Celexa and hard time

I've been taking Celexa for about 10 years now...in beginning it was 40mg and it took a good 3 weeks to totally be free of the horrible depression/panic/anxiety attacks that came on me like a flood. I was in bad shape when I finally found out what was wrong with me and I was a total basket case for a month before and 3 weeks after. When the drug took effect slowly I came out of this horrible funk. The side effects mostly were sleepiness, loss of sex drive and sensation like many here are experiencing. Gradually I tapered down to 20mg and now 10mg. I don't take it everyday but about every other day and just enough to keep some in my system so that if I nose dive again I up my dose and it doesn't take as long to feel normal. I don't handle trauma, stress or confrontations well and they have a tendency to make me switch into these nose dives. Celexa and dosage works for ME...I believe each one of us has different chemical structures which is why one pill doesn't work for all of us. I think high dosages tend to make you more "zombie" too. I've tried other types of anti depressants and always come back to Celexa because the side effects aren't anything like the others to me. So, please keep trying different meds to see whats good for YOU. If a doctor gives you a hard time, FIND ANOTHER! I suggest a Psychiatric one too. GP's and OB/GYN's aren't trained enough in this area to really know how to prescribe and help treat this and have a tendency to prescribe what they've been given freebies of. Not all Psych's are good either. Keep trying to find the right one please! I know, I've been there. Above all, pray....it helps. :)

I just started taking Celexa (generic) a little less than a week ago. My life had slowed down and suddenly I was have huge amounts of anxiety. I remember having anxiety attacks as a child but I think I kept myself overly busy as an adult to deal with it. I got really sacred because it was getting hard to function.

I am finding similar affects. I feel like the anxiety is worse and I am going crazy. I am getting hot flashes or anxiety surges and am having a really hard time sleeping. I start therapy next week and I am hoping everyone is right.. That it takes time for the drug to kick in. I feel at least a little relieved that others are having similar experiences.

I have never had a problem before with orgasming from masturbation but since I started having sex and taking Yasmin and Celexa it has been hard for me to climax during sexual intercourse, despite becoming close to climax. I have been on Celexa for about 10 months. I have been on Yasmin for a little over a year now and have been experiencing an inability to climax and have noticed a decrease in sex drive within the past two months. Any suggestions??

I am only taking 5mg of celexa and I have had a hard time having an orgasm. I am a 41 year old woman who didn't have any trouble with this before I started on the drug.

I have been on Celexa about 2 yrs now I am having a hard time dealing with the sexual side effects...I have no problem wanting sex...I am having a problem reaching orgasm...If I had known that this would be a real issue and how serious it is I would have never taken the drug...Please warn all friends and family about the serious sexual side effects of Celexa...I have little to no feeling in my clitoral area...It is so frustrating to me and my partner

by maria's husband. Doctor has told her to exercise, I have told her to exercise. She has walked a little less than a mile once and has felt better. Other times fresh air makes her feel better but has to be around 30 minutes, yet she refuses to exercise with me. I bought an indoor exercise stepper machine to exercise her legs I have frustration 'cause have trouble with her talking to me, discussing her illness and other matters. She takes most everything I say in a negative light, misunderstands my intentions, questions my motives, etc. Communication with her is extremely difficult for me. I try to help her but her mood, bodylanguage, etc. indicate to me that she does not want my help. Yet, she wants all the privileges. She doesn't recognize that I try to help her and at times vehemently chastises me about it (this always in a passive manner). Her tone is soft and gentle but she uses cutting words. Three sons, one daughter and I read the Bible, memory verses, go to church, but she refuses all these. Married 15 years, gone to church with me/us less times than that. (RE: Two older boys from previous marriage: No TLC for them by maria. I feel really bad for them. She very despondent with them.) They've always defended/protected/stood up for her when I'd get upset over her behavior with me; but now that they're older they don't want anything with her but they still defend her. She says because of her depression. Apathetic in bed, No feeling. Sometimes I don't think so. I have a hard time getting her to even keep me company for more than a few minutes. Five minutes at a time would be excellent for me. I feel unloved, unwanted, by her. She says she feels the same. I feel at the end of my rope. I wonder if I have depression. So much more to say. Thanks for this escape valve. HELP!