With Celexa and most other AD's it takes 4-6 weeks for you to feel the full affects of it. It's normal to feel "weird" when you first take it or every time you increase your dose. You're going through a "transition"/adjustment period during the first week or two. I'm talking from personal experience.

Someone else suggested taking it right before you go to bed. I tried Celexa around 3pm and would sleep all afternoon until I adjusted to the med and even then I'd still sleep right after I took it. Once I started taking the med at bedtime I had no problem with the side affect. After the first month you won't feel quite so weird.

I've since switched over to trazodone only because I was at the max dose of Celexa my doctor could prescribe without me seeing a psychiatrist to get it increased further ---- plus we had to go through a pre-authorization every 6 months because my insurance wouldn't pay for it without it....because I was at 60mg and they wanted to know why I was taking that high of a dose.

Have you tried two Benydril pills? It's an anti-histamine but it's the same ingrediant that's in over the counter sleep aids.

By only taking them for 2 weeks you're not giving the medication enough time to fully kick in. Like I said it takes 4-6 weeks. The reason for the insomnia at night is because you may have slept during the day after taking the medication. By taking it at night and getting 8-9 hours of sleep you'll wake up after the side affects of the pill have warn off.

Trazodone (aka Trazadone) is also an anti-depressent, but for some reason doctors prescribe it as a sleep aid.

Kait