fear for me.
I still feel no side effects if that will you feel any better. I feel ok.
I hope you guys talk to your doc. about this.What have you got to lose?
Helen, thank you for the link. The majority of the people at the message board had nothing but good things to say about Celexa.
The worst thing I read about was a stomach ache.Big deal.
The message board here is so, so, much better than the one over there.There were people over there bashing Lucinda and the program.Some of the people over there are rude to one another and disrespectful.The more I read the more I became irritated.It just makes me appreciate this BB even more.
Anyway,I hope you guys talk to your doctors and good luck. Please keep me posted.
Take care,
sky

Thanks Sky. Your words are very encouraging. I just got off the phone with my doctor. I basically rehashed all my fears about taking medications and my extremely sensitivity to body sensations to her.
I like your idea of taking the medication at night. Thanks again for your encouragement.-- LucyQ

Hi all. I hope everyone is doing good today. I just read your messages and I am so glad that the medication is working for you sky. I think that I am going to start taking it again after I talk to my doctor one more time. I also want to let Lucy know that I am on week ten of the program. I would have been finished the fifteen weeks awhile ago but I had a growth spurt. The program has helped me a great deal, however my anxiety is still there and I feel that I am still missing out on so many things in life. So it is a big step to take when deciding on medication but I think that is the best route. My aunt has been on an antideppressant for two years and she hasn't experienced an attack in all that time. So that alone gives me some hope. Please keep me posted on you are all doing

thanks

jennifer