Switching from Celexa
Hi group,
I’m new to this list. I have been on 20 mg of Celexa for the last 6
weeks for irritability , pms , mood swings. It seemed to help, but I
still felt like I had some agitation here and there still. I worry
about it a little because a lot of times, not as much anymore, I end
up yelling at my kids. I talked to my doc today and asked about L. I
guess 10mg of L. is = to 40 mg of C? Anyway, instead of going up on C
and not looking forward to side effects again, I decided to give L a
try. I took half of C today (10mg)this morning and tonight I took half
(10mg) of L. I’m kind of wondering if I should just take 1/2 an L
(5mg) tomorrow night or if I should take the full 10mg dosage coming
off from 20mg of Celexa ? What do you guys think? What have been your
experiences on this new drug and the sides ? Any weight gain? I’ve
stayed the same weight on C. I’d love to lose some actually.:)
The sides I had with C for quite a while were lots of brain fog times;
where I felt very zoned out. Also, I’d get hot flashes and still
would off and on after 6 weeks. Hopefully, I wont’ have this stuff
with L.
Please fill me in on the good and bad and if you think I made a good
switch. thanks for you help
Jean
May 30th, 2003 at 8:55 am
-Hi, I would just start taking the new lexapro dose at night. I’ve
always taken my celexa or lexapro at night. And lex has less side
effects, so it should be okay.
I see you have mood swings and pms, and so on. We the a/d’s will
do nothing for hormonal stuff. But, I take tegretol and neurontin
for mood swings. And it helps even things out immensely.
Hope this helps. Karen oh yea, I went from 40 of c to 20 of Lex
with no problem, a little headachy and queasey for a week, then
good. I have great energy, but yet, I can sit and read . I have
also experienced weight loss, but I crave sweets.
June 4th, 2003 at 2:53 am
Jean,
I too took the Celexa for PMS. Switched to that from Prozac which
just pooped out on me after a few years. Didn’t want to keep
increasing the doses so changed to C. The first TWO months on the C
I didn’t have any relief from the PMS..same stuff as used to
have..nasty attitude, moody and chew someone out at the drop of a
hat. The 3rd month went better and my 4th month handled the PMS
very well. I almost quit the C because I felt it wasn’t doing me
any good on the PMS weeks but hung in there.
I just started Lexapro this week, on day 3 today. I just started my
period the same day as starting the L so don’t know how it will
handle PMS. Will see next month I guess. Other than that, seems
good so far. Not TIRED all the time like I was on C. Brainfog
doesn’t seem to be there either……I couldn’t remember things so
well on the C either.
I am on 5 mg and will stay here for a while to see what it does.
Shauna