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 |
| 4 | Depression and mild anxiety | Constant dull headache, jittery in the morning if taken before bed, dizziness. These negative side effects subsided within a week or two. Other side effects have continued, including sleepiness and yawning, apathy, vivid (but great) dreams. My libido died and never came back. | This medication had an almost immediate positive effect on my life. Within 2 to 3 days of starting Lexapro, there was a noticeable lift in my general mood. A WARNING ABOUT STOPPING OR WEANING OFF LEXAPRO: I started taking 10 mg daily a couple of years ago for about 2 months, then decided I just didn't want to take medicine every day. So I weaned myself off over a 2-wk period, first reducing the dose to 5 mg/day, then 5 mg every other day before I stopped altogether. I figured I would be able to tell if my mood was going downhill and I would just restart if it did. Well, there was no gradual decline. I was careful to monitor my mood and thoughts every day and everything went great for about 3 months, then C.R.A.S.H!!! I mean it hit me like a WALL, very very suddenly! Despite exercising 4-5x per week, healthy eating, etc., I hit an all-time low. Overnight, I went from being "just fine" to barely able to hold myself together/falling to my knees sobbing about who knows wh | F | 39 | 2 years | 7/8/2007 | 2 | Major Depression | Dry mouth in the beginning, decreased sex drive | Didn't do a thing for me, even at the highest dose. | M | 19 | 2 months | 7/8/2007 | 4 | Severe depression, anxiety | Weight loss, inabilty to orgasm, trouble sleeping if taken right before bed (40mg) | I began taking 10mg five years ago, and it helped but not very significantly. I moved up to 20mg a year and a half ago and I noticed immediate change for the better. Depression continued though so went up to 30mg and now 40. I feel better, but my sex drive is down and I am pratically unable to oragasm. Plus, it's hard to feel any emotion strongly. I feel a bit robotic. | F | 21 | 5 years | 7/7/2007 | 4 | Depression | Uneven temperment, lack of patience if I skip several doses. | Went through a phase in life where I lost my job and was under-employed for a couple of years. Had descended to an all time low in self-loathing. Doc intially placed me on Welbutrine, which made me un-motived and essentially a disinterested by-stander in the story that is my life. Switched me over to 10mg dose of Lexapro, which has never increased. I now have a job I love (OK, like) and do not worry about the future. I continue to take Lexapro, as I said I am not as easy going if I miss several doses. My wife can tell when I am off of it, as little things will drive me nuts: barking dogs, annoying habits of others, other drivers, belligerent children...the usual list of suspects. My mother's side of the family is full of passionate, emotional rage machines, so it is a genetic thing or I am a product of the environment in which I spent my formative years. When I am on it I am calm cool and in control. Have notfound it to be physically addictive nor experienced any side effects. | M | 39 | 3 years | 7/5/2007 | 3 | loss of drive and emotions | Nervous, slight agitation (on edge), teeth-grinding, some insomnia, in general felt over-aroused, in an unpleasant, uncomfortable way... | I stopped taking the medication because the side effects made me feel too weird, and the medication didn't seem to be touching what's bothering me... | M | 32 | 2 weeks | 7/5/2007 | 1 | Severe GAD, minor depression, etc | Plenty! First 10 days were HORRIBLE, like a looong panic attack with anxiety/nausea. It calmed down when I got some Xanor for three weeks (was still worse than before lexapro though), after that back to lots of anxiety, derealisation, nausea etc. Also couldn't sleep much, woke at 6.30am with horrible anxiety no matter when I fell asleep the day before. | It didn't help me out, at all. My anxiety is worse than before, and I've been getting more and more dizzy by the week - the last three weeks I haven't been able to watch TV since it makes me feel nauseus, and I haven't been outside in two weeks due to the dizziness! The last week or two I've been feeling nausea all day, mostly due to the dizziness. Everyone's different though, and you should probably give it a try, others are having luck. I'm tapering it off now, though... | M | 20 | 7 weeks | 7/5/2007 | 5 | Obsessive Compulsive thoughtpattern | Loss of sex drive. Became virtually impossible to achieve orgasm. Had (and am still having) more problems with Withdrawl side-effects than I ever had while taking the drug. | It worked fabulously for me to curb my obsessive compulsive thought patterns and anxiety. I just decided to try therapy instead because of the sexual side effects (loss of libido and inability to achieve orgasm). | F | 30 | 9 months | 7/4/2007 | 4 | anxiety | Have been on a few anti-anxiety medicine and this worked the best for me. I suffered no withdrawal effects when I was off of this drug. | Unfortunately, I have weight gain and I'm very overweight to begin with | F | 54 | 3 months | 7/4/2007 | 4 | GAD, depression | difficulty in falling asleep | yeah.. it did what it promised. i got rid of a few of my phobias and became more sociable. | F | 19 | 6 months | 7/4/2007 | 5 | Depression, anxiety | Dandruff,acne, increased facial hair(not sure if the hair is from the meds or hormones) | The side effects in the beginning were not that bad and over time went away. I went from 10mg-40mg and now I'm down to 20mg. This medication saved my life.It took awhile but I eventually started to feel like myself