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  • Posted on: Mar 13, 2009 12:59 pm
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 186
wetcoast wrote:

Has anyone tried this one? Curious about side effects, getting on and off the stuff, how long should you take it. All of them scare the crap out of me but am so tired of feeling this way.

dx dec 11/07 1.7 cm stage 1 grade 3 er pr her neg, lymph node neg
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Denali
Arvada, CO
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 299
Mar 13, 2009 07:36 pm Denali wrote:

I've taken it for years and haven't noticed any side effects.  If you need it, at least try it.

Linda, Began TCH Feb 12, 2009
Dx 1/9/2009, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
pabbie
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 138
Mar 13, 2009 11:20 pm pabbie wrote:

I've also been taking it for years but I only take 10 mg. at bedtime. 20 mg was too activating for me. It was great when I could take it with my HRT but of course due to the BC I'm off hormone replacement. My dr has added clonazapem for sleeping and anxiety and a mood stabilizer and of course the 10 mg. of celexa.

Keep looking for one that works. Good luck and take care.


Dx 2/6/2008, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 2/19 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
amsky
Northeast, MO
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 58
Mar 14, 2009 12:16 am amsky wrote: I have been taking celexa for a couple of months, now.  For the first week, I was nauseated and felt kind of like I had the flu.  But after that, I began to feel great.   I feel more focused and calm about things.  Everything around me doesn't seem so hectic.  It seems to help with sleeping, also.  I had taken zoloft and cymbalta at different times throughout my life and wasn't satisfied with them and didn't really like the idea of taking medicine.  With celexa, I feel more settled and don't mind the idea of taking medicine because I feel better. 

Dx 7/16/2005, IDC, , Stage I, Grade 1, /1 nodes, ER+/PR+
barbe1958
Barrie, ON
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 6,781
Mar 14, 2009 08:49 am barbe1958 wrote:

I NEED to take something and have taken Zoloft for years for anger. It is the only drug that has allowed to me "move on" in life. I also take Welbutrin for anxiety. Neither of these drugs make me feel drugged. They have to build slowly up in your system and take weeks to stabilize. I think many people give up before they have give a drug the chance.

Let it work for you. The day you stop wondering if it's working is the day you'll realize it IS! Don't give up; there is a drug out there that will work properly with your brain chemisty. That's all it is. Balancing your brain chemistry.

Papillary Carcinoma with ITCs and IMLN, Bilateral Mastectomy Dec 16th/08 No re-con. No foobies.
Dx 12/10/2008, 1cm, Stage II, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Sierra
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,922
Mar 14, 2009 04:36 pm Sierra wrote:

I took Celexa some years ago

with counselling

and

it worked well for me

at the time

wishing you well

Yes, it did make me nauseaus at first

Friends are more important than money!
wetcoast
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 186
Mar 15, 2009 09:59 pm wetcoast wrote:

thanks for the input girls. Hopefully it will give me results and i can get on with life.

 many thanks

dx dec 11/07 1.7 cm stage 1 grade 3 er pr her neg, lymph node neg

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