Comments on: Citalopram (Celexa) Effective for Treating Hot Flashes http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/citalopram-celexa-effective-for-treating-hot-flashes/ MGH Center for Women's Mental Health Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/citalopram-celexa-effective-for-treating-hot-flashes/comment-page-1/#comment-33946 Jean Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:22:36 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=377#comment-33946 I take 20 mg a day before bedtime. Hot flashes and night sweats have been reduced a lot though not eliminated. That's why I'm taking it. Unfortunately I seem to have the side effect of fatigue and am more tired now than when I woke up every 30 minutes in a sweat. I don't have any other side effect. I've been on it for 3 months. I guess it's back to the doctor for another consult. I take 20 mg a day before bedtime. Hot flashes and night sweats have been reduced a lot though not eliminated. That’s why I’m taking it. Unfortunately I seem to have the side effect of fatigue and am more tired now than when I woke up every 30 minutes in a sweat. I don’t have any other side effect. I’ve been on it for 3 months. I guess it’s back to the doctor for another consult.

]]> By: kathleen hewitt http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/citalopram-celexa-effective-for-treating-hot-flashes/comment-page-1/#comment-31121 kathleen hewitt Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/?p=377#comment-31121 I totally agree with the use of Celexa. My gynecologist was surprised when I told her that if I missed a day or two of Celexa (I only take 10 mg daily), I would have flashes and I would cry. The kind of deep crying associated with sadness. I do not have a history of depression. I started Celexa when I was in treatment for rectal cancer in 2005 and went into menopause secondary to chemotherapy. If I take, though, more than 10mg per day, I feel too much anxiety so sometimes, if I'm having a particularly stressful time, I might alternate 10mg with 20mg. every other day, making sure that I take it very early in the morning because I feel that increased dose interferes with sleep. I totally agree with the use of Celexa. My gynecologist was surprised when I told her that if I missed a day or two of Celexa (I only take 10 mg daily), I would have flashes and I would cry. The kind of deep crying associated with sadness. I do not have a history of depression. I started Celexa when I was in treatment for rectal cancer in 2005 and went into menopause secondary to chemotherapy.

If I take, though, more than 10mg per day, I feel too much anxiety so sometimes, if I’m having a particularly stressful time, I might alternate 10mg with 20mg. every other day, making sure that I take it very early in the morning because I feel that increased dose interferes with sleep.

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