Posted by Eliza on April 7, 2000, at 14:54:05
In reply to Re: My experience with Celexa to Eliza, posted by gail on April 2, 2000, at 22:31:30
Hi Gail, Sorry for not responding sooner, I don't check this board every day. I've been on Celexa a little over 6 months, and I think I'm just beginning to see some really positive changes in my life. I thought about going off a couple of months ago, because I was feeling good, too good I thought, in that I wasn't sad all the time, and I said to my psychiatrist that I didn't feel like myself. She said that because of the dysthymia underlying episodes of major depression, I probably didn't know what it was like to feel "normal" and that I should definitely not go off the drug, but stay on and see how my life will change now that I am feeling good. I think I mentioned that I had been on Prozac twice, 4 months each time. I stopped because of the side effects. But since I have no real negative side effects with Celexa, I'm going to give the drug at least two years. That's my plan at this point anyway. Obviously things might change if I start to gain weight (!) about the only side effect I don't think I could live with. It's a tough decision deciding whether to stay on these relatively new drugs, because we really don't know what risks we are exposing ourselves to down the road. I only know that I am willing to take the chance, because I feel like I've accomplished so little in life because of the depression, and I want to give myself a chance to really achieve something.
poster:Eliza
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