What are the Celexa withdrawal effects?

Answer 1

Check out this great site on Lexapro withdrawal. The members are real people posting their experiences with Lexapro withdrawal. The board has several pages now so you'll have to jump around or start at page 1 and go to 70 or whatever. http://www.drugs.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7826&whichpage=1 DO NOT STOP LEXAPRO WITHOUT TALKING TO A DOCTOR OR AT LEAST READING COMMENTS ON THE LINK THAT I POSTED!!! Lexapro withdrawal is brutal. ~ T 'I'm surprised that everyone is saying to "wean" off of this so slowly. My doctor told me if I ever decided to quit it, to just stop taking it because it's not addictive. However, I am having all of the symptoms mentioned.

Answer 2

Side Effects of Weaning of LexaproI just finished taking Lexapro (20 Mg. once a day) two weeks ago after weaning off of it for a week. The side effects lasted a little more than a week and for me they including dizziness and nausea, and irritability. I took dramamine for the dizziness and nausea and just had to wait for the irritability to taper off, which it did. I also had some sleeplessness but I drank herbal tea before bed and also took some Tylenol pm's. It's been a little over two weeks now and I feel fine. I was on Lexapro for 3 years. Some people say the side effects are much worse than what I have stated but it's worth working through it - I feel so much better.

Answer 3

I take celexa for anxitety.... can this drug be taken with the diet pill tenuate? I have been on tenuate for 6 months and have lost weight. I know a side effect of most antidepressants can be weight gain. I DO NOT WANT TO GAIN BACK THIS WEIGHT!

Answer 4

I seriously recommend weaning off them, half the dose for three weeks or so, then every second day for a week or two then nothing. I tried going cold turkey in the past of zoloft, and I relapsed a month or two after had to get back on them. I am in my last days of weaning off them, and I am completely fine, no horrible side affects as with cold turkey. But a tiny bit of light headedness every now and them.

Answer 5

The most obvious consequence is that your depression symptoms will come right back and seem worse than ever. Never just stop taking an anti-depressant -- talk to your doctor about tapering off and/or switching to something else.

Answer 6

It can cause weight gain, irritability and suicidal tendencies.

Answer 7

My Dr just changed me from 20mg of Lexapro to 60 mg of cymbalt. I have been on Lexapro for years He put me just with in one week 60 MG OF Cymbalta. They are checking for fybromyajiga.

Answer 8

you can experience symptoms of nausea, headaches, mood swings etc its best to come off them slowly

Answer 9

Celexa is a prescription drug used to treat depression and anxiety. If a person were to stop taking Celexa cold turkey, they might experience nausea, shaking, headache and confusion.

Answer 10

Celexa does not have a withdrawal syndrome (or even a discontinuation syndrome as is the case with abrupt cessation of Paxil or Effexor, for instance).