Hi Katie, sorry for the delay. I rarely check this account. (will be doing an update soon tho!) I agree, it's always important, the issue for me was when you first start medication, it will take time before your body will adjust. From my experience, my need to eat got more intense as I upped my dosage. I think, especially as your starting this process, be aware of what makes you feel comfortable... if working out gets your nervous and anxious, I would wait on it until your meds align... my experience was I got really self-conscious for the first few months. However you deal to take care of yourself, initially, do it... then later on, yes! Working out is great as it gives you natural endorphins which will help your overall mood. As far as eating, i'm probably not the best person to take advice from as I often eat comfort food when I have my low days. I try to be healthy but it's hard when you can't get out of bed sometimes (being on meds will help but won't cure your depression, sadly) Hope that helped and if you want, please DM me if you need anything else. How has your first month been?

yes! oh my goodness this is a long time coming but i have changed my medication to prozac and i feel extremely balanced.

i DID gain weight. I went from celexa and changed to prozac this past half year or so (horrible memory as well!)

tenderboy Can you do an update on your switch to Prozac......is memory loss a known side effect for Celexa. I’m on a tiny dose

How long were you on Celexa and out of five stars what would you rate it? Thank you so much

I ended up being on celexa for 4 years. When i changed the meds, I was at the highest dosage of celexa, i think it was 40mg? I don't remember. When it was good, it worked well like the first 2-3 years but by the time the last year came by, it wasn't working for me. It's all personal preference so i wanted something stronger, which resulted in prozac. I would say 4 out of 5! (again, just my unprofessional opinion)

yes, memory is a huge side effect for celexa. Will do an update this week on the switch!

Ironically now I switched over to prozac and my appetite has grown... i dont quite remember how i handled it but it was definitely staying away from acidic foods, and trying to eat smaller amounts of food more frequently. Hope that was somewhat helpful, i honestly dont remember :(

Today: Good, I was diagnosed also with Borderline Personality Disorder so my dosage has also resulted in terms of that. celexa was not cutting it for me at a certain point. will do update soon, hopefully this week.

I think i will do one soon!

Will do, I apologize for the delay of response.

Hope you are well!

Pia Williams how are u 2 years later ?

i don't give out my personal email but please personally message me here on youtube! i'll do all i can do help!

time, energy, a right fit, $$$, all of those things. i dont think im quite ready yet though ive had various therapists over the years. i would never get therapy through kaiser tho...

lexapro sounds like a dream. so im over a month and every week is different with a different dosage from my doctor. my anxiety is spiking and hopefully i have an end goal in sight to lean off of it... for now, it feels do-able but been hearing some feedback from folks having less side effects... chemicals are crazy that way, huh? thanks for commenting!

im curious, did your doc give you anti anxiety pills as well? yeah im feeling you on the "train of thoughts" issue. like i said, i'm glad but it's also hard to focus on mundane things i used to focus on. how's week 2 for you? less drowsy?

I'm at 3 weeks now - A bit less drowsy I think, but sleep is still weird. I am going back later this week to talk to my doctor about it and just generally check in about how things are going. My doctor just gave me the one pill - cipralex. I think it is called lexapro in the states. It is supposed to help with anxiety, depression, and/or obsession (ocd stuff, I think). My anxiety has definitely gone down on it. I was having heart palpitations before that I didn't know the cause of, but with my anxiety going down, they have stopped, which is great. Also, in relation to suicidal thoughts, I had been advised not to drink on cipralex, but did twice, and found myself having sort of daydreams about dying several times the next day or two, so I have committed to not drinking on this, in case that was what pushed my brain to that spot. It hasn't happened since. How are things going for you in the past couple weeks? Any changes for the better/worse?

this is so great, in terms of finding different perspectives/experiences of anxiety/depression. hope your appointment went well and you continue to seek out community if you need it xo