Weaning Off Celexa

This is hell. I'm having rage, and I mean RAGE attacks! I've been off Celexa for about one week. I weaned myself off of Celexa, while replacing it with St. John's Wort. I'm taking 2800 mg SJW to offset no Celexa, and it definitely is helping. But the rage attacks are scary. Really scary. Like road rage type scary. Help.

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While St. John's Wort is said to help with depression, and anxiety, it does not actually replace a prescription medication, since it's efficacy is not clinically proven, nor are its effects comparable to a prescription medication, in spite of the claims that are made about it.

That is also a very high dosage to be taken of it, generally it is not recommended that someone take more than 1,200mgs of it per day.

Thus, the greatest chance you are feeling this way is most likely due to withdrawals, which the FDA reports as being possible, along with fever, chills, rebound depression, and pain.

How fast did you taper off of it and what dosage were you taking?

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I was on 40 mg of that poison. I cut it to 30 mg for 2 weeks, then 20mg for 2 weeks, then 15 mg. Now I'm done with it.

Numerous studies show the efficacy of St. John's Wort to be that of SSRI's. Often greater.

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