maryellen
30-11-10, 05:25
Hi- I'm Mary, 39, 5 kids, 2 jobs, 3 if you count writing, which I do on the rare occasions it brings in money! I live with my BF in rural TN.
I found this site on a google search about Celexa, which my mother is a very big cheerleader for- she took it for quite a while but had some kind of weird, one in a million side effect and had to stop, but as far as depression/anxiety, she felt it worked better than anything she'd ever taken. Since the problems she ahd are so rare, she thinks I should try it. She's like one of those ads- ask your doctor about.....
I can't ask my doctor bc I'm involved in a custody dispute and I just can't have stuff like that on my record right now.
MY question is this- I've tried several SSRIs in the past- Paxil, Zolft and Lexipro, and the sedation was so debilitating I had no choice but to stop taking them, long before the 6-8 weeks recommended by doctors to "get used to it." I couldn't function, couldn't drive, couldn't work- it was so bad with the Lexipro I sat on the back porch smoking the wrong end of a cigarette for a good five minutes before I realized anything was wrong, and left a pan of water boiling for pasta, and forgot it until the pan had turned into something like lava.
Is the Celexa really likely to be any better? I don't enjoy being anxious and depressed all the time, but I don't have 2 months to lie in bed and "get used to it." Really I don't have 2 days.
Has anyone else had really bad side effects from other SSRIs, and then succeeded with Celexa?
I found this site on a google search about Celexa, which my mother is a very big cheerleader for- she took it for quite a while but had some kind of weird, one in a million side effect and had to stop, but as far as depression/anxiety, she felt it worked better than anything she'd ever taken. Since the problems she ahd are so rare, she thinks I should try it. She's like one of those ads- ask your doctor about.....
I can't ask my doctor bc I'm involved in a custody dispute and I just can't have stuff like that on my record right now.
MY question is this- I've tried several SSRIs in the past- Paxil, Zolft and Lexipro, and the sedation was so debilitating I had no choice but to stop taking them, long before the 6-8 weeks recommended by doctors to "get used to it." I couldn't function, couldn't drive, couldn't work- it was so bad with the Lexipro I sat on the back porch smoking the wrong end of a cigarette for a good five minutes before I realized anything was wrong, and left a pan of water boiling for pasta, and forgot it until the pan had turned into something like lava.
Is the Celexa really likely to be any better? I don't enjoy being anxious and depressed all the time, but I don't have 2 months to lie in bed and "get used to it." Really I don't have 2 days.
Has anyone else had really bad side effects from other SSRIs, and then succeeded with Celexa?