Celexa for ptsd
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My husband is an Army Vet. He was medically retired out for PTSD May of this year. He has had PTSD since 03/04 after his first tour in iraq. PTSD can have similar symptoms of BPD, which is common. Your PTSD could be masking actual BPD, but your BPD symptoms could very well be just symptoms of PTSD. I think I have studied and researched PTSD more than most doctors lol, I needed to so I could support my husband. He is also on Celexa but he is on 30mg and he is on 1000mg of Depricote.
Hi, ive been taking 10mg lexapro for nearly 12 months due to ptsd. My blood pressure has always been low but in the last 8 months or so ive been having readings around 108/51 or as low as 96/44 and im wondering if lexapro could have made my b.p even lower than normal and want to know how dangerous this is. I do get lightheaded a lot and wondering what other symptoms could b related to this.
I have Complex PTSD and major depression. I have been through Celexa, Zoloft, and then Wellbutrin.
I am 21 years old, relatively fit, female.
Celexa and Zoloft, I felt fatigued more, irritable, and had suicidal thoughts.
Then I went to try Wellbutrin.....first the first week I couldn't eat a thing but I also felt very happy and more rational. I thought it was perfect. Then I was studying for an oral exam and experienced anxiety, then I start to spasm.
Hey There!
Congrats on your 52 days! I'm around 43 days now off the Sub. I've been taking Citalopram (Celexa) for a couple months now for PTSD and it's great stuff. My Dr. switched me from Zoloft because it wasn't cutting it.
I can relate to the anxiety coming off Sub. I thought that I was going to have a mental break more than once.......
I was on celexa for two years at age 16. It made me go absolutely insane to the point where I tried to commit suicide and ended up in the hospital again. The week I went off of it, I felt incredibly better. I have extreme PTSD now, see a therapist, I have anger issues, and loss of memory all because of Celexa. I would like to know who I can call or go to to report this and get some sort of justice.
I was put on Celexa by my personal physician and informed my Ortho of this new medication. I am a PTSD sufferer. My Ortho put Lyrica on top of it and I - after only two doses - became manic and had my boyfriend poised to call 911 for me so that I could be Baker Acted! I don't know about the specific effects of Lyrica, o ther than the fact that it certainly could have very easily cost me my life!!!
I was put on keppra for the next year but I read on another ptsd related seizure post that for non epileptic seizures such as mine, anti seizure meds are pointless. I have come to find out that two of my old pals who had similar drinking habits have had problems with seizures since exiting the military.
Through the years I have also been perscribed about everything for depression,anxiety,ptsd,and bi-polar disorder alond with xanax. For the last 5-6 years I have been put on 2mg xanax 4x daily..I went to see a new primary care doctor and he flipped out on the dozage and how many years I have been on the xanax.He told me they were for short term use only.Well I Have been perscribed them for a total of 12yrs and at least 5-6yrs at this high of a doze.
But always, question and research for yourself. I hope you get treatment for the PTSD. Rapid Eye Movement Therapy was very helpful for me. If it isn't available, ask if the military can cover this with a civilian physician. After all these years, I am finally addressing the PTSD instead of psychotherapy. I hope some of this help and things go well for you.
I weened myself off cylexa and have been off of it completely for a few weeks now, I was on it for two years, I went on it for PTSD because I was raped and during the time I was on medication I went to counseling through my church, I was on 40 mg, I started cutting the pills in half did that for two weeks, then I starting taking half every other day for two weeks, and then for the past two weeks I have been off of it completely.
t in itself a test of the thyroid. I think it tests the pituitary gland. As for those DNA tests, they are useless. If the Celexa was working, obviously you were absorbing it, right? The best test as far as I know is liver metabolites, not DNA, but it really doesn't matter in your case because you were already on the drug and it was working. You already had the proof you needed.
I have extreme PTSD and am bi-polar leaning toward depression. I have been on meds for years, and had to go into rehab years ago because I have a very addictive personality. The problem is, I am EXTREMELY anxious and have suffered anxiety attacks before and am afraid of just about everything.
Hi, I have been prescribed celexa for my anxiety problems which were chest pains, dizzyness, loss of concentration etc. I have been on 20 mg now for about a month and a half and I was wondering how long it takes for a case like mine to recover and finally come off celexa. Also one weird thing ive noticed is that my eye is twitching a lot which is the only side effect I have from this drug. Will it go away? Anyone else taking celexa for anxiety?
This is kind of a tough one! Did your daughter have any panic attacks BEFORE her surgeries? If NOT, than it would be my humble opinion that the surgeries are, indeed, the culprit. If she had them before the surgeries, it could be a host of issues. Was she treated unkindly at school by classmates that could have left her feeling alone and depressed? Was she anxious about her looks or how this conditon affected her ability to "fit in?
No info on Pristiq from me…I’m sure others have a wealth on info for you. I was also diagnosed with ptsd and was on hydo and morphine for a lot of years and went CT. After day 6 I was on the up and up. The rls started to dissipate and my head cleared. I was on antidepressants until recently for pain but have since stopped due to weight gain. It feels good with noting in me except my BP meds….No pain ..no gain.
You say Been prescribed Celexa but Doc is considering that I might have bipolar 2, is the same doc who has prescribed celexa the one to have concluded BP2 or for instance you were prescribed celexa by a GP then your pdoc told you to stop it as you may have BP2.
Incidentally all pharm companies marketing antidepressants say they don't drive people manic yet they do.
is celexa just for depression?? or does it also help with anxiety's?? is this one on the bottom of the list?? like zoloft,paxil,lexapro,prozac..this is in the same category as these others....please explain this??
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