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I was put on 20mg of Celexa (I am on the generic = Citalopram) around a month and a half ago. Celexa is an SSRI (an antidepressant). I really did not want it and told my doctor that. I did not think it would help and had read numerous bad stories about SSRI's. But I finally gave in and let him put me on it.

After a month I am glad to say it has helped a lot. I just recently went back and told him it had helped me a lot but still wasn't quite where I wanted to be. He said lets up the dosage to 40mg and see how that works. I have now been on 40mg a day for two weeks or so and the new dose is finally starting to help even more.

My sweating has been reduced greatly but will still act up if I am in a really tense situation.

I have had no bad side effects besides prolonged ejaculation and more vivid dreaming neither of which I mind.

So overall Celexa has really helped from what I can tell. I did not want to try an SSRI at all and just wanted the doctor to prescribe a Benzo. But I am very glad I did try Celexa. It has been helping my overcome my fears and realize I am my own worst enemy. I am definitely less anxious using 40mg of Celexa.

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My experience with citalopram for social anxiety have been a success to say the least, I am currently taking 20mg but deciding to up the dose to 40 mg since 20mg is not effective hopefully 40mg will give the kick in the bum that I need

so guys give this medication a go don't complain unless you tried it first :P

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Back around mid May this year, my GP suggested putting me on Citalopram seeing as trying Beta Blockers in the past hadn't worked out for me and he seemed to be very confident that this would really help with my problems.

However, unfortunately my experience with this drug hasn't been good at all. I've tried taking this twice now. First time round, when trying this drug at 10mg and upping my dose from 1 tablet a day to 2 tablets after the first week I found I experienced severe sudden chest pains, so had to come off this for a while. During the second time (when trying this drug again at 10 mg but sticking with just one tablet a day rather than two) I didn't get the chest pains again but into my third week started experiencing sudden nose bleeds and just after started breaking out into a rash. I'm now deciding to discontinue this for good this time - as am pretty sure that this has been an allergic reaction.

Unfortunately, I can't comment as to how well the drug works on Social Anxiety as wasn't taking this for long enough for the effects to start taking hold.

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(Im danish so excuse me for grammar mistakes)

Citalopram is a danish developed drug, and we have very, very strict rules for a drug to be released to the market.

I've used citalopram for 1,5 year I think, and when you start taking the drug youre anxiety increases badly (1-2 weeks) and when the real effects start to kick in (about 4-8 weeks), then I started to feel much better about myself and others, but the effects are still quite mellow but noticeable. Anxiety is lowered quite a bit, sweating reduced, shaking and stuttering got better and I felt somewhat more confident and generally better about myself and my self-worth(is that a word?).

I haven't really felt any side effects besides prolonged ejaculation which is bad of course, but the positive effects are so good so I don' really care.

I can stop using the drug from day to day and not feel ANY cravings or bad side effects from stopping the medication like SNRI does (brain zaps and all that bad stuff).

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ive been taking celexa for a few years. It works great. Hard to physically gets used to for a few days, but after that worth it. Im on high dose, 60 mg, because my counselor and psy doc started low, and upped it. Don't be afraid to increase dosage if you're still not where you want to be. I find it best to do therapy plus meds. Meds without therapy got me to not feel suicidal, but with therapy I can change my thoughts, share my problems and learn about my behavior, etc.

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I have recently started a 20 mg regiment of this medicine. My mood has noticeably elevated but I can constantly feel the buzz of this medicine.

I also have noticed marked memory loss. Especially when it comes to remembering people's names. In the last few days I've noticed a half dozen occasions where I simply can't remember the name of someone whose name I know that I know (if that makes sense).

Happy drugging! :)
-JCMiller23

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Honestly, Celexa was the best thing that's happened to me in the past few months. I've heard about the sexual side effects, but for me that didn't matter.

Once I started Celexa, all my physical symptoms of anxiety (itching, stomach ache, sweating, headaches, etc) decreased dramatically. It has helped me so much. I have no plans right now to go off it, because it's really helping me. I am so glad my doctor put me on it. 

I must warn, though, it's not a magic bullet. I still go to therapy every week, and it's the combination of the celexa and the strategies that helps me. 

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I went up to 40 mg on celexa and had no benefit. Keep in mind, though, that SSRIs effect everybody differently. While on Celexa, I had no sexual side effects..which was good. It gave me nausea and sleeping problems, however. It did absolutely nothing for my anxiety.

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While I was taking this I kept switching between periods of being extremely tired to feeling alright to being almost too euphoric. I was also constantly jittery and had frequent muscle spasms. Surprisingly I was able to sleep.

Panic attacks seemed more pronounced which I didn't like.

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Chemical castration pure and simple.   I'll refrain from rating it negatively as I couldnt stand it long enough to rate how well it worked.