To make a long story short (I think). Taking Celexa (20 mg) for ...

yes I found Celexa complicated sex drive as i would have all the sensations but couldnt peak. There are other ones out there that wont affect you that way.
Wellbutrin increased my Panic attacks to 2 a day which i had to combat with Ativan!!
My boyfriend takes Wellbutrin and developed a very itchy rash poppin up all over his body. After reading posting from this site he threw it in the garbage.
I talker to the Pharmacy and was told that you can go off it immediately and didnt need to ween off, it takes 21 hours to start coming out of your body.
Good luck

tw123,

It IS the Wellburtin!!! Come off it ASAP and go back to something that works. (I stopped cold turkey. No side effects so far) You're experience is almost EXACTLY what I've experienced with my wife since June when I started the drug (150mg).

I've always been lovingly devoted, kind, calm and patient towards my wife. I adored her and wanted to do anything and everything to make her happy. She is my soulmate, my wife, and my best friend. I cherrished her everyday...until I started on Wellbutrin XL (150mg)

After 6 months of this horrible drug and with the "help" of two totally incompetent, criminal therapists (my shrink NEVER told me about this as a side effect and neither one of them had the slightest inclination that this was the reason for what was going wrong between me and my wife) who led me to believe that these actions and feelings were real, I shut out and pushed my wife away, I was cruel and tortured her in my anger and resentment over something which I couldn't let go which kept on building and building as more things to resent her were added, I started blaming her for things that were totally irrational, I had these awful beliefs (fueled by the drug) that went totally contrary to everything I had ever done or believed, I said awful, mean things that were total lies, I twisted my words, responses and actions to be completely contrary to what my wife and I wanted and 180 degrees to everything my wife and I had agreed when we got married, and i blamed her for EVERYTHING.

She was devastated. I made her life a living hell for 6 months as she pleaded, begged, for me to stop-it didn't matter, the drug gave me such a conviction and confidence that I was "right" that I finally broke her spirit, crushed her heart, hurt her in the deepest most cruel way I could hurt my wife. I caused her to lose all trust in me, and had her waking up every morning wishing she could die for her husband, the man that she married, had turned on a dime and had pushed her so far this time, that there was no way she would ever subject herself to being married to me.

In 6 months!!! We are NEWLYWEDS. After being through so much just to be together and overcoming every odd against us, in 6 months our marriage is now in shambles. My wife says our marriage is over and that there is no hope of reconciliation, ever. We have been physically and emotionally separated since Thanksgiving and she has completely shut me out. She feels that the only solution is divorce and wants me to sign the papers ASAP.

There is nothing I can do make up for what I did or make her pain go away. I will live with the effect of what this drug has brought about for the rest of my life.

This is a DANGEROUS drug to you, your marriage and your husband. Get off it NOW!!!

To tw123: I think it is the wellbutrin you are on. I have had a few family who had taken that & had to stop the med because of serious agitation, anger, snapping at others, etc. I was also presrcibed this and am not taking it but am on Zoloft now. Also Lexapro and celexa seems to be a better med too. Hope this helps. We have to be proactive in our own health care to. Do research on anything & everything if you can.

Celexa is notorious for causing decreased libido, as well as all of the other medications in its class (Lexapro,Prozac, Zoloft, etc..). They do work well for people with depression and anxiety. The Wellbutrin is the best choice for women who wants their sex drive back; however, it does alter dopamine levels in the body which can cause the opposite of depression which is MANIA and agitation! I took Wellbutrin for a two months and had to stop because I was also very anxious, easily agitated, and a walking time bomb! I also suffered acute memory loss.

I've was taken wellbutrin xl , sometimes it gives me energy and some not so.
I've been having this itching all over and also take celexa I just started taking
celexa again don't really like it .I was taking lexapro 20mg it seemed to help my mood I also get lost in words and thought can't think of what to say..
the wellbutrin does give me some energy but I itch alot didn't think it could be the wellbutrin.. and I also have alot stomach problems and coughing til I get
sick Like I'm gaging. I do all this coughing inthe morning and at night when I go to bed don't know what it is sometimes I have to pull over the road to get sick, but if don't take the wellbutrin I'll be on that couch again watching soaps...

Tw123 your irregular periods at age 45 sound normal to me. I'm 48 and I've had changes to my cycles for several years and now the past 2 years, have started skipping periods for several months at a time. This perimenopausal time also brings many emotional symptoms similar to PMS, so it's really hard to say whether it's the medication or not.

Thank you, TW123--you have given me hope! Reading your symptoms was like reading my own! My poor husband! I have been feeling hostile and bitter and resentful--horribly so. I have made an appointment with my therapist. Until I read your post, I seriously had considered trying to persuade her to suggest my doctor INCREASE my welb dosage (and I'm already on the max--450). Can you imagine those consequences? Believe me--I feel your pain. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow to get me off of this and onto something else. Maybe Cymbalta? Good luck to you, and thank you for saving my marriage! I hope my words can help you save yours.