I am writing this to share with others the method that I used to make my discontinuation of Celexa as shock-free as possible. First off, I would like to thank the inventors of Citalopram HBr a.k.a. Celexa. Celexa worked really well at curing my depression. Secondly, although not relevant to this discussion, I think it might be helpful for me to mention the cause of my depression so that others may think twice about abusing the drug MDMA a.k.a Ecstasy (a synthetic amphetamine analogue C11H15NO2 used for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties).
Just about every weekend, for five years, I took Ecstasy. On many of those occasions, I would take several doses over the course of the night (at clubs playing house music) to maintain my high. Obviously, this was a rather self-destructive behavior that I needed to stop or else have it stop me. I abruptly stopped my Ecstasy use and found myself suffering from a massive depletion of the neurotransmitter serotonin. I fell into a horrible depression within two weeks and had ALL of the classic symptoms of clinical depression.
Feeling awful, I knew that I needed both psychiatric and psychological intervention. The doctor recognized the cause and prescribed Celexa at 20 milligrams a day for me. At first, the Celexa gave me the worst migraine headaches that I've ever experienced. Excedrin PM cured that nicely. After four or five days, I began to feel some relief from the depression. Basically, this meant that I stopped looking in the mirror and sobbing. I used to cry because of the awful guilt I had for bringing this syndrome upon myself. Although the 20 mg/day helped, it didn't remove the feelings of worthlessness and the lead-like dragging in my feet. Upon the doctor's direction, I increased my dosage to 40 mg/day. This helped quite a bit and after another two weeks, I noticed that I was not thinking as negatively as before- yet I still didn't feel complete relief. The doctor said it was o.k. to increase my dosage to the high end of 60 mg/day.
