I’m getting ready to start taking 20mg. of generic Celexa. Right now I’m on 20mg. of generic paxil. I’ve been reading online these horror stories about Celexa. I was going to take Lexapro but can’t afford it. Has anyone taken Celexa with success? I haven’t been properly diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure I’m bi-polar. Severe lows and severe highs. More lows though. And I’m a recovering addict, so sometimes the lows make me want to relapse. I have no energy, I’m constantly tired, I have no desire to do anything let alone get a hobby, and the only thing that interests me is sleep. No matter how much sleep I’m getting my eyes are bloodshot red, I’m exhaused at work every day, and my attitude turns into Eff it really fast.
Also, I am overweight, I eat terrible, I smoke and I get no excercise. That also contributes. I have NO motivation to better myself in the latter categories. Can anyone help or give me words of advice to an inconsistant, depressive, addictive mess?
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Does Celexa cause more problems than it helps?
Is there clinical help to treat unwanted Xanax dependency that doesn’t treat a person as a drug abuse patient?
My wife has been prescribed Xanax for 12 years to alleviate the symptoms for panic/anxiety disorder. She has been admitted to the hospital in the past as dosages were increased to the point of lethargy, confusion, coordination difficulties and other injurious side effects. At the hospital she suffered a terrifying crash that ultimately resulted with medical advice to continue the drugs.
The use of the herb St. Johns’s Wort, Sam-e, vitamin C, B-complex, Omega3, Gingko, CoQ10 and other supplements have helped with her efforts to get off Paxil and cut her dose of Xanax to a minimum over time.
She has improved her health and is determined to cope with life without the drug that has caused more harm than good. There are clinics for drug abuse but they are not geared for a true unwanted medical dependency.
If anyone reading this has a good resource online or in the Lakeland/Tampa Bay area please post it.
Does Celexa cause more problems than it helps?
Buy Paxil (Paroxetine) online without prescription
I’m getting ready to start taking 20mg. of generic Celexa. Right now I’m on 20mg. of generic paxil. I’ve been reading online these horror stories about Celexa. I was going to take Lexapro but can’t afford it. Has anyone taken Celexa with success? I haven’t been properly diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure I’m bi-polar. Severe lows and severe highs. More lows though. And I’m a recovering addict, so sometimes the lows make me want to relapse. I have no energy, I’m constantly tired, I have no desire to do anything let alone get a hobby, and the only thing that interests me is sleep. No matter how much sleep I’m getting my eyes are bloodshot red, I’m exhaused at work every day, and my attitude turns into Eff it really fast.
Also, I am overweight, I eat terrible, I smoke and I get no excercise. That also contributes. I have NO motivation to better myself in the latter categories. Can anyone help or give me words of advice to an inconsistant, depressive, addictive mess?
what is bipolar depression exactly?
My dad recently passed away and I went to a psychiatrist who said I had bipolar depression. I had been on Paxil but couldn’t sleep when I was on it and I still had anxiety…. So I went into this terrible cycle of not taking it-so I could sleep and then slowly plummeting into deep depression, so I would start taking Paxil again–then I would get sick of not being able to sleep-so I would go back off of it.
I don’t have any mania at all, but I do get anxiety (it hasn’t been a life-long thing–just since my dad got sick and died).. Anyhow, my doctor said I was bipolar depressed… which is odd b/c I do not have any manic days.
She put me on depakote and it is working okay but I still miss my Paxil… Anyhow, when I was upset and said, “I dont think I am bipolar..” she said that I had it all wrong– i wasn’t bipolar manic, …I am bipolar depressed. Anyone else have thoughts about this? All the info I seem to come up w/online is that bipolar depressed is the same thing as bipolar manic/bipolar disorder. But she was adamant that they aren’t the same…
I do feel better taking depakote, I can sleep better but I do still get anxiety. She said that the SSRIs were causing me to get too much seratonin and that is what keeps me up & gives me anxiety .
okay, baba.. I guess I should have backed up a bit. I had been on Paxil for awhile for just basic depression for about 8 yrs and I could take it or leave it, before my dad got real sick (he was real sick like 3 yrs ago and died 1 yr ago)… Anyhow, I always HAD done fine on Paxil until 3 yrs ago (2 yrs before his death) –when he was really sick, I was so worried and anxious… That is when I started the VERY bad roller coaster of going on and off of paxil–waiting until I got so depressed I couldnt get out of bed before taking it and taking it a few wks until I felt better but couldn’t sleep..
I forgot to also tell you guys she put me on lunesta too–to sleep. she put me on another medication–(mirtazapine)–it made me a zombie and have horrible nightmares…and i got off of that.
Also, Clover.. I think you are right. I think I understand it all from what you typed. Any more thoughts, I would love to hear from any of you guys… Clover, I think you really made sense of it to me though– the anxiety and insomnia are the mania??
So that psychiatrist did NOT put me on paxil..i had already been on it. She put me on Depakote, lunesta, and remeron (mirtazapine)—and I discontinued using remeron…
My wife has been on Paxil for about 6 months now and hasn’t been the same since she started taking it.?
After 15 years of marriage, she has gone off the wall and seems to be not living in reality. She wants to move out away from me and our two sons and live on her own. She appears to be tormented by things she did in her past, but she does not want to discuss. She has had an online relationship with a divorced father of 4 who lives 3000 miles away, and she really likes him. Within the last two weeks she got a cell phone behind my back so she could talk to this guy whenever she wanted. She does not want counseling, doesn’t want to work on the marriage, yet doesn’t want a divorce. She has no intention to move closer to this man, nor he closer to her. She also listens to heavy grundge music, wants to get a tatoo, and wants nothing to do with her family and friends. She says she knows what she is doing is wrong, but it “feels too good to stop”. I believe Paxil is to blame. Anyone with experience with this drug with advice is welcome to respond!
Sexual side effects, Paxil and pregnancy?
My boyfriend has been on 20mg of Paxil for depression for about a year– he can’t have an orgasm while taking it. I mean he has never had one… I guess they prescribe this pill for premature ejaculation– but it basically shuts off ejaculation completely. Is it possible for me to get pregnant if we have sex without a condom? A gut impulse tells me to leave it on because there is what I guess is called “pre-cum” on the tip of his penis… but from what I read online, there is no semen in that lubricating liquid? Informed input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.


