Celexa vs Prozac
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| Citalopram is used to treat depression. It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being. Citalopram is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Celexa works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. | Fluoxetine is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, a certain eating disorder (bulimia), and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). | |||
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| Add Celexa review After many family dilemas, I was depressed and unable to function. This drug put me on an even keel. The only real problem I am having is increased sweating and tight calf muscles upon waking. This Medication has controlled my depression/Anxiety for about a year now. The one side affect that I have noticed after taking this medication is weight gain. Daughter is ADHD/Sensory Issues/ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) The daily interactions with her were getting to the point that I cried all the way to work after I dropped her off at school everyday. Everthing is a struggle. Felt I needed something to help calm down and help in dealing with. It helped. Doctor did not want me on for longer than 6 months. It has been about a year. I curren ... Was on Lexapro for 8 years. Loved it. Lost insurance benefits and had to switch. Used Cetalopram for the past year and have had to stop it (on my own, cold turkey) because it caused me to become, basically, a vegetable. Didn't care, didn't want to care, etc. Now I can't get another prescription for anything until I see a shrink because my doc thinks I could be bipolar which I have never, ever ... May 20, 2013I have been taking Celexa (citalopram) since fall of 2003, and I can tell you without it, I don't know what I would have done. I have had five deaths in my immediate family, and it has helped me to stay focused and stay on an even kell. It has helped keep me calm, and able to think and take care of day-to-day business. | Add Prozac review I was taking this medicine after going though family trauma losing my job, watching my dad almost die ,and losing the house we live in and having his family turn on me. The medicine really helped me get back on my feet. but 7 years later the medicine has made my mood swings wrose, and really started to affect my relation ships. I just started a nother medicine let see how this one does ? I would n ... I've had se vere anxiety, panic attacks, paranoia, suicidal thoughts. I've lost 3 kilos, I've been shaking, every time is worse, I have spasms in all my body. I've been throwing up. My anorexia got worse. My muscles are stiff. This medication lessened my depression but I gained 30 lbs over the years. I felt like I was trapped in someone else's body. I was like a zombie, all I did was sleep, couldn't hold a job or a relationship. It caused me NOT to take any actions to improve my life. It made me very mean sometimes!!!I had bad, scary dreams all the time and was becoming dependent on alcohol as well so I had to stop. ... | |||
