mandrake Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I certainly could benefit from medical help with chronic depression but have heard that after-imaging and visual snow are sometimes worsened by this med.....caught between a rock and hard place here in that I can't really progress in this state (depression) but could not at all tolerate an increase in my visual symptoms.....I know no one person can offer me a definitive, conclusive answer but I'd love to know if anyone has taken this...I don't drink, I eat well, socialize, go to school, take mass doses of vitamins, meditate etc...so have taken most natural paths imagineable with no improvement....any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Mirtazapine is an anti depressant I think, and people here have had success with it for treating HPPD so look into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 celexa will blow up your hppd, at least it did for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrake Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Joe, Could you message me with some more details? How long you took it? Did you return to baseline symptom level? What did you do as an alternative? Any info would be awesome....thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
special k Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 First hallucinations i ever had were from celexa. I was 14 and depressed so my family doc gave me celexa, I noticed acid like visuals in dark rooms and when outside at night I would see the ground morphing and opening up. The visuals only occurred in the dark and as soon as i stopped taking it they stopped altogether. I got hppd several years later after dozens of shroom and acids trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddikaman82 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I took Celexa for over a year with mixed results. For a while i believe it was helping my depression and anxiety. At the least i did not feel `bad` from it. I felt like it was not helping me much toward the end, and the worst side effect i had was weight gain. If you have weight issues this can bloat you up pretty bad. I lost 20-40 pounds a few weeks after i stopped taking it and could not lose weight even with diet and excersise while on the drug. I had some pretty bad withdrawl symptoms and fell into a deep depression after i stopped taking it. I think its hit or miss but definatly one of the better SSRI's ive tried. Give it a shot it might help you, you will know soon after starting. 40mg is a good dose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay1 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 It might be worth looking into Lamictal as this helps depresssion and, in my case at least, even helped hppd/anxiety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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