Questions re: Celexa detox - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

TTOSBT · 06-19-2009, 10:37 AM

Hi all;
I have been taking Celexa for several years.
I do not want to take it anymore. I have been sober for over a year and I think that a lot of my depression/PMDD symptoms were because of the alcohol. So...I weaned myself off of them.
I read a bunch on the internet about coming off of them. Some people said it took 2 years! Ummm, no way am I doing that.
So....question is..I am having some moods swings and crying jags. I have not been taking them at all for 2 weeks. So I am wondering if I should call the doctor and ask for something else or just ride it out now that it has been this long.
I KNOW I should have talked to the doc BEFORE I came off them but here I am now.
Any advice?

**Astro** · 06-19-2009, 11:17 AM

YES, call your prescriber! We're not doctors here (thank goodness for that) and shouldn't be handing out that kind of advice.

What I can share is that everyone is going to have a different experience or reaction to wean off a med. I kept reading horror stories on the internet about stopping EffexorXR. Tingling, electric shocks, paralysis, etc. and I also had people tell me it was hellish coming off of it. So I followed what my prescriber advised and kept in contact with her. A month later I was done with zero side effects.

I'm sure you won't be the first one that didn't call your doc first, just let him/her know what you're doing and see what they suggest.

TTOSBT · 06-19-2009, 01:16 PM

thanks.

Overman · 06-21-2009, 02:17 PM

Ditto what Astro said...

06-19-2009, 10:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
TTOSBT To Thine Own Self Be True Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,948	Questions re: Celexa detox Hi all; I have been taking Celexa for several years. I do not want to take it anymore. I have been sober for over a year and I think that a lot of my depression/PMDD symptoms were because of the alcohol. So...I weaned myself off of them. I read a bunch on the internet about coming off of them. Some people said it took 2 years! Ummm, no way am I doing that. So....question is..I am having some moods swings and crying jags. I have not been taking them at all for 2 weeks. So I am wondering if I should call the doctor and ask for something else or just ride it out now that it has been this long. I KNOW I should have talked to the doc BEFORE I came off them but here I am now. Any advice?

06-19-2009, 11:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,833	YES, call your prescriber! We're not doctors here (thank goodness for that) and shouldn't be handing out that kind of advice. What I can share is that everyone is going to have a different experience or reaction to wean off a med. I kept reading horror stories on the internet about stopping EffexorXR. Tingling, electric shocks, paralysis, etc. and I also had people tell me it was hellish coming off of it. So I followed what my prescriber advised and kept in contact with her. A month later I was done with zero side effects. I'm sure you won't be the first one that didn't call your doc first, just let him/her know what you're doing and see what they suggest. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

06-21-2009, 02:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Overman 9/15/08 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midwest Posts: 257	Ditto what Astro said... __________________ "If you can smile whenever anything goes wrong, you are either an idiot or a repairman." (or sober!) ~ Anon

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06-19-2009, 01:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
TTOSBT To Thine Own Self Be True Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,948	thanks.

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