again. I'm balanced. I'm bummed about the acne but atleast I can function and I've had alot of back pain recently not sure if its from the meds. I've also tried to stop cold turkey and I feel like I'm going to die so I dont know when I'll be able to stop. | F | 29 | 21 days | 7/3/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Increased Anxiety, Decreased Apetite, vivid dreams | I have only been on the drug (5 mg) for 3 days. The first two days were brutal with increased anxiety and lack of apetite. The first night, I had a vivid (not bad) dream. Side Effects seem to be waning already. Things assisting side effects: Xanax, sleep, food. | M | 27 | 3 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | Depression with Bipolar Disorder | Weight gain and mania | Caused me to go manic | F | 26 | 3 months | 7/1/2007 | 5 | panic attacks | difficulty having orgasm | I couldn't have asked for quicker and better results. After a few weeks of mild insomnia and headaches the only remaining side effect is the difficulty having an orgasm. However, I am able to skip a dose once per week (the doctor calls this a "medication vacation") and am then able to reach an orgasm 48 hours after the last dose. This does not interfere with the effectiveness of the drug, for me. It's great to be free of panic attacks. I didn't think it would be possible! | F | 40 | 3 months | 6/30/2007 | 2 | anxiety/depression | Inability to ejaculate | I have a high sex drive and no problem at all ejaculating. First day I took it, I tried to masturbate two different times and could not ejaculate either time after trying for awhile. That is not something I'm going to be comfortable with. | M | 46 | 2 days | 6/30/2007 | 5 | PPD and Anxiety | For the first few weeks I felt like I had morning sickness again. That went away, and now I have jaw clenching, weight gain, yawning. All of that is fine compared to how low I was feeling a few months ago. | I started at 10mg for a month and noticed no change. Therapist up'ed me to 20mg and it's been great! It changed my life and made me the mother I knew I was. | F | 31 | 4 months | 6/29/2007 | 5 | anxiety/depression | takes much longer to climax. at first some 'hung-over' feeling. It's very hard to cry. | It has reduced my anxiety attacks to near nothing! Automatic anxiety occasions (elevator rides, big crowds) now don't trigger automatic responses, which helps a ton. I started with 10mg and moved up to 20 pretty quickly, with very little problem. The pros far outweigh the cons, and I've found this drug to be very good for a drug-sensitive person like myself. | M | 43 | 9 months | 6/28/2007 | 3 | depression/social anxiety | extreme panic attacks and increased anxiety among other more common side effects in the second week of use. | i almost stopped taking it in the second week due to the extreme panic but luckily held in there and got over it relatively quickly. stayed on 10mg for a month and can honestly say i do not feel any improvement. saw doc today and he upped the dose to 20mg so i am praying this helps. i have struggled with depression for years and years and only just sought prof help through utter desperation. i pray it works. good luck all | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 6/28/2007 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | Excessive yawning, lethargy | This was my first time taking any sort of anti-depressant, within 5 days I felt a reduction of anxiety, and now I feel pretty much back to my normal self, depression at a minimum. You never know what side effects you are going to have (if any) from any medicine, but you have try to find the one that works for you. The first week I was tired, lethargic, and I was constantly yawning. However, I had and continue to have no sexual side effects of any kind, which was obviously a fear. This one has worked for me, and so far, its allowed me to get on with my life. | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 6/27/2007 | 4 | depression, obsessive behavior | Serious daytime fatigue; some sexual disfunction; weight gain that may be linked to sleep apnea (now in testing faze). Stopping med. now have some headaches and irritability, confusion. | Intially the results were very positive and immediate: alert, productive, less prone to anxiety at work and home. The onset of sleepiness, though, was difficult. I literally had to pull over my car, leave work to nap and be aware of dozing while sitting with others in the mid-afternoon. Stopping the meds. for a few days did not seem to help, and despite contending with other personal issues, I cannot see any other probable cause than the med. Weight gain crept up and has now become dramatic relative to prior physique. Clothes don't fit, neck size is a problem for shirt buttons, etc. Recently convinced myself - in conjunction with therapy - that the med. was quite helpful, but I now need an alternative to contend with recurring depression. 10 mg. tried both day and night for approx. 2 years. Oh, too, the co-pay on my med. plan at work just increased about 150%, so I had begun to use a generic version of Lexapro. | M | 2 years | 6/27/2007 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety Disorder | Slight nausea after taking the pill but nothing noticable after that. | I was on a large dose of Zoloft a few years back and it made me feel like a zombie. Now I take a small dose of Lexapro and feel much happier and normal than I used to in addition to having little to no side effects. It really helped a lot, though my anxiety is still present it is not crippling like it used to be. | F | 18 | 6 months | 6/26/2007 |