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 | anxiety,depression ,pnd,gad | Starting 5mgs for 3 days then upped for for the remainder.. Loss appetite,sleepiness I felt the affects the first few days more happier expecially to my kids I'm able to handle situations calmer than I than would normally in the past :0) | F | 25 | 1 weeks | 7/31/2014 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Headache, Drowsiness | I'm still taking Lexapro and it has helped me a lot with depression and anxiety. Some days are still bad, but for the most part 80% of the time It helps me a lot. | F | 22 | 4 months 5 MG 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 1 | depression | headach memory loss nausea | Don't waste your mney | F | 60 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 1 | GAD/Depression/leaky heart valve | Well first off i took brand name lexapro 10 years ago and was fine. I started taking the generic escitalopram because of anxiety and depression and to control my anxiety because of a leaky heart valve. The generic is horrible. I took this Sat morning and a few hours into my day I had a mild panic attack and horrid heart burn. Then I couldnt sleep. All night. I heard voices that weren't there. Severe heart burn. Then the WORST PANIC ATTACK OF MY LIFE! Thought I was dying. Not taking it anymore. The generic is not the same. And its been 10 years since taking it. Had to take benadryl last night to sleep. Havent taken it today and im a jittery mess. Involuntary spasms of my lower lip and chin etc. Feeling on edge. Loss of sexual pleasure on the pill and inability to orgasm. | F | 28 | 2 days 10 mg | 7/28/2014 | 3 | OCD, depression, anxiety | Horribly excessive sweating, bad body odour, and gained 20 lbs. It helped my anxiety a lot at the beginning, but helped less over time. I get pretty anxious a lot again. And now I feel smelly fat and gross all the time. Yay. | F | 22 | 8 months 10 | 7/27/2014 | 1 | depression | Feeling impending doom. | M | 60 | 2 weeks 20 mg | 7/24/2014 | 2 | Depression (bipolar 2) | Constipation - painful, extreme, and constant Weight gain - 20 pounds total in 6 months Appetite increase - hard to resist eating even while getting fatter | I don't know if Lexapro helps with depression. I couldn't tell. I tried it because my bipolar manifests as depression for the winter months. All that changed was that I got fat and unable to poop, neither a known depression cure. It left me just as sad, only bigger and full of poop. | F | 37 | 6 months 5, 2.5 1X day | 7/18/2014 | 4 | bi-polar II | none except for lack of excitement about anything. I get very mean/hateful, imagine things like people talking about me if I don't take them I am totally normal on them and I don't need a high dose. I have suffered the worse then death withdraws. But, I don't really care to do anything, clean the house, travel, have a party while taking them. | Although I don't care to do anything. When I absolutely force myself, I am always pleased I did. I have thought I could come off of them and would taper and suffer the withdrawal process. Only to find out I shouldn't. | F | 65 | 25 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/4/2014 | 1 | depression after renal cell CA | I went into tardive dyskinesia after the second increased dose of 20mg and then serotonin syndrome for 18 months that required hospitalization initially. I was then unable to work or concentrate. | Retrospectively I would have been pleased to be just depressed. It was a life changing experience on top of my cancer diagnosis. I am still taking anti-seizure meds and am on disability due to my inability to perform ICU nursing anymore. | M | 63 | 3 months 10 1X day | 7/3/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | Hi all, well where do I start I was first put on Avanza 15mg cut a 30mg in half for anxiety by a phys this thing nearly killed me I felt so bad I could not wake. I would need tooth picks to open my eyes far out very bad stuff this would have been may 2013. It gave me 2 panic attacks I though I was going to die... June 2013 I start Pristiq the thing gave me heart palpitation I was having no luck my life felt I couldn't handle anything. I then decided to do my own research and come across lexapro I then seen my doctor & asked to be put on this wow i started with 5mg and it made me so tired very groggy feeling in my head. Week 2 bump up to 10mg this thing is evil I could sleep constant I was on am decided to change to pm. I am now coming up to 1 year on lexapro 10mg & I have suck up 1 year of this tiredness feeling, lack of concentration. I have a constant feeling in my head like I have had alcohol and I'm wake up hung over. I now am going look at different options I'm scare to stop I will give lexapro a 8/10 for anxiety. I just can't handle the tired feeling no more. No other side effects just that. Kind Regards, Mell Email: [email protected] | F | 30 | 1 years 10mg | 6/8/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | extreme sleepiness/lethargy, panic | The moment I took it I got sleepy... and the sleepiness never went away for as long as I was taking it. I could barely leave bed, much