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| Thu, 09-15-2005 - 9:43pm |
Hello,
I haven't posted in a while. I have been taking celexa for about 4 months now. I was on a a really high dosage along with a low dose of klonopin for a while. I stopped the klonopin a couple of months ago and have been just taking celexa. The problem I have is that the celexa makes me feel like I have had too much coffee really jittery and I can't seem to sleep. I can only take it at night because it makes me feel too wierd during the day. I have cut my dose down tried taking it at different times of the day and night but nothing seems to help. I am going to make an appt with my doctor but I was wondering if any of you have experienced this reaction after beening taken off klonopin or xanax. I didn't notice the side effects of the celexa until I was off klonopin so I relate it to the klonopin stopage. What if any anti depressants do you take? I would like to try a different kind but wanted some feed back before going to my doctor. He isn't a pdoc, I stopped seeing my pdoc because I didn't feel comfortable with him. I am just seeing my family doctor now. Anyways I have rambled on way too long now any advice would help.
Thanks,
Candie

Hi, Candie! Nice to hear from you. FWIW, agitation, jitteriness, etc. would have been an almost immediate side effect of stopping the klonopin. It would have passed in a couple of weeks. It's advised to go off the benzoziazepines slowly, as this is a pretty common effect.