I have been on 10mg of Celexa for a week. I feel drugged and spacey. Does it get better?
I'm new on Celexa and I feel stoned?
Question posted by Kingofblue on 15 Dec 2016
Last updated on 4 August 2024
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3 Answers
Inactive
16 Dec 2016
It really does get better, one day you'll wake up and it will seem like your not taking anything. You just feel better.
Hang in there.
Kingofblue
16 Dec 2016
Thank you for replying ! Did the same happen with you? I just hate feeling altered or medicated and get panicky.
Inactive
16 Dec 2016
It did, I had balance issues when I started Celexa and was zoned out for a while.
I get panicky also if I feel like I'm not in control of my mind and body. I used Ativan to help with anxiety.
But after a while I didn't notice any thing strange anymore. It just went away. And I felt like me. I truly hope this happens for you too.
Kingofblue
16 Dec 2016
Really weird. It's been super bad for the last week and literally felt like I was stoned out of my mind. Today I just feel weird and really off just not quite myself very odd. But hopefully it's getting better. things just don't look or feel right but I know that the medication is working with my mind and logically I know that I am taking a substance. And that is what is causing it . Still just scary
Inactive
16 Dec 2016
It is scary, I totally get it.
I hope you feel better soon. HUGS
Wiifittrainer
4 Aug 2024
Do you still take it? How long until things got better?
Inactive
16 Dec 2016
Hi Kingofblue: I empathized with you back when you posted that you were having problems with lexapro. I also had a lot of problems and side effects with it, as I had listed for you in that post. Now celexa, and a problem. I am so sorry! Here is a suggestion: Maybe starting out a little slower, like a dose of 5mg daily instead of 10mg. It might be easier on your system. The tablet has a line in the middle that can be scored and cut it in half. Just because a dose is called "therapeutic", it is not a "one size fits all" situation. Once your body accepts the smaller dose, you could consider going back up to the 10mg dose again. Fingers crossed, hope this one works out for you! Keep in touch and let us know how it's working and how you're feeling, OK?
Kingofblue
16 Dec 2016
Thank you so much sincerely for checking in. My biggest problem is I panic when I feel altered like stoned or medicated. I'm trying to hang in there I just keep telling myself it will get better and it's not permanent. I just needed to know I'm not the only one that this happened to you and it's a common thing. Thank you again for caring
NoWires
16 Dec 2016
I just started 10mg of Celexa yesterday and feel drugged and spacey as well. I sure hope it is temporary.
Kingofblue
16 Dec 2016
So do I. We are I. The same boat. Hope you're hanging in there
lepensanja
16 Dec 2016
Its totally normal. i myself was on 10, then 20 now 30, when i started taking it i felt like i was loosing my mind, i myself don't like feeling off or weird, i suffer from health anxiety and i seem to think all these things are wrong with me, i convince my self, certain things then go into panic mode. everyone tells me it gets worse before it gets better and it can be like 6-8 weeks. tomorrow will be 3 weeks that i have been on 30 mg and i am up and down like a yo-yo. one day i am fine, the next day my anxiety is threw the ruff, i feel spacey, and severely tired but cant rest. and for what ever reason i seem to have muscle tension in my legs now, my appetite is all screwed up, i had sleeping issues but that's also up and down now, some nights i sleep great, other nights i am up all night. today i had a super horrible day and just wanted to stop the meds but i gotta keep telling my self few more weeks.
i hate taking pills to begin with as they freak me out and hate how they can make you feel. I also seem to have crying episodes and then i feel fine. its crazy how i little pill can make u feel or horrible but in return make you feel wonderful, but first it has to put u threw hell... as most of us will sit and research all of our side effect too see if its normal and then read the wrong thing and go into panic again. its a horrible cycle.. i find talking to people that have gone threw it really helps, reading peoples story's really does help that u are not loosing your mind... oh and i was on celexa before years ago and i felt like crap then too, and stupid me i stopped it because i though i was fine. once my 6 weeks passed i forgot about anxiety and panic attacks it wasn't until weeks later that my mom said u havn't had an attack i didn't even notice, so eventually it will get better. hang in there, u need some one to listen i am here we can bitch to each other how horrible we feel :)
lepensanja
16 Dec 2016
Its totally normal. i myself was on 10, then 20 now 30, when i started taking it i felt like i was loosing my mind, i myself don't like feeling off or weird, i suffer from health anxiety and i seem to think all these things are wrong with me, i convince my self, certain things then go into panic mode. everyone tells me it gets worse before it gets better and it can be like 6-8 weeks. tomorrow will be 3 weeks that i have been on 30 mg and i am up and down like a yo-yo. one day i am fine, the next day my anxiety is threw the ruff, i feel spacey, and severely tired but cant rest. and for what ever reason i seem to have muscle tension in my legs now, my appetite is all screwed up, i had sleeping issues but that's also up and down now, some nights i sleep great, other nights i am up all night. today i had a super horrible day and just wanted to stop the meds but i gotta keep telling my self few more weeks.
i hate taking pills to begin with as they freak me out and hate how they can make you feel. I also seem to have crying episodes and then i feel fine. its crazy how i little pill can make u feel or horrible but in return make you feel wonderful, but first it has to put u threw hell... as most of us will sit and research all of our side effect too see if its normal and then read the wrong thing and go into panic again. its a horrible cycle.. i find talking to people that have gone threw it really helps, reading peoples story's really does help that u are not loosing your mind... oh and i was on celexa before years ago and i felt like crap then too, and stupid me i stopped it because i though i was fine. once my 6 weeks passed i forgot about anxiety and panic attacks it wasn't until weeks later that my mom said u havn't had an attack i didn't even notice, so eventually it will get better. hang in there, u need some one to listen i am here we can bitch to each other how horrible we feel :)
Kingofblue
16 Dec 2016
Thank you so much for your reply. This feeling is so awful. I feel horribly drunk. How long to the left of you fill that spacey dealing with
lepensanja
17 Dec 2016
ya i know such a nasty feeling... feeling like you are loosing your mind.. lol i was like that for 4 weeks till it all went away, but seems like every time they increase my dose i get the horrible side effects. if you are only getting the drugged up spacey feeling, ure lucky, i had like 10 side effects from it...
Kingofblue
17 Dec 2016
Such a horrible feeling. My problem is I panic all day nonstop because I feel this way.
lepensanja
17 Dec 2016
I completely understand, that's exactly how I have been feeling. Seems like all day long i am having a panic attack. Today was a super horrible day. From the time I woke up till now I been feeling really off and panic over everything or for no reason at all.
NoWires
31 Dec 2016
I seem to be adjusting to celexa now after 2 weeks. Definetly helping with anxiety as well. Doc wants me to go to 20mg in a few weeks. I'm wondering if this increase will return that "stoned" feeling again?
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