Celexa

[hooahmomma723]

My doctor just put me on Celexa last Friday. So I have been taking it for three nights now. I just feel so...out of it. Like in a daze. I'm not any more or less happy or sad. I have no thoughts of suicide. I'm just like..here...does that make sense? Has anyone else ever been on Celexa and had any side effects? I was on Paxil right after my son was born for Post-Partum Depression, but that was four years ago. Will this feeling go away or should I ask my doc to change it? Thanks mommas!

[ThatSkyGirl]

So is it making you 'emotionless' ...?

[tgentosi]

Wow me too!!! I just started it today tho.I have been feeling very funny about an hour and a half after i took it. I dont like this feeling.

[hooahmomma723]

Quoting ThatSkyGirl:

So is it making you 'emotionless' ...?

No. I just mean I feel the same as I did when I first started taking it. Which was only 3 days ago. I'm just wondering if this "dazed" feeling will go away or if I should try to get on something else.

[boyx3]

 You may feel that way the first week. It will go away, If it doesn't call your Dr.  It could take up to a few weeks to notice a change. Give it a chance. I have been taking it a little over a year and I feel wonderful for the most part.

[shabby.chic]

my hubs has been taking it for about a week and hasn't noticed an difference.

[connorsmommy120]

I was put on it after one of my best friends died when we were in 10th grade. It too made me feel that way for a while, but it eventually went away. If it doesn't go away talk to your Doctor maybe your dosage is too high? 

[hooahmomma723]

I'm not sure what the standard dose is...i'm on 20mg...

Quoting connorsmommy120:

I was put on it after one of my best friends died when we were in 10th grade. It too made me feel that way for a while, but it eventually went away. If it doesn't go away talk to your Doctor maybe your dosage is too high? 

 

[boyx3]

I'm also on 20 a day. It will go away after a few days to a week and then you will start feeling better.

Quoting hooahmomma723:

I'm not sure what the standard dose is...i'm on 20mg...

Quoting connorsmommy120:

I was put on it after one of my best friends died when we were in 10th grade. It too made me feel that way for a while, but it eventually went away. If it doesn't go away talk to your Doctor maybe your dosage is too high? 

 

[smarshy]

I posted something similar when I started it. I have developed a severe anxiety problem.

For a little less then a week I felt like I had to force myself to blink. Like my eyes were always really wide and dilated.

Also, when I yawned my spine tingled a lot longer then normal, lol.

That tunnel, weird, emotionless feeling went away soon!

Now I am doing much better, and am actually going to ask for a slight increase in dosage, because I am still have some anxiety attacks every few days. It has helped tremendously. I was having three to four serious panic attacks, long lasting, every single day.

Just give it at least a few weeks to get into your system, that feeling will go away eventually!

[mommasbabies77]

It can take up to six weeks or so for you to know how an antidepressant works. You might wanna give it a little more time. With that being said, I felt horrible on Celexa. I felt completely spaced out. I felt the same thing on Paxil. I am on Wellbutrin, Trazadone, and Remeron now and they work great.