LEXAPRO Reviews (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (2093 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LEXAPRO with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEXAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
5 | Chronic and severe Depression | I only have side effects when I run out of them (poor planning). When I stop taking them and try something else I get really sad and cry a lot. Overall I thank God for them. I went from Trazadone to Lexapro.. | F | 56 | 5 years 50 mg 1X day | 8/6/2011 | 1 | depression | Insomnia, increased energy, crazy thoughts | I'm a 47 year old male that took Lexapro for depression, I have always had adverse reactions to drugs but this made be absolutely bat s**t crazy. I took 10mg per day for 4 weeks then upped the dose myself to 20mg. Not sure why I did it but it made sense at the time. Stopped cold turkety after the thoughts of suicide became unbearable. One week after stopping the real craziness began.I started sending mean evil emails to an ex under a fake address and created a whole fake alternative life via emails just to harrass her. I knew this was crazty but I couldn't stop the compulsive behavior. In the end I ended up destroying a relationship with someone I really cared about. I was warned about side effects but when it makes you crazy how do you stop it? Oh yea....DO NOT DRINK IF ON LEXAPRO. makes things worse | M | 47 | 6 weeks 10 1X day | 8/5/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosis | My doctor thought I was depressed and perscribed lexapro. Turns out I have narcolepsy. Anyway, this is an evil drug and a bitch to get off of. Sex drive was next to nothing. Sleep 13 hours a day napping any chance I got. | The drug companies should be sued for this drug and all other SSRI's. They know about the brain zaps when trying to get off and don't give a crap. I told my doctor about it but none so far (4) seem to know what I'm talking about. Please be prepared to either stay on SSRI's for the rest of your life or put up with the brain zaps. I have been fighting them for a year now and there doesn't seem to be a break in sight. | F | 50 | 6 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 4 | Depression | After the third day, I started yawning. Yawned about 40 times in an hour, and then the yawning started to be less frequent. As I continued the drug, the yawning continued but the frequency dropped to about twice an hour. Mild drowsiness that continued even when I switched to taking the med at bedtime. | This is a pretty good drug and gave me relief of about 80% of my depression symptoms. However, it did make me drowsy and the yawning got old. Very realistic dreams and difficulty getting up in the morning no matter when I took the med. Doc switched me to Pristiq to try and find complete relief, but I had to discontinue due to anxiety SE of Pristiq. Trying Wellbutrin generic next... | F | 34 | 30 days 10 mg 1X day | 8/1/2011 | 5 | bp2, depression | jumpy legs in first month. seems to have subsided now though i still like to bounce my right ankle/foot alot | i may try 30. 10 didn't work | F | 40 | 3 months 20 1X day | 7/28/2011 | 2 | Depression | Decided to update since I'm now off Lexapro for 3 weeks. | Tappered off very slowly. First two weeks totally off the med my head felt like I been out drinking all night. That has gotten better, but muscle pain has not improved much. Pain or aches pop up in random places. Even in fingers sometimes. Sleeping is terrible mostly do to the aches. Aleve works a little bit. Restless leg issues I had while on the drug have subdued but daily body aches are annoying. Jaw clenching totally gone! I will update again in a few more weeks. Hope this is of help for some. | M | 59 | 20mg 1X day | 7/23/2011 Patient History | 4 | Depression and anxiety | tired, numb, loss of interest | more than 5 mg and i get a headache. Ive been on 10 and 20mg. I find 2.5 - 5 mg a nice trade off for side effects vs effectiveness. I also take .5 klonipn a day. I take both before bed and sleep good, another trade off. I use caffine and vitamins to offset the tiredness that sets in when im not keeping myself busy during the day. | M | 38 | 3 years .25 1X day | 7/8/2011 | 3 | Anxiety / Depression | - diarrhea - agitation (at first) - fatigue (for past 2.5 months) - increased appetite - weight gain - a bit apathetic - decreased libido - difficulty achieving orgasm | This medication has helped me control my anxiety attacks but it took nearly 1.5 months for it to really kick in. I'd say this med