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Posted by Been-There on September 24, 2003, at 13:54:56
From my experience, this drug is not fit for a rat. I used to take it and it's side effects were horrible! I had seizures, it gave me horrible nausea, diarria, tingling, and, sweating. I never had such a terrible experience in my life. I ended up passing out a total of three times while taking it and coming closed to it several other times in the period of this time as well. (I read at other sites and this site that others experienced some simular symptoms) The toxic med gave me horrible acid reflux which nothing would help. Nightsweats and full body tingling happening often. One night, I passed out right infront of my kids and had to have my sister take me to the hospital. After that, enough was enough and I quit the medicine. I refuse to ever take another anti-anxiety medication again. I have never gotten anything out of that kind of medicine but grief. I have tried several kinds for my anxiety and ADD and now I am living with a mild form of epilepsy as a result from taking prozac when I was real young. What a horrible experience?
I don't think being happy can be accomplished when you are feeling too sick to enjoy life anyway. It reminds me of that Ren and Stympy episode where Stympy makes Ren put on a Happy helmet just so Stympy doesn't have to deal with with Ren snapping his cap on him.. Poor Ren goes walking around with this huge uncomfortable helmet gripping tightly around his huge uncomfortable forced grin being forced by the Happy helmet. Thats basically what was happening when I was taking the Celexa.
This is your body. Be careful what you put into it. Always check the side effects before using. research. Many psyc medications cause heart problems. Many cause seizures that will never go away even when you stop using the meds. I was lucky I quit the medication before my seizure disorder happened on both sides of my brain or before it could damage my heart or another part of my body. I woke up. Now it's your turn to do your homework.
Posted by Janejj on September 24, 2003, at 19:13:38
In reply to Celexa Sharing-Revisited, posted by Been-There on September 24, 2003, at 13:54:56
Its different for everyone. What you have gone through sounds horrible, but Celexa has been great for me, I don't have any side effects.
Janejj
Posted by Been-There on September 26, 2003, at 10:59:03
In reply to Re: Celexa Sharing-Revisited » Been-There, posted by Janejj on September 24, 2003, at 19:13:38
Glad to hear you had better success with Celexa.
Your body obviously can tolerate that type of drug. Not everyone can tolerate that type of drug. Especially those you have a low tolerance to seizure activity. I think in part it is the fault of some of our pdocs for throwing us on medications too fast and without questions about our body weight, medical history, possible medicine tolerances, or asking us about what kinds of reactions we may have had to certian types of medications in the past.
Our bodies are all different. Some of us have health problems that would not react to well to certian types of medications. We all weigh differently, have different height and build, and medicine may or may not always be what is best for everyone, and it is very crucial that pdocs weigh all these things into consideration before feeding people all these huge doses of meds. Sad fact is that not all do. Alot of them just hand drugs out like it is candy and my suggestion to all is to ask the tell the pdoc these things if they do not ask. Get them involved in your medical history. Don't just take anything without having a pretty good idea how it will affect you. Your body is important. Study and find out the facts about the effects the drug will have on your body overall before taking.
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