Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Been taking Celexa for about one and a half years. It works well for me! I didn't have many emotional symptoms of anxiety on a normal day, but I have IBS that was very much exasperated by my stress levels.
Anyway, it works really well for what I want it to do, but it makes me so exhausted. These have been the most tiresome 18 months of my life, and I gained a ridiculous amount of weight from being way too tired to do anything. I suffer from insomnia as well, but that has always been the case and I never felt so incredibly tired. (I just end up sleeping at weird times)
Anyone else have this happen? What did you do? I also tried wellbutrin and another medicine (sorry, forgot he name) but all they did was make me incredibly irritable.
Those who haven't taken celexa, would you take a medication that does 100% of its intended purpose, for the price of all your energy?
Anyway, it works really well for what I want it to do, but it makes me so exhausted. These have been the most tiresome 18 months of my life, and I gained a ridiculous amount of weight from being way too tired to do anything. I suffer from insomnia as well, but that has always been the case and I never felt so incredibly tired. (I just end up sleeping at weird times)
Anyone else have this happen? What did you do? I also tried wellbutrin and another medicine (sorry, forgot he name) but all they did was make me incredibly irritable.
Those who haven't taken celexa, would you take a medication that does 100% of its intended purpose, for the price of all your energy?
I did try proranalol(sp?) but that made me very depressed and I had to stop taking it.
I also have xanax for panic attacks as needed.
I do feel a lot better and plan to stay on it. In regard to fatigue, I am not sure. I do feel more tired than usual. I thought it was more due to dragging around in bad arthritis pain for nearly two years, then recovering from hip surgery back in October. I also need to be more active.
My doctor initially had me take my Celexa at night, but it gave me insomnia, so I take it early in the morning. My doctor is also having me wean off xanax, which isn't much fun, but I was on the lowest possible dosage.
Good luck!