Celexa vs klonopin

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599170 tn?1300973893 Your doctor switched the Xanax to Klonopin due to the chronic use and longer half-life. Klonopin is more suitable for long-term use than Xanax. It passes rapidly into the central nervous system, with levels in the brain corresponding with levels of unbound clonazepam in the blood serum. Xanax should only be used occasionally or for a short-term treatment of anxiety. Celexa is a very common SSRI AD and it works for many people this might explain the medication switch.
Avatar m tn Hi Everyone! Just one fast question here... I really need to start again a SSRI for my extreme panic disorder and I want to know if the Celexa will work to stop the panic disorder, since I took it for my social phobia at 60 mg/day back in 1999 for 6 months and it did nothing for the social anxiety and my anxiety level didn't improve on it?
Avatar f tn Okay everyone I am desperate. I was diagnowed with severe ocd specificallyspecifically relationship OCD after coming off celexa (I weaned off as instructed). Well anyway I got intrusive thoughts wondering if I loved my very loving boyfriend anymore. I doubted everything... had break downsand decoded to go back on celexa got suicidal... the whole 9... long story short... I was switched to lexapro and am now starting week 4.
1143570 tn?1261219756 I think the Celexa (antidepressant) and the Klonopin (for anxiety) will both help you a lot. Keep in mind that it can take up to 6 weeks for these medications to stabilize in your body before you will see an improvement. Sometime because they start you out on a low dosage, after that amount of time your doctor normally wants to see you back to see how they are working. Most often they need to increase the medication, before you really feel it working at a 100%. So be patient with the meds.
Avatar n tn I have been on 40mg's of celexa for about 8 month's now and also 1mg a day of klonopin each day. I recently tried cutting from 40 to 20 mg's of the celexa to get myself off of it and was having such a weird feeling like my head was sinking in. I then started taking 40mg's again and tried stopping the klonopin that did not work! I was having such panic attacks without the klonopin once I took it it made a world of a difference.
Avatar m tn i switched from lexapro to celexa about 3 weeks ago due to insurance. i was on 20 mg of lex for a month and im on 40mg of celexa for 3 weeks along with .05 klonopin in the morning when my anxiety is at its highest. in my opinion i dont feel like the celexa even touches my anxiety thats why i take the klonopin with it in the morning! I dont know if maybe i need to give more time for the celexa to work even if i was on lexapro before it for 3 weeks?
Avatar m tn You may feel a few side effects in the beginning like tiredness from the Klonopin and maybe a little nausea from the Celexa. Try not to worry about those because they usually go away. Once the Celexa kicks in and gets in to your system you may not even need the Klonopin any more. Many of the antidepressants like Celexa work on both anxiety and depression.
1302779 tn?1287405029 thanks for the reply! i am on celexa and klonopin and feel the celexa doesnt touch my anxiety! I would like to know if remeron helps u with anxiety? did u ever try celexa?
Avatar n tn Celexa is the only one that has helped enough that I can taper off Klonopin. I am down from 2 mgs a day to .75mgs a day with no return of symptoms. I was on the klonopin and still having anxiety and panic attacks until the Celexa was added. I hated Lexapro. Insomnia was a problem with all the SSRI's I tried until Celexa. Give it a try.
Avatar m tn Can anyone tell me if it is safe to switch from Xanax to Klonopin abruptly and deal with the taper of the Klonopin later or should I do an inter dose schedule, crossing from one to another and at what rate? Please help, any suggestion is appreciated.
Avatar f tn My doctor has advised me to use the klonopin until the anti. kicks in. I have been on 20mg of celexa now for a week and he would like me to go up to 30mg soon. Does anyone know how long it takes for this stuff to kick in, I'm just wondering if I should hold off with upping to 30mg for awhile and see if the 20 mg is enough. I hate feeling ansie all the time, and the klonopin does seem to help with that, but isn't it pretty addictive? My dr.
1134609 tn?1269272200 We've got a good tapering schedule down for the Klonopin and it shouldn't be too rough, I'm on a small dose and have only been using it for six months. It's just getting me 'stoned' and neither of us feel that it's necessary. It's just too addictive, at the very least, I'd like to be on a smaller dose. I don't mind the Neurontin, but I develop a tolerance to it quickly and have to continually up the dose.
1302779 tn?1287405029 hello all i have been on 40mg celexa and .05 klonopin for a few months now. I feel that the ssri doesnt relly touch the anxiety ,and without the klonopin i would still be anxious! Does anyone get anxiety relief from there ssri alone? i know many people take 2 or more meds and I just wanted to know if im on the right track. any input would be great!
Avatar m tn i have had problems with my anxiety being really bad this past year and he prescribed me on klonopin. so i take celexa 40 mg for depression and klonopin .5 mg 3 times a day and now im on a new med called vistaril 25 mg three times a day with the klonopin. is this safe? i feel like im taking too much? please help!!! thanks!