helped lift my depression first and then my anxiety. The two side effects that have troubled me the most are the fatigue and increased appetite/weight gain. I don't seem to have the energy to do anything anymore except eat. Even though I sleep 8 hours a night now, I often want to nap come noon. Also, by mid afternoon I start to crave breads or sweets like a mad woman and never really feel full after eating a large meal. BUT Lexapro did help stop my bad panic attacks, haven't had an episode in 2 months... and for that I am extremely grateful. | F | 30 | 3.5 months 20 MG 1X day | 6/29/2011 | 1 | Mild Postpartum depression | Lactation (eventhough i had stopped breatfeeding 2 months prior to starting medication), excessive sweating. | When I asked the dr. about these being possible side effects he said no. As soon as i stopped the medicaiton all of them stopped. | F | 27 | 3 months 10 MG 1X day | 6/22/2011 | 5 | To feel better | Weight gain, loose stools. Cutting pills in half stopped the later. | Lexapro is a wonder drug for me. It cured my back pain. I get along with people better. It helped with my defensive mood. I wouldn't call it depression. More of a fight or flight mode. It helped with sex. | M | 50 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 6/14/2011 | 5 | panic attack, depression, anxiety | Sexual side effects, anorgasmia, delayed ejaculation, reduce sex drive, but now things are much better. Also I have insomnia some times. | Hello everybody. Please excuse my English. I live in Greece. I had my first panic attack in 1999. Depression and anxiety were present too. Since then I am on and off with antidepressants. Taking them few months, then stop and continue after. But this was wrong. At least for me. I should have listen to my doctor. I have tried almost everything. I think cipralex ( is how escitalopram is named here) is the best drug I have used. Minor side effects. I have noticed a great improvement with sexual side effects, since I started taking the medicine at bed time. Also, reading philosophy and going to gym helped me a lot. Medicine helps, but we must help ourselves. Be in peace with yourself and others. Try to enjoy yourself. You will feel much better. Good luck for you all. | M | 47 | 6 months 10mg 1X day | 6/13/2011 | 2 | depression | intense headaches | not convinced and afraid to have a zombie effect and withdrawals if i want to stop | F | 42 | 2 months half pill 1X day | 6/9/2011 | 2 | bipolar disorder | sexual side effects - being a 23 yo male, you'd think that delayed ejactulation would be a good thing. well, it was extremely frustrating because i was never able to ejaculate. my girlfriend loved it because i could have sex with her nonstop for an hour +. but for me, it was unbearable. switched to pristiq and i can finally orgasm again. | M | 23 | 3 months 40 1X day | 5/29/2011 | 5 | grief | First couple of weeks I had no feelings. It was a Godsend. I'd suffered through 1.5 years of contstant crying and physical pain from grief after my husband committed suicide. I was emotionally crippled. | I still have trouble experiencing grief but I'm not complaining. Sometimes I feel guilty about that. I want to cry over my husband's loss but it's much better this way. I was on the road to suicide myself. I could not take the pain anymore. This drug is a godsend to somebody for whom it works and who desperately needs a reprieve from utter despair. I feel great and can laugh, experience a slighty limited range of emotions but the ones I don't seem to experience much I don't want. Like others, I, too, have trouble crying. I do on occasion cry but not like it was before. My guts hurt so bad, my heart ached so bad I felt I would die from it. I don't have that anymore. If you need a rest, try this drug. The effects have lessened over time for the better. I'm actually afraid to go off of it after refusing to try it for over a year. My doctor insisted I try something to give my body and mind a break. Thanks doc. | F | 55 | 6 months 10mg 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Vivid technicolor dreams. Clenching of the jaw. Chronic fatique for the first two weeks, then just mild fatigue. The drug eliminated the panic attacks, but the side effects were annoying. I gained 18 lbs very quickly and craved carbs all the time. Weaning off Lexapro took two months. I reduced to 5 MG for six weeks and had fewer side effects. I then reduced to 2.5 MG for four weeks and started to feel some withdrawl in the form of mild vertigo. After stopping the drug, I had mild vertigo