Thank you for responding. I have an appointment next week so it will good to start getting all of this figured out. I am just wondering if my mania is coming out through my anger outbursts. I also get very obsessive about things.
I also Gained extremely amount of weight on my 4 10 body from 100 pounds to 286 which now since january Im at 195. So I would also like to know Is Celexa For BIPOLAR. Which I think I know the answer to that, I was also on 40 mg. thank you for any help. Right now at this point Im sorry I do not like Doctors as you can see, They just kept adding medications instead of looking at the one that caused the issue...
I was on Celexa, for 3 months last year but it didn't do much for me, in fact it was like i wasn't on it at all, the only bad side effect was loss of sex drive and libido etc. no weight gain or loss that i noticed. I have bipolar 1, and was on other medication at the time. as you probably know everyone is different when it comes to these types of medication so please don't be discouraged by my comment.
I think with celexa and all antidepressants for bipolar people it can make them manic unless they also take a mood stabilizer. You can go to 10 different doctors and get 10 different answers. Find one you like and stick with him/her. Alot of times the symptoms of mental illnesses overlap each other and can sometimes make diagnosis hard. That is why it is important to try and find one psychiatrist and stick with them.
I have been to Dr. A for years and have taken SSRI's on and off. The best was Celexa and did great on it for a year. It just made me have trouble waking up and made me late to work every morning. Then I moved and went to a new psychiatrist, Dr. H, who knows me less but was more thorough like taking blood and mouth swab test, etc. He seems to think I have a mood disorder (bipolar spectrum) on the the depressive side and thinks Mood Stabilizers like Lamictal would be better for me.
Seroquel is an Atypical Antipsychotic that is great for treating both the bipolar depression and the bipolar mania. It totally stabilized me, however I do get terrible weight gain with it.
2 mg of Valium is a peanut dose, so I am not surprised that it is not helping. Especially if you are in a mixed state or manic.
It can set off mania for someone who has bipolar. That is of concern and you might want to speak to your psychiatrist about that. Lithium is a standard mood stabilizer and does work quite well. Klonopin is an anti-anxiety medication but not a mood stabilizer. If you can't tolerate Lithium there are other choices such as Lamictal but give it a chance. In the meantime I would think the anti-depressent might be worsening things and you might want to speak to your psychiatrist about this.
My wife started taking Celexa about 6 months ago for depression, about 2 months ago they changed her dosage. Everything seemed to be going well until about 4 weeks ago. She has completely lost touch with reality. We have been together for about 7 years with 3 kids together. About 4 weeks ago she cheated on me, then asked for an open relationship which i agreed to because that's what she felt she needed.
From 2002 to 2007 I had been treated for depression. I was on celexa without side effects and mostly liked how it worked but then in 2005, I felt maybe I needed a change. Doctors put me on Effexor XR 150 mg. This was a nightmare for me. It put me into a 1 1/2 year manic episode and I started an affair, abused drugs and then the affair ended and I ended up with a restraining order on me and then arrested (really long story) - After the affair ended, I put myself in a psych ward on a 5150.
My psychiatrist thinks I have Bipolar II, but I've never had a hypomanic experience outside of the two times I've tried SSRIs. I've struggled with depression for as long as I can remember, I'm 24.
I tried prozac when I was 21 and had a hypomanic experience 2 months in. At that time I was drinking a TON, abusing adderall, and getting little sleep.
Then 3 years later I tried celexa, and after 3 days I felt good, then after about 5 I felt too good.
I'm adhd and GAD I am currently on adderal and celexa has been added. I hate antidepressant medications because they make me manic. Does anyone have this problem? Im thinking I may have a little bipolar even though my pdoc said he didn't see any signs.
I have just been prescribed Invega 9 mg for Bipolar Disorder along with 12oo mg of Trileptal and 50 mg of Topamax.I am still having bizzare dreams and feel as if I am sleepwalking and doing odd behavior throughout the day.I feel extremely drugged.Is this pretty commom with this combo of drugs or from any one of these.I have periods to where I just "can't think".Thank you for your response.
From 2002 to 2007 I had been treated for depression. I was on celexa without side effects and mostly liked how it worked but then in 2005, I felt maybe I needed a change. Doctors put me on Effexor XR 150 mg. This was a nightmare for me. It put me into a 1 1/2 year manic episode and I started an affair, abused drugs and then the affair ended and I ended up with a restraining order on me and then arrested (really long story) - After the affair ended, I put myself in a psych ward on a 5150.
Lilymoon is absolutely right. Usually it takes effect starting about 3 weeks afterwards. Most common initial side effects are nausea, indigestion and sleepiness, but they usually go away after a few weeks. Personally Celexa did absolutely nothing for me, but I know several people for whom it works great. It's the first-line drug for a reason - it's the least dangerous anti-depressant, with the least chance of side-effects. Don't worry, just try it and see how it goes.
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