less leave the house, and it was just miserable. This caused some panic. It did seem to help reduce the anxiety for a bit, but it caused more anxiety than it helped. I've taken SSRIs before, and have never had side effects like this. | M | 38 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/5/2014 | 5 | anziety disorder | I was having aches in my legs and elbow and bottom of feet | great meds if you can get through the first month | F | 51 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 5/28/2014 | 5 | gen. anxiety & obsessive thinking | The 1st week or so I had mild gastro issues and sometimes mild headache but nothing unbearable. Also decrease in libido but has since gotten better in last couple weeks. I started taking Deer Antler Velvet extract to help with Libido and it's really helped! | I asked my doctor to take this med after research I'd done and talking with several co-workers and friends who take it. My doctor prescribed 10mg daily but i started with 5mg and it has worked great! Think I will stay at 5mg for now at least. It has almost completely stopped my obsessive thoughts that I've struggled with my entire life and my general anxiety level is down too! Overall I feel much better and sleep much better too. I am happy I stuck with it...Oh and another benefit is I've lost 14 lbs in 28 days!!...which I needed to do anyway. Lexapro really helped curb my appetite, particularly for bad foods like sugars, processed carbs, etc...Rarely even crave them now. :)...PS. I am taking a generic form of Lexapro. | M | 41 | 1 months 5mg 1X day | 4/29/2014 | 1 | Depression Anxiety Heart Palpitations | My anxiety is getting worse. Its not helping at all. I feel paranoid. I'm hallucinating (hearing voices, seeing things). Cannot sleep at all. Feels as though I'm being possessed? Mood swings. | F | 22 | 3 days 10 mg | 4/13/2014 | 3 | depression / anxiety | insomnia, weight gain | gp recommended after a few years on Prozac, because it was new. Seemed OK (same) for first year or so, but slowly gained weight then light-sleeping and insomnia, anxiety increased. When Blue Cross dropped it from formulary, my gp prescribed Celexa which was much worse (jittery, very high bp, dizzy, high anxiety, totally sleepless insomnia, passed out and hospitalized within 2 weeks). Returned to Prozac and doing much better. duh. | F | 60 | 10 years 20 1X day | 3/12/2014 | 4 | depression | Mild itching and headaches | I've refused antidepressants throughout my entire 4yr extremely physically and emotionally abusive marriage, but after also losing a pregnancy a few months ago, I needed help. This medicine has saved my life. I have finally left my marriage, regained my confidence and will to live. I see hope for my future, am more social than ever and feel happy for the first time in years. With a strict exercise regimen, I have also managed to lose weight on my already small frame. I was always anti drugs...but hope people will read this and give this med a shot. It is a godsend for me. | F | 29 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 2/26/2014 | 1 | Depression/ anxiety | Extreme Weight Gain 30 pounds | M | 16 | 1 years 5 MG | 2/19/2014 | 1 | for instrusive thoughts | Anxiety ringing in the head or ears i dont no, paranoid i jave to stop this crap worked onl with depresion | 34 | 1 months 10mg | 2/10/2014 | 5 | Anxiety, depression, BPD | tiredness and dizziness, nausea, spaced out feeling and lack of concentration as well as a bit of memory loss, feeling almost as if I am "buzzed" or "euphoric" and slight ringing in the ears. | I just started taking lexapro after having my 2nd child and I must say, given the side effects I am having, my anxiety and depression have decreased so far and my anger has fizzled. I can't be strict with my daughter when she misbehaves because I always end up laughing or giggling lol! It seems like nothing can get me mad or upset and this is the exact effect that I wanted as well as my anxiety and depression under control and my mood stabilizing. I do feel numb at times, like I don't feel anything at all, but it isn't necessarily a bad thing compared to being as over emotional as I was. I do feel extremely tired, but nothing a cup of coffee can't fix lol, and I do have some memory loss, or a hard time remembering, as well as difficulty concentrating, but again it's nothing even close to being unbearable or anything serious. Hopefully my side effects like my dizziness and ringing in the ears (when it does occur) subside, but other than that I am doing well!! No wanting to hurt myself or have as many negative thoughts as before. I feel in control for once and I feel like I am living normally. Definitely a recommended medication! | F | 24 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 2/8/2014 | 3 | GAD | Bruxism, weight gain 30lbs, dermatomylositis type skin reactions, I have exzema so it exaggerated my condition. Little empathy and very apathetic , which seems right for treating anxiety. It did work for me mentally but physically my jaw has been clenched and my head has hurt for months. I tapered of and now I am starting to notice relief. | F | 30 | 2 years 5 | 2/5/2014 |