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Jul 02, 2012, 11:24 AM
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I just was taken off Celexa on Friday after tapering down over about a month. BINGO, my wonderful stable mood is gone and I'm irritable as all hell. It seems like it ought to be too soon to notice any changes, positive OR negative........anyone else have this happen to them?
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Jul 02, 2012, 11:34 AM
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It was horrible coming off effexor. I even tapered down for 3 months. The withdrawals lasted about a month after I stopped it completely.
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Jul 02, 2012, 12:03 PM
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Idk, I might have this all wrong, but looks like the people who taper suffer longer than the cold turkey folks
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Jul 02, 2012, 01:16 PM
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I think cold turkey is just dealing with it immediatly so it doesnt seem as bad. It also depends what you are going off of. Effexor does that to everyone.
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Jul 02, 2012, 02:19 PM
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I had some pretty serious withdrawals from Lexapro when I went off of it and the effects kicked in faster than I thought they would. I bet is was 3 or 4 days of starting to taper off and I was super light headed all the time, shaky and had a worse headache than usual. I didn't seem to get irritable, however. I had a good month of feeling like that until it was better and I tapered off over the course of only 2 weeks.
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Jul 02, 2012, 04:22 PM
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My absolute worst drug to come off of was cymbalta! I've never taken celexa, but I hope it is over sooner rather than later.
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Jul 02, 2012, 09:27 PM
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I didn't really mind going off Celexa. Don't remember anything outstanding. I was on some really low dosage though.
I'm a chronic med quitter, never do it with a doctor and never tapered. Zoloft was annoying to get off of but only mildly and my most recent, found to quit meds one at a time. Quit Wellbutrin, seroquel and then Lamictal. When I tried all 3 at once, quitting that is, I felt WEIRD!!!!! I feel weird now but, not like I haven't felt before. |
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