u/stardust_1899

So I (27F) have been taking celebrex for 2-3 weeks now and I’ve been taking 200mg per day. That’s the only thing i changed about my diet/day during this time. I’ve been experiencing these weird side effects/symptoms that i can only associate to this medication. The symptoms being:

- sudden very shorts periods of raise in heart rate and very pinched heart pain for a second
- shortness of breath suddenly for a few mins
- rectal bleeding
- and unsettling feeling in my stomach and chest constantly cause of gas
- Insomnia some days

So i just wanted to post here and see if these in fact are actually the side effects of this medication that any others have experienced, or should I be worried about something else happening with me. I have an appointment scheduled with my doctor in three weeks during which i will definitely bring up all of this.

If these infact are side effects, what would make these better, would eating more fiber help? I haven’t found anything helpful on the internet yet. Thanks for replies/suggestions in advance :)

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies guys, went to the ER aftet the post as rectal bleeding increased. They referred me to a GI specialist and asked me to stop celebrex immediately. They say it could be hemmorioids or GI bleeding due to celebrex.

So, apologies for the long story in advance. My husband and I met in November 2024 through an arranged marriage set up, and he was already kind of depressed around that time cause he thought that he did not get a promotion he deserved at the job (he works a high pressure corporate job). But he has always put good effort into our relationship. He was working through his depression, but I was always understanding about it. But he always had beef with his manager about the promotion and it was always weighing on his mind. So he changed teams in the same company.

So we decided to get married in the late in the year of 2025 (in our culture, marriage into one year of courtship is common). But in the mid year of 2025, he started saying that - he wouldn’t want to get married till he either gets a promotion at his job, or gets a new job that’s above his current grade. He said he wants to prove his worth to himself - and this would help him get out of the depression. But I did not want this, there was also some familial pressure from my side. So after few arguements on how he went back on his word - i told him i was ready to wait till early 2026, not later than that cause I’ve wanted kids before 2029. (FYI we have discussed all these timelines beforehand).

Now, he started looking for jobs, through the second part of the year - we live in different cities, 3 hrs apart, so we used to meet on weekends. Coming to the second issue now, though we both have wanted to have sex with each other (especially me), somehow through the arguements about how he went back on the word about marrying me, and his pressures we never had sex till november - and then we try to have sex - he does not stay hard, as in not even long enough to put on a condom. He says it had never happened before (neither of us are virgins), and it is probably due to depression or anxiety.

We try a few times after that, nothing happens. And then he gets laid off in january 2025. When we were all set to wed in march. He looks into other jobs, we get through the wedding in the same mood. And the first week of the wedding is when we have sex twice. Never after that again till now even after trying multiple times. He and I both think, he will get better if things settle down a little bit. Cause he lost his job, we moved into a apartment in my city after wedding.

Another thing that happened during the wedding month is that a couple of his close family relatives passed away, so most of his close family couldn’t come to the wedding except for immediate family.

He tried going to therapy in betweenlast year, the therapist overwhelmed him and he dicided to discontinue. He also has been trying really hard to balance the move, new place, relationship with me, and the loss of job, and applications/rejections, preparations for the interview, etc.

So, to say it has been a hard year, the only thing that kept us sane in my view is that us being strong for each other when the other is down. But now i slowly see that my patience is going down. I’m not able to be hopeful anymore. Resentment about not being a happy newly wed is building up. Forget honeymoon, we went on one date after wedding. Idk what to do. We had a huge fight last week, and none of us know how to go forward. How to live life when we things are falling apart. And not having sex is also effecting me alot.

Please let me know on how to proceed from here, anything we can do to help each other?
Cannot go to therapy cause he does not have insurance as of now.

TLDR: Husband lost job, is depressed and cannot have sex. We’re newly weds, slowly losing patience, building resentment- what to do

For some context, i suffer from migraines and a good scalp/head massage is a good relief method for me - but not a head spa where they wash your hair too afterwards - water has the opposite effect on my headaches (sorry, too picky i know)

So where can i get just head/scalp massages in Dallas FW area? Thank youuu :)