Medicine?

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Registered: 03-29-2003
Medicine?
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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

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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: candiems
Fri, 09-16-2005 - 8:06am

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.