First, Welcome and Second, sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I haven't tried Celexa, but when I was first diagnosed with Fibro my doctor put me on Cymbalta. I remember it helped in the beginning. I don't know if that had more to do with finally being diagnosed and maybe I was relieved that I wasn't secretly ' crazy '. Best of luck and healing.

Angela

Welcome and good to have you here. Sorry you are in so much pain. You will find lots of support here. Keep posting.

I took celexa for several years for anxiety. This was before I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia so I can't say if it works for pain. It did help me with anxiety and sleep issues. I now take Cymbalta which has been no help with pain for me. I think that I felt better on Celexa and was considering asking my Dr. if I could switch. I hope that it works for you.

Hi Amber. Welcome to this group. Sorry you have fibro but at least you know you're not alone. Great people here with lots of experience and information about fibro. Good luck with the Celexa!

Jo

I took Celexa for a couple weeks years ago (for depression, not Fibro). I had to change to something else because I had severe nausea on even a very low dose so I can't really say if it worked, but I react to everything so don't let that discourage you. I'm on Amitriptyline now with no issues, but it's too soon to tell how effective it will be. Good luck, hope you find something that helps you!

Welcome to the group. I have no experience with Celexa, but wanted to welcome you anyway

Hello Amber, and Welcome! I've not been prescribed Celexa, so I cannot answer about that, but I do hope it offers you some relief.

Welcome, and hello!
FM comes in so many "flavors"... mine tends to be years of ouch that fade out to years of barely-there to the years-long ouch again so far.... meds can help but I can't be on too many with other conditions I have. I'm in some ouch years, and I'm hoping that I'll find that "remission" again.
Feel free to join in on check-in to meet us etc., and browse the subgroups above (treatments, etc.). Mostly we post on the main discussion board, tho', so that's the best place to be "seen".

Cheers,
Leo

Sorry about your diagnosis. The best advice I would offer to you is to begin educating yourself by purchasing a really well-reference book on FMS/MPS. It is complex and hard to understand at first but the basics need to be understood and things like the difference between bio-chemical and neuro-muscular helps to separate the two. The more you know, the less scary it becomes and you can become more proactive with your treatment plan and choices you may want to make regarding doctors and other healthcare options. Combining everyone here, there is a lot of experience here but always keep in mind that we may have the same illness but what works for some of us doesn't work for all of us. We have different symptoms from time to time, so if you read something describing an unfamiliar symptom, realize that some of it changes.