I was feeling the symptoms of depression for about 4-6 months prior to being put on Celexa. I went to my doctor yesterday and he gave me a plan for weaning off of it. The symptoms were dizziness, fatigue, and no emotions. THere were no life changes or any reasons for me to be sad. I just wasn't myself, and I knew something was wrong. Something in my brain stopped firing. Some chemical.

While on Celexa, I feel like myself. I have emotions. I dont get the strange medical symptoms anymore. For a month or so, I was not taking the pill once a day because I would forget sometimes. If I forgot to take it one night, I'd take it the next day, and this was definately not good for my brain because I got a lot of anxiety. My anxiety would bring me to believe that I might die. I am in the medical profession and I know too much about the body. SO I get one small symptom and think...."heart attack" or "stroke" or seizure. None of these things ever happened to me but my anxiety got ahold of my thoughts.

This is my first bout of depression. Since I started taking Celexa in April of 2011, my situation has changed. I now have a boyfriend who I love very much, I have a puppy, and things are really good. Prior to Celexa, I didn't have a boyfriend. I didn't even have a sex drive. Nothing. Maybe it was a lack of life changes that caused my symptoms to appear? I am still not sure.

THank you for responding to my question. I hope I answered all of yours!

Thank you for writing back to explain your situation.

I say go for it!  You may be in a better place now in your life and with your mood that the Celexa is no longer needed. 

Please keep in touch to let us know how it goes for you.  And thanks for sharing your story...I am sure it will help someone else who is going through this same thing.

MM

I come to this website just about every morning now. I feel like it is my place to go for a few minutes to get my day going. Yesterday was day 2 of weaning off of Celexa. I felt a slight bit of anxiety about to come on last night and I just had to remind myself that the anxiety is just a side effect of weaning off. I meditated for a couple of minutes and did not let the anxiety get a hold of my thought processes. I tried to do a share post for quick tips but the characters are so limited that I didn't get it to post.....maybe I will find a blog on here somewhere...

Thanks!

I'll keep updating how my weaning off is going.

Hello again!

Oh this is good to hear.  You have a wonderful attitude and I think you are going to go through this weaning process with flying colors. 

And it is very nice to hear that you like coming to this site.  Wanted to also invite you to visit our Depression site if you ever have the chance.  I am the community leader and a writer there and we have a wonderfully supportive community there as well.  I am sure you will meet a lot of other members who have gone through a similar process of weaning from the medication.

Let me know of any difficulties writing a sharepost...I can guide you through it.  Are you talking about limited characters for the title?  That may be true but in the content box...you have unlimited room to write.  We absolutely welcome you to write a sharepost here or on any of our mental health sites.  Let me know if you need assistance and I will glad to help.

Thanks for writing...you made my day!

every time I try to write a sharepost, i try to save it as a draft sometimes, but every time I go to write one, i click the submit button or whatever the button is and it re-directs me to the same screen. In red letters it says I didn't complete something. It erases everything I had just written. It is frustrating!!! why is it doing this? haha anyways, I am glad I made your day!

My job is to help people via physical therapy. I also like to help people in other ways too thru random acts of kindness. So to hear that I helped you in some way feels good.

I have a journal I am writing in every day during my weaning process. Some day soon, I would like to publish it and share it with everyone else who has to go thru the same thing I do....

Thank you for your help with the sharepost! I really appreciate it :)

Chelsea

Hello there. I know you are probably busy, but I am still looking for some help with creating a sharepost. I would like to publish or share my journal somehow. Any ideas?

THanks,

Chelsea