1166402 tn?1303847056 I just started 20 mg of generic Celexa (3 days ago) and the doc also gave me Ambien and Klonopin (take .25mg) to relieve the anxiety until the Celexa kicks in. I wake up shaky/hot and kind of panicky. Which drug is this from drugs, or is it still the anxiety. I know this takes time, but I don't want to mess with any drugs that might be making the symptoms worse (i.e Klonopin or Ambien). I also don't want to become dependent on the Klonopin and ambien either.
1539379 tn?1294332115 I also take 05 mg klonopin with clexa in the morning and I feel the klonopin helps more than the celexa with anxiety. that being said I am slowly weaning off the celexa very slowly and see if the klonopin will be enough. the jaw clenching especially at night is not fun. We are all different and hope it works for u!
Avatar n tn I am ok for a while then all of a sudden boom there goes a panic attack! I am on celexa and klonopin which has helped me a lot. My doctor told me to take 2 mg's a day of klonopin and I am now on 20mgs of celexa I was once on 40. I only take half a klonopin every morning I want to try and take myself off of it. My primary care doctor tells me otherwise than the psychiatrist he rather me try not taking klonopin, because it can be so addicting.
Avatar n tn my physician put me on celexa, inderal, klonopin and trazadone. with celexa alone i have rage attacks, when she added klonopin to the regime i got migraines hence the inderal. The trazadone was added to help me sleep (i was averaging 1-2 hrs a night). i wanted to sleep all the time and could not stay awake. After a few months of this i decided something need to change, doctor switched klonopin with lithium and stopped the inderal and trazadone.
Avatar f tn Lucky for me I had no problem at all getting off the Effexor. I did it on my own. I took out about ten grains every day for the first the first week, 20 grains each day the second week and so on. It was a capsule and it took patience and good eyesight. I had no withdrawal whatsoever. I took 1mg of klonopin 2x a day for panic disorder with GAD. It worked great. When I tried lowering the Klonopin my panic attacks returned. I think menopause has a lot to do with it.
1302779 tn?1287405029 once the klonopin kicks in i feel better. i just dont feel like the celexa touches my anxiety and without the klonopin my anxiety wouldnt go away. does anyone have hightened anxiety in the morning? is there any ssri's that work better than others for anxiety or is taking 2 meds kinda protocol? thanks for any input!
Avatar n tn My question now is, can I take one of these low dose Xanax today? I started the Celexa last night and took 1 mg Klonopin to sleep. I just want to feel normal again.
Avatar m tn been on celexa for over a year now started out on 10mg now up to 40 mg i want to get off this stuff its ruined my sex life a feel like a zombie most of the time, but i hear all these war storys about getting off this drug any advice. my dr thinks this is a miracle drug also take .50 klonopin as needed my be 2 times a week.
Avatar n tn I have a question is anyone just on klonopin for panic? I feel it's a wonder medication. I was on celexa and klonopin a little over a year now. I stopped the celexa I felt it wasn't doing much. The withdrawals from that were out of control! Something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. So I decided just to got o my primary care doctor for desperate help he was the only 1 around that day. He put me on Cymbalta I took it for a week 30mg's and for 2 days I took 60mg's.
Avatar n tn I been on 40mg of celexa and 1 mg a day of klonopin for almost a year now due to panic attacks. Which helped me a great deal. I decided to wean myself off of celexa and I did it very gradually and the correct way according to my doctor. I stopped taking it almost a week ago. I been going through absolute torture! I never experienced something like this before.
433485 tn?1321813390 I had a horrible episode that started right before the holidays of anxiety. I am on 80 mg of celexa, 100 mg of wellbutrin, 50 mg of lamicatal 50 mg of seraquel ( at night ) and 2 mg. of klonopin tid ( upped from .5 tid before episode , also the lamictal and seraquel were added and wellbutrin dropped from 300 mg a day to 100). My question is this: I started feeling better and my pdoc and I decided to drop the klonopin to 1 mg in the am, 1/2 mg. in the afternoon, and 1 mg. in the evening.
Avatar f tn I only started them 8 weeks ago, .50 zoloft and .50 klonopin 3x/day. Started to feel extreme anxiousness in the mornings, and blamed the zoloft so I asked my doctor to get off it and she gave me a tapering schedule, once off that I will begin tapering off the klonopin (using buspar---not as addictive as other benzos, so dr said). Hoping I can try to work my way through these attacks without medicine. Are you suppose to take celexa for anxiety. Is the anxiety severe enough?
1589097 tn?1343433112 Hi;! After a stressfull april, I thought may was going well, things were lookin up, Out of the, blue though last thurs the 3rd, as I was sitting watching tv suddenly I couldn't breathe well, heart was racing, arms hurt. Went to e.r.and nothing was wrong. Ever since then, everyday I am,functionless,, all I do is cry, head burns, arms burn , heart races. I can't even take care of my 11yr old properly. My husband has had to stay home and is runnin out of time.