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Mental Health Support

OldBaldy1701E

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8. Best of luck with this.

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 07:24 AM

Dec 2022

I hope that it helps. Personally, I will never put another SSRI into my body ever again. The side effects are bad. The damned things rewired my head and not in a good way. I am still very pissed off about this, as the offending facilities had no issue tossing them down my throat with little or no oversight or follow up.

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I started taking Citalopram yesterday. Generic Celexa. I had problems with depression [View all] brewens Dec 2022 OP

Took celexa for a while, works well. I didn't get start getting the benefits until 3 weeks in. emulatorloo Dec 2022 #1

I have taken Citalopram for years, it works without causing other problems. Chainfire Dec 2022 #2

My husband takes it. Helps a lot. Zero side effects for him. onecaliberal Dec 2022 #3

I hope I don't have any problems. My doctor says the side-effects can be serious but he's only brewens Dec 2022 #4

i found it to be a good drug. The sideaffects diminish over time but the benefits go up samsingh Dec 2022 #5

I took Celexa for years and did fine. Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #6

I'm already noticing a difference. I thought my heart rate was a little elevated for the first brewens Dec 2022 #7

Best of luck with this. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #8

Anyone have good results with escitalopram? Owl Jun 2023 #9