Posted by rod on January 26, 2004, at 16:02:48
In reply to Re: PANIC / OCD NOT CURED WITH CELEXA ? ?, posted by smittay17 on January 26, 2004, at 15:47:51
> the imipramine caused so much weight gain that i got sleep apnea and got very sick from working too hard and never getting sleep
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> what sucks now is the celexa actually causes me not to sleep and my CPAP is so hard to wear
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> what should i do? go back on the imipramine? im on 100mg of celexa now and its barely doing anything?
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> i want to stick it out though, ive come so so far in 6 motnhs only to have it crushed at the last minute :(
>Oh, I see. Im sorry for how things turned out. hmm, I no doctor and I dont know you at all. But I can say, that for some people drugs like celexa (SSRI) can take up to 6 month to produce the desired effect. But thats rare.
You are already on a high dosage of Celexa. Maybe he is willing to prescribe you something like an augmentor? Lithium comes first into my mind. It really can do much on the serotonin system. Maybe ask you doc, what he/she thinks about that.good luck in whatever you decide
Roland
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