[InfiniteSadness]

ive been on it for a long time now and it mainly helps anxiety not my depression as much.. The problem is or was, when a doc tried to switch me to another med my anxiety/mood got lot worse and i ended up back on it. But i feel i could be doing a lot better, instead of settling in a sense..

I was only on a low dose of Celexa briefly, recently, while I was coming off of Duloxetine. So I can't really comment on Celexa. However, over the years, I have been on a number of different SSRI's & SNRI's. I never found any of them to be very effective at relieving my depression. Cymbalta (& its generic equivalent, Duloxetine) were the best. They at least seemed to keep a floor under me so that I could only sink so low & then the medication would kick me back up. However, I always still had to work at keeping myself out of the doldrums on a day-to-day basis. Now that I'm med-free, I just have to work at this all the harder...

[CANDC]

Not sure about how Celexa works. Found these article on PC about Celexa
Psych Central - Search results for Celexa for depression

[theres_always_hope]

I was on 30mg Celexa & my panic attacks & dissociative episodes stopped right away! I was so released I stayed on it for about 6 months to a year but noticed it wasn't helping with my depression either, just anxiety. I told my Dr this so she took me off it completely & put me on Cymbalta which has absolutely destroyed me. I am lower then low. I lost my job I cannot function I used to be a full time bartender outgoing & real estate agent & now I am terrified to go to the grocery store alone!!! I told my Dr within the first week I felt worse but she said i was being "impatient" so I waited it out for 2 months upping it to 60 mg & here I am now jobless, in a constant fog of disassociation, depersonalization, multiple panic attacks daily, insomnia, & the most agonizing hopeless depression I never couldve imagined possible. Cymbalta has ruined my life. If you are doing ok on the Celexa I would highly advise you stay on it & possibly add a mood stabilizer such as Lamictal or maybe even increase your dose. I begged my Dr to put me back on it but she refused because I complained about it. Now she put me on Prozac & Lamictal I feel like um just her F**king lab rat & she's a mad scientist. I wish I never got off the Celexa, it instantly changed everything.

[theres_always_hope]

Typo: I was so Relieved!!!***

Med-free...that sounds so wonderful!

[ladisputelover]

When I was on Celexa, it did nothing to help my depression. But, just remember, everyone's different!
Hope you're ding okay