I’ve been on antidepressant twice… the side effect have been horrible. The second time, I have to stop due to the side effect . Lexapro was the first antidepressant I tried, then my doctor changed me to Celexa, which made me feel so bad! I looked like a zombie. Ohh I remember that day. It was a Monday, I went to see Dr. Barden and we talked about the side effect I was getting with Lexapro. He was really surprised, I was his first patience, who had side effect with Lexapro ( I’m always trying to be different you know lol ) ”Lexapro is suppose to be the antidepressant with less side effect”, he said… anyways… He prescribe me Celexa, but he warned me ”Celexa has more side effect than Lexapro…” and he gave me a list of the possibles side effects.
Later that day I went to Walgreen’s and I bought the pills. After taking the first one I started to feel sleepy so, I went to bed (big mistake). I woke up two hours later, with an anxiety attach (the first one in my entire life!! ) my heart was beating so hard I thought it was going to explode. I was feeling so queasy, I was barely able to walk. I felt like running and throwing myself out through the window, I felt with so much energy. Took me 2 hours to go back to sleep.
The following days my eyes were so red I looked like I was ”high”, all my body felt sore and the panics attach continued through the day…. In short worlds, I WAS FEELING LIKE CRAP!. I wasn’t getting any better… the nurses from the school called my doctor and he told me to stop taking the pills (Celexa).
I kept going to counseling (I started counseling before starting antidepressants), and by the end of that semester we find out what was wrong with me. My life change after that experience with those antidepressant. I began to trust my counselor and I started to REALLY TALK.
That was my experience with Lexapro and Celexa… the first few days
. I was scared of those side effect they show in the back of the box. I’ve been on antidepressants before and the side effect can get pretty nasty…
