Is it normal to feel worse when starting celexa, I have been taking celexa 20mg for a week and a half now it seems like I'm becoming more depressed and more anxious.

I'm very sorry you aren't feeling as good as you wish you were. Everyone reacts to meds differently. If you are feeling worse I would suggest calling your Dr or going to the ER.

(((( Numbskull ))))

I am sorry that you are not feeling well. I also take Celexa for the last several years without a problem but everyone could have a different response. Many I have taken did not work for me but well for others...

Maybe if it does not pass you could call your Dr. He may adjust the dose or try something else. I would at least keep him in the loop.

I hope you feel better soon

Its been about 2 weeks now, 20mg celexa. It seems that I'm becoming more ill now, mentally. I have constant racing thoughts, I don't want to go out or see people, i feel more depressed. I just want to see a light some hope that it will get better.

I had a bad go on it. Ended up I was BPII and thats why I felt worse. Some meds can make people feel worse for a bit before they level off then they work fine. As everyone here has suggested call your doc and let him know how you feel, only you and him will be able to deside if you need and adjustment or different meds.

Best of luck and I hope you feel better soon...(call your doc, he can't guess how you feel, you need to tell him)

This post has been edited by lonleysindy: Jul 2 2009, 01:09 PM

Its been 3 and a half weeks now im starting to feel something... the anxiety is starting to lift.. whew... maybe I'm not going crazy after all...

Hurray Numbskull! Glad it's kicking in xx

If I feel this good now Whats it going to be like in 8 weeks?

It will likely be much the same numb. For me, I had the horrible worsening feelings, then things started to get better. I'd be happy for an hour at a time, then a few hours, then a day, then days in a row, until I finally was well for about a month straight. Since then some environmental factors have me down again, but no where near the level I was before taking the meds.

If you're feeling well now, it's likely that the meds are pretty stable in your system and are working for you. If you still feel like you're "not quite there", then give it that 8 weeks to work that little bit more. I know I had times where I was on top of the world in the initial stages of taking the meds, only to come back crashing down again. In my case I felt really good when the meds started to kick it. The good times were sporadic though. That 8 weeks is what it took for things to finally level off and my crashes got less and less.

Glad it seems to be working out for you. F'in A!

So good I had to quote it.

F'in A is right brother!

Glad your feeling better numbskullll !
I'm beginning to notice the same type of things you did. My anxiety was pretty bad yesterday. I felt pretty good all morning today. This afternoon my mood dropped a bit. I think it's a good sign, at least you know the med is doing something for you. I'm on day 10 of an increase of cipralex from 10mg to 15mg.

I'm just going to share a little more here...

Yea at first I did feel worse, it lasted a few weeks. Then I had a good day, but just a day. Then several bad days but not quite as bad as before meds. Then a few good days. Then a few bad days, soon the good days out number the bad days. Last week out of 7 days 3 were not great. Im on week 5 and I've had 5 days in a row that have been good ones.

Woohoo!

That's how it works for many of us. For me, it took months for things to finally level out. I still have the occasional bad day, but NOTHING like they were before. I'd say out of any given week, I might have 1, MAYBE 2 bad days. Even those are normally just mild to moderate anxiety days. Nothing I can't handle for the most part. I really haven't suffered from any depression for a long while now thankfully. I suppose it's much easier to deal with the anxiety when the Zoloft I'm taking at least keeps the depression from coming on after the anxiety fades. For a while the inevitable crash after the anxiety was really getting to me.

Things will get better for you numb. It takes a long while to really get stable, but you can get there. You're showing great signs of improvement now. Keep well on your journey to recovery and don't be a stranger. The more of us that are recovering and sticking around on DF, the more experience and help there is to go around. Plus, we all need a shoulder to cry on or a person to rant to every once in a while.