Taking Cipralex

[sian]

How effective is Cipralex at balancing out low mood, has anyone tried it and felt genuinely happier? How long did it take to work?

[Greedyfly]

I took it and unfortunatly I didn't 'take' to it. It made me seriously sick (vomit) so after a few days I stopped.

[nykkieberry]

I've been taking it for three weeks now and apart from an initial allergic reaction, which has worn off, it's working fine. I spoke to my doctor about my 'progress' yesterday and she said it is a very gentle drug that didn't make you feel spaced out and hyper-real like some SSRs. I must admit, after three years of hell on Seroxat, it's nice to feel like me again. Emotions aren't blocked out on it - just evened out. It's giving me chance to address issues whereas on Seroxat I just thought 'Sod it'. One thing I would advise though, combine taking it with exercise, meditation or 'time out', healthy living and diet and good old fashioned talking it through. Good luck and take care.

[Jess]

Exercise helps release endorphines which might help you feel better. I get 'down' sometimes, I was on prozac which just made me really sleepy. I personally don't like taking pills but I do find that when I exercise I feel better.

[muffie]

i've been taking it three months now after having been on quite a wide range of antidepressants that havent helped and altho i felt a bit peculiar for the first couple of days i feel fantastic now i think it took about a week before it actually helped.

[maddog 1]

i took cipalex for 8 weeks and it made me worse sortof. what i am saying is that i was in a very depressive state of mind and i was feeling like this for three yrs but being me i thought i could handle it till it started to affect my family i was getting paranoid very angry and my baines would not talk to me. so that was it i went to doctors and he gave me cipralex which i had to take 10mg once a day for 14 days then 20mg till i finished. the depression was going but my anger was getting real bad. but when i did get this medication the doctor said it would lift me up from this depresion and lower my anxiety which my motto is dont knock it till u tried it, but it did not work for me.

[travelsweety]

I'v suffered with depression for over 10 years, I tried seroxat 7 years ago, it made me very ill, don't know how survived. I started taking cipralex in june this year (2004) for the 1st 10 days or so, I was numb, I seemed to have no feelings at all. For the next 8 weeks My sypmtoms became far worse, depression, anxiety etc. but at the insistance of my doc I persevered. I had to take 10 weeks off work (couldn't even leave the house most of the time) but I don't regret it. I now feel better than I have for at least 20 years. the only remaining side effects are - odd sleeping habits, strange and vivid dreams and lots of bruising (I look like I've been beaten up all the time)but for me it's worth it, I've suffered such a lot with depression, I would reccommend this for anyone who finds depression is preventing them from leading a normal life. good luck. xxx

[FP]

I take Cipramil which is very similar to cipralex. I have taken it for several years and it does balance me out. It doesn't have many side affects, except for weird dreams and dodgy sleeping habits. I take it for anxiety and although I am still an anxious person and worry, I do not get the awful panic attacks that I used to and I can cope far better with life.