Posted by crittercuddler on December 26, 2008, at 15:38:48
In reply to Re: Is THIS anti-depressant induced Mania? » crittercuddler, posted by SLS on December 26, 2008, at 7:53:27
Scott,
To simply answer your question, 3 years.
Here is the explanation:
I took Celexa 60mg from Fall of 2001 to Dec. of 2005. (It started to poop out on me in the beginning of 2005.) I do have concerns though that the poop out had to do with it going generic. There are studies that show a difference in generic versus brand name drugs, and recently I found a study on Celexa in particular as being one that is proving to NOT be equivalent. Celexa went generic at the end of 2004, so that coincides with my starting to deteriorate at the beginning of the next year. It is a moot point though because even brand name Celexa gives me the bad activation at 2.5mg now.
Celexa evened out my moods (I had always been very irritable and emotionally labile before taking it). It took the edge off of my obsessions and helped somewhat with my depression. I still struggled a lot with my OCD and depression while on it though, although partial response seems to be the norm.
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