Re: celexa side effects question

May 3, 2004

My son had that difficulty when he tried Celexa. It wasn't pretty and we

were all glad to get him off of it.

Gaylen

May 3, 2004

Celexa was a good drug for my daughter, but when she was on prozac her behavior

deteriorated when we crossed the line and it was too much.

Lynn

celexa side effects question

just wondering if anyone has had extreme mood swings as a side effect

of upping the celexa dosage. My son' rx upped from 1/2 20mg tab 1x

day to 1/2 tab alternating with 3/4 tab every other day. He has been

much more defiant, aggressive, opposition alternating with weepy and

remoseful. (ie, extreme mood swings.) He also is claiming that " he

can't control his body. " At first I thought this was just a creative

excuse, but now I'm starting to wonder if it could be the dosage

change. I will discuss with Dr. G during our phone consult next

week, but I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar

experience...

thanks,

Timary

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May 5, 2004

Timary

We saw nothing at all like this with our increases in Celexa. (Jack

is on 10 mg/day and he is 4 yrs and 39 lbs). We saw all

positives....more alert, more coordination, more communication.

> just wondering if anyone has had extreme mood swings as a side

effect

> of upping the celexa dosage. My son' rx upped from 1/2 20mg tab

1x

> day to 1/2 tab alternating with 3/4 tab every other day. He has

been

> much more defiant, aggressive, opposition alternating with weepy

and

> remoseful. (ie, extreme mood swings.) He also is claiming that " he

> can't control his body. " At first I thought this was just a

creative

> excuse, but now I'm starting to wonder if it could be the dosage

> change. I will discuss with Dr. G during our phone consult next

> week, but I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar

> experience...

>

> thanks,

> Timary

May 6, 2004

Hi Timary,

Yes....over, and over, and over again......................................

That's been one of our biggest challenges because it happens with all the

SSRI's. The low doses are beneficial but things go downhill everytime

we've tried to go beyond that.

I know that there's not always agreement on what these behaviors mean. In

our case I can tell you with 100% certainty that the behaviors are not

behavioral and are due to the medication dose.

If the med is causing problems then no amount of discipline is going to make

that go away. (believe me...I tried,lol) Reducing to a tolerable dose has

been the most effective behavioral intervention for us.

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Cheryl

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