# Celebrex giving me anxiety symptoms
**URL:** https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145
**Category:** Medications
**Created:** [March 23, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145 "2014-03-23T07:54:42Z")
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### Author:  [@West\_CoastMeg](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/West_CoastMeg)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145/1 "2014-03-23T07:54:42Z")
Has anyone heard of this? I ended up in the triage yesterday because I was hit suddenly with panic attack like symptoms about an hour after taking celebrex. This was my second time taking it. The first time I took it, the night before, I took it with an antihistimine and it bothered me but not enough. Last night they gave my some Benadryl and an Ativan. I feel like it was more the benedryl helping me out than the one Ativan, which in the past hasn’t done a lot for me.
Could I be allergic to celebrex??? Has anyone heard of such a thing?
I didn’t take it tonight, I’m going to take it tomorrow morning.
Thank you!!
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### Author:  [@michael\_in\_vermont](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/michael_in_vermont)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145/2 "2014-03-23T17:25:44Z")
I take Celebrex and it has not caused any anxiety reactions for me nor have I heard of it. The only way to know if it is causing it is to stop it for a month and then re-introduce it.
Depression is often diagnosed with PsA. A lot of patients, me included, have had their depression lift remarkably with a biologic that works so there seems to be some sort of chemical link. Anxiety is often a symptom of depression so I would wonder about this link. I hope you feel calmer and well soon.
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### Author:  [@West\_CoastMeg](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/West_CoastMeg)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145/3 "2014-03-23T17:54:40Z")
Yah I’ve had anxiety before but never like that. I’m on copra lex (lexapro) right now and have never experienced anything like that before. I do know though that anxiety attacks can hit at anytime even if you’re on an antidepressant. My sis gets them, for a while she didn’t have any but then they started again, no matter what she takes.
I’m suspicious just because it started 40 min to an hour after taking it.
I just took it again for today with an antihistamine, we will see how it goes!!
I could very well be experiencing anxiety from taking this medication.
Thank you Laura, Sybil, and Michael for your responses 🙂
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### Author:  [@Marietta](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Marietta)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/celebrex-giving-me-anxiety-symptoms/3145/4 "2014-03-23T19:40:22Z")
When I took Vioxx (also a Cox-2 inhibitor, now off the market), I had a reaction with mimicked anxiety (racing heart, sweating, short breaths, etc), but I knew it was the med because rumors were circulating about it having potential problems. I had this reaction on the very first dose. I've never had a reaction like that, so told the doc and we changed meds.
I wouldn't be surprised at all that you had a reaction like this to Celebrex. Just change meds and you should be fine :)
It's not you, it's the meds (great breakup phrase for saying goodbye to certain meds).