celexa and diet pills

[tasha]

I was wondering if anyone who is on celexa has ever taken diet pills too. I bought these diet pills called rev and i don't know if its safe to take them while i'm on celexa. Has anyone done this? can you please tell me your experiences with diet pills and celexa?

[Muskox]

tasha wrote:

I was wondering if anyone who is on celexa has ever taken diet pills too. I bought these diet pills called rev and i don't know if its safe to take them while i'm on celexa. Has anyone done this? can you please tell me your experiences with diet pills and celexa?

I suggest you talk to your doc or pharmacist about this. They are best equiped to give you sound advice.

[Bangalee]

tasha wrote:

I was wondering if anyone who is on celexa has ever taken diet pills too. I bought these diet pills called rev and i don't know if its safe to take them while i'm on celexa. Has anyone done this? can you please tell me your experiences with diet pills and celexa?

I'm taking Celexa and Xenical.

Xenical is not really a "diet" pill but it prevents your body from absorbing all of the fat in the food you eat.

I've had no problems due to an interaction between Celexa and Xenical (jeeze, they sound like Greek arch-enemies or something!). However you have to be careful to find the right dosage of Xenical so that you don't have "accidents" when you fart. You're supposed to take one 120 mg tablet with each meal you eat that has fat in it. I was taking 2 a day but got a nasty surprise a few times when I farted.

I'm only taking 1 a day now. The weight is coming off slowly (about 2-3 pounds every two weeks), but to me the important thing is that my weight continues to go down, I don't care if it takes longer to reach my goal. And at 1 tablet a day I can fart to my heart's content (or should that be to my butt's content) without them leaving "footprints" on the way out...

[Bangalee]

By the way I've also posted my experience with Xenical on this website in the Xenical forum (see http://www.topix.net/forum/drug/xenical ).

[holly]

Bangalee wrote:

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I'm taking Celexa and Xenical.
Xenical is not really a "diet" pill but it prevents your body from absorbing all of the fat in the food you eat.
I've had no problems due to an interaction between Celexa and Xenical (jeeze, they sound like Greek arch-enemies or something!). However you have to be careful to find the right dosage of Xenical so that you don't have "accidents" when you fart. You're supposed to take one 120 mg tablet with each meal you eat that has fat in it. I was taking 2 a day but got a nasty surprise a few times when I farted.
I'm only taking 1 a day now. The weight is coming off slowly (about 2-3 pounds every two weeks), but to me the important thing is that my weight continues to go down, I don't care if it takes longer to reach my goal. And at 1 tablet a day I can fart to my heart's content (or should that be to my butt's content) without them leaving "footprints" on the way out...

THANKS for the laugh....sorry 'bout you're luck

[annoy mouse]

help i have been takin the nasty blue pill for three days now........... help i am takin 3 a day n oh my god i think i should only take one. no one told me about the orange side affects..... this is goin to ruin my sex life. advise plse ppl.

[Meerkat]

Annoy mouse,
How appropriate is your moniker and how expertly have you pinpointed the complete and utter insignificance of yourself and anything you stand for.
Please go away.
You are not even considered to be welcome.
We can do without societal flotsam the likes of you and cllectively expect you to end up there where you belong; that is, we expect you to assort to the societal garbage heap where all truly vile things and objectionable objects eventually get to wallow in the ultimate failure and lacking of their possibility of redemption.

[Meerkat]

Oh sorry, you're from Wallsend. That explains it.

[dorene]

tasha wrote:

I was wondering if anyone who is on celexa has ever taken diet pills too. I bought these diet pills called rev and i don't know if its safe to take them while i'm on celexa. Has anyone done this? can you please tell me your experiences with diet pills and celexa?

yes I have taken brazillian diet pills and celexa and lost weight with no side effects!!!!get off celexa anyway it put 70 lbs on me!!!

[dorene]

you should get off celexa it put 70lbs off of me I took the brazillian diet pills while weening off celexa and it worked! wt loss, eating healthy and exercise over rules celexa anyway. anti depressants are just as bad for you but they dont tell you that because its a money making buisness in the medical field.

[Birdie]

Seriously, people. We should all talk to someone (i.e. a doctor) who may know a thing or two about what these drugs actually, physically do to your system and not be offering medical advice all willy-nilly. This forum is a place to air concerns, share experiences, and offer a little support for a (sometimes) scary process, no?

Also, as far as diet pills are concerned -- I'm no doctor, but... Exercise? Eating healthy foods in moderation? Anyone? Bueller??

[Birdie]

It seems as though my posts are being deleted... :(

[Dr_Murphy CDH]

To everyone in these web page Diet pills are NOT suposed to be taken by people under 18, if so supervision of an adult must be present and a recipe from the doctor.
To everyone ....
diet pills can cause the next symhptoms..
Anxiety
Blured vision
Vomit
Heart disseas
strokes
Paranoia
and much more
please do not consuma any kind of diet pills they are not healthy
contact me [e-mail]

[Meerkat]

Diet pills, regardless of whatever variety, are NOT a good solution when on any mood-stabilizers or SSRIs since they muck up the the titration-levels of your medication. You run the risk that your medication leaves your body faster than it should, resulting in all kind of unpleasantness.

[sharron from aldershot uk]

Iam taking citalopram 20mg and would like to know if i can take slim bombs they are a herbel diet tablet.

[Meerkat]

Hi Sharron,
No matter how herbal they are, any diet pill that causes your 'output' to be increased, sped-up or otherwise affect your metabolism will adversely impact your serotonin levels, the levels of your SSRI and with that the efficacy of your medication.
Besides that, being herbal does not nescessarily mean that those diet-solutions are better or less adversely impacting than allopathic medications. Often they are not, since the content of their active ingredients are less often and far less stringent subject to sufficient oversight and monitoring of side-effects. Please be careful.

Best Regards,
Meerkat

[Slyster]

tasha wrote:

I was wondering if anyone who is on celexa has ever taken diet pills too. I bought these diet pills called rev and i don't know if its safe to take them while i'm on celexa. Has anyone done this? can you please tell me your experiences with diet pills and celexa?

Can come down w/Serotonin syndrome, fatal heart arythmias, tachycardia

[concerned]

i am currently taking celexa 20 mgs. a day , i'd like to know if there are any antidepresants out there that can help lose weight instead of gaining weight , i am so depressed now cause of my weight, i would love to use diet pills but i'm scared of crazy side effects.........

[ladybug]

I've just started taking celexa (10mg for the first 14 days, 20mg after that). I've browsed the internet a bit and read nothing but BAD things about this drug. Has anyone had GOOD outcomes taking Celexa?

[MATT FROM PHOENIX]

concerned wrote:

i am currently taking celexa 20 mgs. a day , i'd like to know if there are any antidepresants out there that can help lose weight instead of gaining weight , i am so depressed now cause of my weight, i would love to use diet pills but i'm scared of crazy side effects.........

WELLBUTRIN (BUPROPRION) is an antidepressant, one of the very few I'm told, that can help in losing weight. I was on it for a couple of years and I stayed thin and fit....stopped using it after 2 years, started having panic attacks.