for six weeks and then it disappeared completely. If I had to go through this again, I would ask for Paxil instead. | M | 42 | 14 months 10 MG 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 5 | Severe anxiety and panic attacks | No side effects | I started on Lexapro because I was experiencing panic while driving. I would feel like I was going to pass out and lose control of the car. I became very fearful and had to rely on others for transportation to and from work. I was also experiencing severe anxiety and would be shaking (physically) and became dependent on Clonazepam during the day to calm down. This went on for three months before taking Lexapro. The results are great, but they did take time. I noticed a change after week 5 on the Lexapro. I no longer need Clonazepam during the daytime and my driving abilities are now restored. I don't have panic attacks. I am so grateful to have a great doctor. I am also on Nefazodone 125 mg once a day, Lamictal 50 mg, Geodon 40 mg, and .5 Clonazapam at night and Zolpidem 10 mg for sleeping. It was the addition of the Lexapro that made the difference. | F | 55 | 6 weeks 10 Mg 1X day | 5/17/2011 | 4 | Insomnia and anxiety | Jaw clenching and heightened anxiety for first two weeks | After the initial two weeks, lexapro has diminished anxiety considerably. My severe nausea has subsided and appetite is returning. My sleep has improved to where I am now sleeping 6-8hrs a night instead of 1-3 hours. During my initial two weeks I wanted to stop taking the lexapro, but I am glad I listened to my MD..give this med a chance. I now want to get out of bed again. It is amazing how much better it is to deal with life when severe anxiety and insomnia begin to subside. I would have rated this drug a 5 if I didn't have the jaw clenching side effect, but that is mild compared to what I was experiencing without it | F | 55 | 1 months 10 1X day | 5/15/2011 | 4 | mild depression | harder to ejaculate | Not sure if anyone has had this experience - but the side effect of difficulty or failure to ejaculate has a bright side. While it takes longer and more effort to get to orgasm, once it happens it is way more intense and pleasurable. The first time I took Lexapro, and after about a week, it was immediately noticeable that it was harder to get to orgasm, but once there the intensity was way beyond anything I have experienced before - 'mind blowing' is the best way to describe it. I thought maybe it was a fluke but not so, in fact the harder it is to get to orgasm the better the intensity of the orgasm. And I have always been able to finally get to orgasm. I estimate that 90% of all my orgasm over the past 2 years of being on Lexapro where better than all of the orgasms before. I have always wondered if anyone else has had this wonderful 'side effect.' | M | 51 | 2 years 20 1X day | 5/10/2011 | 2 | GAD | Bone numbing exhaustion, weight gain, night sweats, no emotions | At first helped with anxiety and even lost weight. But slowly the weight has come on and I've gained 25 lbs around my stomach. I can sleep 12 hours a day and don't feel like doing anything with my kids. Don't feel like talking to people or going out anymore because I'm so unhappy with my fat self. Zero libido too. Will see new psych dr. in two weeks to discuss changing meds. Good part of lexapro is that my cognitive abilities are better than they have ever been and my memory is great, because I have no more anxious thoughts. | F | 46 | 1.5 years 10mg 1X day | 5/10/2011 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Lack of motivation, VERY TIRED all the time, memory loss-feel scatter brained | I take citalopram which is genaric for lexapro. I started on 10mg and continued to have anxiety so the dosage was increased. I take it at night and have found that it helps me sleep. When I don't take it, (if I miss my dose) I have difficulty sleeping. I feel so tired all the time that I don't have the energy to do basic every day household tasks. Then I feel guilty for being lazy. I have to take a nap every day. I also have difficulty remembering things and feel scatterbrained. I will think of something that I need to do and less than a minute later I have forgotten what it was that I needed to do. I have a Dr.'s appt. soon and I will share this with my doctor. I would like to try a different antidepressant because the loss of motivation and being tired all the time is making me feel lazy, worthless, and almost as depressed as before I started taking it. | F | 28 | 6 months 20 MG 1X day | 5/6/2011 |