Posted by slc on October 22, 2000, at 17:39:02
In reply to Sick and tired of being so tired!!!! , posted by gladys on September 22, 2000, at 22:36:50
I started taking Celexa at 20 mg. and the yawns were quite annoying but I had heard from so many people that Celexa was the greatest thing next to sliced bread. The yawns started going away after about 2 months. I uped my dose to 40 mg. and was still more tired than pre-Celexa but I was willing to live with it since it helped my mood so much.
I also needed 2 to 3 hours more sleep than ever before. The yawns did go away but the need for 8 to 11 hours of sleep a night didn't.
My psychiatrist says that the yawns are actually a relatively common side-effect though for most people they go away after about 3 to 6 weeks.
My psych said that I might do better on Prozac because she says it has more of an upper effect. That is what I am going to next. You may want to look into that.
About 3 weeks after my dose was doubled, I got a bizarre rash on my torso that I finally figured out was from the Celexa.
Here is my question: I am winding down and my psych said to wait about 1.5 weeks to go off. I waited but not as long as she said (I was at 20 for 1 week and then stopped because the rash was really driving me to distraction). In the wind down process, I have had enormous mood swings and I now have diarrhea. Has anyone gone of Celexa and noticed anything like this?
> Can anyone tell me if their tiredness is stopping from being on Celexa for awhile? I am so tired. My yawns are so huge and I just shiver from tiredness after yawning. Do you (anyone here) feel this way? I'm so sick of it. Going to sleep seems so pointless because I never feel like I slept even after 8, 9, 10, or 11 hours of sleep!! It's depressing me because I am so tired. Celexa is helping my mood, but I am so frustrated with being so tired. Any comment from anyone? Does it go away ever? It has been two weeks on 40 mg, two weeks before that on 30 mg, and so on so I have been taking Celexa in total from 10 mg on for about 2 months. I want to be awake once in awhile, everyone thinks I am zombie-like. THANK YOU!
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