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Re: long term side effects of celexa

Posted by bbolling on June 29, 2012, at 21:11:29

In reply to Re: long term side effects of celexa » mariamp, posted by carozforzapped on September 3, 2005, at 2:15:16

Could anyone who was involved with this thread write and let me know if you found any solutions to these long-term injuries/withdrawal effects?

> > Hello, I have been searching for some explanation to some medical illnesses I have been suffering. My latest thoughts are about any long term side effects from the serotonin withdrawal. I was on celexa for 2 years and was off for 4 months when I began to suffer a bout of typical withdrawal symptoms I innitially suffered after coming off of the drug. At the time it only lasted a week. I awoke 4 months later with dizziness, nausea, tingling down my extemities, agitation, and weakness. They lasted a week and what has remained for 5 months now is a constant achiness in my calves and feet along with an upper body tremor. Medically, the many doctors have found no explanation. My concern is a possible addicton-like to serotonin, or long lasting effects of its withdrawal. Has any one heard of such a thing as recurring withdrawal this long after stopping? Or can anyone point me in the right direction? I am sure my psych dr. would say no way. Any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks
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> I was so glad to find your post as something very similar has happened to me. After 5 years on Lexapro (the isomer of Celexa) I had just about every side effect in the book and some that werent. I tapered off very slowly but still went through withdrawal hell that lasted for the month before and then the month after my last dose (nausea, vomiting, something worse-feeling than the flu, hideous migraines & sinus pain, debilitating dizziness, and those terrifying electrical head zaps so many people withdrawing from ssri's havelike having your tongue stuck in an electrical outletand all sorts of creepy neurological oddities: tingling, a kind of skin crawling thing, an eye twitch, muscle jerks, spells of being spastic, etc. Then, after all this had pretty much died down (6 weeks after stopping Lex completely) I began having these sharp, sudden explosive spasms, beginning in my diaphragm but wrenching my whole body. Psychdoc said, my god, youve having myoclonic seizures, and wants me to see a neurologist. (Its now been more than 2 months since I stopped the Lex and the spasms are still going strong.)
> I know most psychdocs are reluctant to admit that ssris can cause longterm neurological side effects (your tingling and tremor, like my myoclonic jerks, definitely seem to be neurological), but in Prozac Backlash and Antidepressant Solution, the Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Glennmullen documents the serious longterm, possibly permanent, neurological damage that can be caused by ssrisside effects that are apparently caused by the ssri but only show up when its stopped.
> It does seem unusual that your symptoms would show up 4 months after stopping Celexa, but the nausea, dizziness, and tingling seem dead-on as ssri withdrawal symptoms from all Ive read, so it seems unlikely to me that the delayed neurological symptoms (tremor in your case, myoclonus in mine) are completely unconnected with the drug. You also mention agitation: Glenmullen describes case after case of ssri-withdrawal-induced agitation so horrible it makes people suicidaland my myoclonic jerks are accompanied by agitation, along with painful sensitivity to sound, light, and smells.
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> Dont know if any of this helps. Do know it would help me to hear from you as to your progress (so much hope youre better by now) and anything new you might have discoveredor from anybody else out there who might have suffered longterm neurological problems during or after withdrawal from an ssri. Thanks for writing!
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