Celexa Withdrawls!

[nodrog]

  Ive been on celexa for 1 year on 20mg, and it felt like it wasnt working so my pc said well just stop taking it, and doing what she said i did. All hell has broken loose, 4 days into not taking it i was fine!! Never felt better felt like i was ALIVE again, sex drive better than ever!

    But now today at day 8, i'm having what feels like electrods pulsing throgh my body, throwing up, intense feelings of pretty much everything! Crying all the time, and just dizzy. Went to the ER and told them what was going on becuase i was scared. They said withdrawls after doing all the fun labs and a ct of my head. Holy Hell tell me someone has went through this.

 

   I feel like i can't do it anymore im calling the office of course when they open but i don't understand why it always happens to me, everything bad. I'm a mom of 3 very little kids, and going for a BA in criminal justice and work my butt off for my husband but still all the good i give just comes back bad. Yes im only 21 but ive accomplished more in my years than most of my family has thier whole life, and i get the aniexty disorder, im 21 and ashamed of it, i feel like a freak that i can't be "ok" without taking pills.

[amialone48]

Welcome to CrazyBoards!

 

I was on Lexapro for a while, and that is similar to Celexa (I think it's like a newer version of it). Anyway, I quit that cold turkey in 2009, and had horrible withdrawals. The worst part of it was the "brain zaps" -- a feeling like an electric shock or current going through my brain. Ugh. I can't remember all the other symptoms, but I think I had some nausea too. Quitting meds cold turkey is a bad idea. I'm surprised your doctor said it was okay to do.

 

I would encourage you to challenge your thoughts of shame around your anxiety disorder and having to take meds. I know, easier said than done. But you can't control the fact that you have an anxiety disorder; it isn't your fault; you haven't done anything wrong; so you have nothing to be ashamed of. It sucks to have to be on meds, I know. But, like they say, you wouldn't shame a diabetic for taking insulin, so why shame a person with an anxiety disorder for taking their medication?

[crtclms]

Hi, I am going to move this to anti-depressants. A wider range of members will see it that way, so you might get more feedback.