Cat S replied: "You need to talk to your doctor about this because whether you need maintenance medication in the long term or can be weaned of celexa entirely depends on the type of condition you suffer (IE. whether the cause of your illness is biological in nature like melancholic depression or grounded in psychological causes like those that are linked to stressful events in a person’s life, etc). SSRIs are not addictive but weaning off the medication may cause you to experience withdrawal symptoms, which speaking from personal experience is best done under medical supervision from your doctor or shrink. The side effects from withdrawal are usually short term in nature...such as nausea, dizziness and sleepiness. If you come off medication, you may experience a whole array of different symptoms which would be best discussed with your doctor as each person's response is different as is the effect of different medications. Some long term effects of various SSRIs I've had included both weight gain and weight loss, headaches, loss of appetite as well as binge eating, constant nausea, dizziness, and ataxia. However I am drug sensitive and once I came off these medications, most of the symptoms righted themselves and my metabolism returned to normal when it came to food and weight gain/loss. This transition period can be managed with healthy planned diet and regular light exercise... The downside was the depression returned as the medication was what was helping me to manage my moods. Later I was diagnosed bipolar type 2 and I'm on a long term medication regime of tegretol/lamictal/cipramil to deal with my episodes are mixed affective in nature."

raymondcasillas68 replied: "xanax works great for me! no sexual dysfunctions and the only side effect is that it may, not will, cause dependency. it depends if u follow ur dosage and keep it in control. wellbutrin, soloft, paxil and a few others caused me ED and didn't do the trick for me to dealing with my anxiety attacks and agoraphobia. i take xanax and it works well for me. some doctors follow the pharmaceutical mainstream and prescribe other new medications with tons of side effects. they also say u'll grow a dependency on benzodiazepine, but if u have the condition and need the other medication, won't u be dependant on that medication too? so unless they can give u a medicine that will cure ur anxiety for ever, I'd go for the benzo, it is very safe, no noticeable side effects and it's time tested."

mompoo replied: "It is possible that you have become used to the medication and might need a change. Talk to your Dr. about it. He won't change it if he thinks you are still doing O.K.."