Was on Celexa for awhile, but I’m off it now. I found it helpful to wean off in the summer, as again, plenty of light.
Clinical depression is not fun and I was depressed for years until I finally got into treatment.
For the folks saying bad stuff happens, etc, that’s fine, but you’ve not really experienced depression, so you don’t know what it’s like to deal with it. It’s not that bad stuff happens and you feel down for awhile, you feel bad regardless of what happens, good or bad.
I am 16 year user of Xanax myself. But my doctor knows how to write the script and the right strength and times per day. Many doctors prescribe too much in one dose too few times a day. For example 2Mg twice a day is a disaster in the making as it will not be in your system 24/7. You'll crash. but a half a Mg or .5mg 4 times a day or for some even three times will do wonders. With lower dosages you don't get the complications except dependency. My wife has used it 25 years also. Both of us have neurological conditions that make antidepressant use a danger to take.
With her she went into Serotonin Syndrome twice and the doctors didn't catch it. Thanks to some prayer, some discussions {sometimes heated with other Freepers prior to that LOL} I found the answer as to why she was halucinating and what they called was in a severe acute psychotic state. They should have had a clue when she went about 48 hours without a SSRI and became normal. Going unconscious with pupils unresponsive should have been a second clue to them as mental disorders as a rule do not cause these type of symptoms.
I post this information to educate people to the possible and by no means is it a probable risk. But it can happen and knowing what to day can save a loved ones life or maybe your own. I would never advise anyone to go off these type of meds without consulting their doctor. If I go off mine cold turkey I could go into convulsions. I am dependent on the medication. The alternative would be living in my home and not be able to do even the basic trip to a store for myself.
I have some severe sensory processing problems in what I hear and see and how the brain interpits and responds to it. Much of the damage is Inner Ear related. It produces myoclonic seizures among other things like agiation and depression if I don't keep it in check. All I know about my disorder I hade to learn myself and it came through Vestibular disorder venues. Mental health is still a decade or two behind medical science in catching up on this one and recognizing it.