missymoo
11-11-08, 00:59
Hellooo! This is my first post, I'm not really sure what to say so I'll just tell you a little about me...
My name is Melissa, I live in Arizona with my husband of 12 years and our three beautiful children Ashton age 8, Maren age 5 and Sam age 2. I found this forum while searching for information on coming off celexa. I started taking celexa about two years ago for postpartum depression. My PPD started as baby blues a few days after my third baby was born, I was having completly irrational thoughts, crying in the shower, didn't want to leave the house, I felt hopeless and anxious. I should have talked to my doctor about it but I really thought I could deal with it on my own. I was starting to feel much better but about 4 months after the baby was born when we found out that he had a life threatening birth defect and needed major intestional surgery. I was so worried and scared, my anxiety peeked and could feel depression taking hold of me again. I decided to see a doctor. I was perscribed 20 mm of celexa. I did really well with the celexa, it took the edge off and made me feel like I could handle things.
Our baby is 2 1/2 now, he's healthy and strong, I feel like I'm ready to deal with my anxiety on my own. I want to be chemically free from medications. I'm here to get support while I come off my medication. I'm having withdrawl symptoms that make me feel pretty icky. I took half a dose of celexa every other day for a week and then stopped. I feel like I'm in a bubble, my eyes feel weird, I'm sleepy and easially annoyed.
I'm off to read some other posts in hopes of getting some great info!
THANKS for reading! I'll see ya around!
-Melissa
My name is Melissa, I live in Arizona with my husband of 12 years and our three beautiful children Ashton age 8, Maren age 5 and Sam age 2. I found this forum while searching for information on coming off celexa. I started taking celexa about two years ago for postpartum depression. My PPD started as baby blues a few days after my third baby was born, I was having completly irrational thoughts, crying in the shower, didn't want to leave the house, I felt hopeless and anxious. I should have talked to my doctor about it but I really thought I could deal with it on my own. I was starting to feel much better but about 4 months after the baby was born when we found out that he had a life threatening birth defect and needed major intestional surgery. I was so worried and scared, my anxiety peeked and could feel depression taking hold of me again. I decided to see a doctor. I was perscribed 20 mm of celexa. I did really well with the celexa, it took the edge off and made me feel like I could handle things.
Our baby is 2 1/2 now, he's healthy and strong, I feel like I'm ready to deal with my anxiety on my own. I want to be chemically free from medications. I'm here to get support while I come off my medication. I'm having withdrawl symptoms that make me feel pretty icky. I took half a dose of celexa every other day for a week and then stopped. I feel like I'm in a bubble, my eyes feel weird, I'm sleepy and easially annoyed.
I'm off to read some other posts in hopes of getting some great info!
THANKS for reading! I'll see ya around!
-Melissa