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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 325940" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If he never talked about hallucinations before, I'd be looking straight at the Celexa. I have taken almost every antidepressant known to man and many of them caused me to hallucinate. Usually it is NOT at first...for me it would take time before I'd hallucinate because it does take time to build up in the bloodstream. Then I'd end up in the hospital hallucinating and with toxic blood levels. I don't know if they can do blood levels for Celexa, but I'm betting it's that. Zoloft drove me into the hospital in two weeks. That's the least amount of time. Amitripytlene took a month on 150 mgs. and Imiprimine was good for six months before I woke up hallucinating and in the ER they took a blood level and...yup...it was way too high. After six months it had finally made me hallucinate.</p><p></p><p>You also need to be careful because at first I ignored the amitripytalene hallucinations thinking it was just my active imagination. When it finally hit me full force, I woke up unable to swallow (my throat was closing up) and not just hearing things, but seeing things and colors looked strange (it was like an LSD trip, they tell me). I had to drink water all the way to ER or I would have choked. These are serious medications and often I think we look at the disorder and not the medication, which can either be wonderful or, just as often, make things even worse. I'm on medications now that don't give me side effects. It takes time to find a good mix, and some people are medication sensitive.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, didn't mean to go off on a tangent, but want you to know that in my opinion it is probably the Celexa. Bipolar and antidepressants are often not good friends. And, sadly, doctors, instead of saying "Let's lower the dose" are more apt to say "Let's increase it." Have learned to tell the doctors, "Um, no, let's NOT increase it. I'm weaning down first to see if I feel better, then, if I don't, we can increase."</p><p></p><p>Just passing along my experience. I have a serious mood disorder and was a difficult child myself <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 325940, member: 1550"] If he never talked about hallucinations before, I'd be looking straight at the Celexa. I have taken almost every antidepressant known to man and many of them caused me to hallucinate. Usually it is NOT at first...for me it would take time before I'd hallucinate because it does take time to build up in the bloodstream. Then I'd end up in the hospital hallucinating and with toxic blood levels. I don't know if they can do blood levels for Celexa, but I'm betting it's that. Zoloft drove me into the hospital in two weeks. That's the least amount of time. Amitripytlene took a month on 150 mgs. and Imiprimine was good for six months before I woke up hallucinating and in the ER they took a blood level and...yup...it was way too high. After six months it had finally made me hallucinate. You also need to be careful because at first I ignored the amitripytalene hallucinations thinking it was just my active imagination. When it finally hit me full force, I woke up unable to swallow (my throat was closing up) and not just hearing things, but seeing things and colors looked strange (it was like an LSD trip, they tell me). I had to drink water all the way to ER or I would have choked. These are serious medications and often I think we look at the disorder and not the medication, which can either be wonderful or, just as often, make things even worse. I'm on medications now that don't give me side effects. It takes time to find a good mix, and some people are medication sensitive. At any rate, didn't mean to go off on a tangent, but want you to know that in my opinion it is probably the Celexa. Bipolar and antidepressants are often not good friends. And, sadly, doctors, instead of saying "Let's lower the dose" are more apt to say "Let's increase it." Have learned to tell the doctors, "Um, no, let's NOT increase it. I'm weaning down first to see if I feel better, then, if I don't, we can increase." Just passing along my experience. I have a serious mood disorder and was a difficult child myself :) Good luck, whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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