Dark chocolate is my stimulator of choice....: ) Yerba Mate felt pretty good to me, too, but I don't use it habitually or regularly. I use progesterone cream (bioidentical), too. I have also used dong quai and need to get some. It seems to be a good regulator.

I was on Elavil years ago when I first hurt my back. It helped me sleep. I then found out I had enlarged eye nerves with cupping and that tri-cyclic anti-depressants were known to cause intro-ocular pressure changes (now my eye Dr. says that iks only for closed angle, but just the same...didn't like how dull I felt on it) so I tried to get off the elavil. I had been on it nearly 3 years and it took me nearly a year of hell to get off it. I was given some Lexapro samples to try but am leery of using them. Tried half the dose and it still left me feeling weird and sick at my stomach. With me I see a direct correlation with sugar (and chocolate - dang it - affects my adrenals) and moods. But we've also had lots of very real stresses I'm getting over. Good for you for getting off the celexa but go easy on yourself. Your psyche is going through adjustments. You haven't failed. Its an ongoing work and complicated with female shifting going on. I'm dealing with that, too. Having horrid hot flashes some months. Lots of break through bleeding, too, lately. Feel out of balance.