Posted by Christina on May 18, 2001, at 7:25:10
In reply to Re: Withdrawal from Celexa, This is CRAZY » Cassie, posted by SalArmy4me on May 16, 2001, at 13:29:44
I'm withdrawing from Celexa and I have had terrible side effects. It has been nearly a month, and I still have dizzyness, confusion, brain shocks, headaches and flu symptoms. Maybe some people don't notice it because they go from one Med to another.
Everyone reacts differently, but it has been difficult for me.
> I found that Celexa withdrawal syndromes are rare in the literature. There were only two case reports of it documented (as of October 2000):
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> 1) Fernando, Antonio T. III MD. Schwader, Patrick. A Case of Citalopram Withdrawal. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 20(5):581-582, October 2000.
> 2) Benazzi F. Citalopram withdrawal symptoms. Eur Psychiatry 1998;13:219-20.
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> Besides, the two case reports above describe the main symptom of Celexa withdrawal (assuming this is a consistent recurring phenomenon) as dizziness--mostly light-headedness, which came on very suddenly but lasted only a few hours. The patients had no further symptoms in the next few days.
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