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 |
| 2 | increased depression, anxiety | increased appetite, angry and confrontational | I'm dealing with several stressful events, but have for a long time anyway. My dr added this med with Cymbalta. I've not felt any better really, and notice lately I've wanted to eat all the time. I also have started (after a month) become so cynical and confrontational. I'm not like that! I've argued with my caring husband about everything. I'm going to ask the dr to change this med. I usually can't take Welbutrin because I had a siezure, but I'm on medicine for that now. Hopefully I can find something that will help! | F | 52 | 1 months | 1/21/2007 | 1 | Premenstural Depression | 1. After two to three hours vomit. 2. Stiff muscles (Lack of oxygen?) 3. Spacey, out of sync with time (as in Where did that tree come from? What am I doing?) 4. Weird, (as in How did that tree get there?). 5. Weak muscles 6. Can’t catch breath 7. Listless 8. Unmotivated 9. Difficulty getting moving 10. Reaction time slowed, [as in Put your hand on your solar plexus (Huh? What? Hand?)] 11. Forgetful, stupid (it’s Sunday, right?) 12. Depressed (as in What’s the use?). | Works on 30% of the people who take it after eight weeks. After eight weeks of the above I sincerely doubt that anybody taking lexapro can know which way is up, much less notice a decrease in depression. | F | 51 | 3 days | 1/21/2007 | 3 | Depression | I have dealt with extreme fatigue for several years, but until recently, I didn't make the connection that it could be Lexapro that is making me so tired. I never feel rested when I wake up no matter how little or how much I sleep. I'm in college, and it never fails that I fall asleep in my class everyday as well as when I drive for twenty minutes or more. I have had a sleep study, but the remedy they gave me isn't helping much. I think I might try to get off of Lexapro even though I dread the nausea and dizziness that comes with withdrawals from this medication. | Lexapro did help me with depression; I don't cry as much when I'm on it! However, I'm tired of walking around like a zombie so I think it might not be worth the side effects, especially if other solutions can be used to treat depression. | F | 20 | 5 years | 1/20/2007 | 2 | irritable bowel disorder, anxiety | At first it seemed to help keep me calmer. I found when I started to get anxious or angry about something, my heart did not start pounding out of my chest (fight or flight syndrome). I really didn't experience any side effects like n/v, drowsiness, etc. | It seemed after taking this for ahwile, I was taking 10 mg qd, I seemed to become more aggressive and assertive. I would just speak my mind whenever I got angry, and had no fear. I seemed to become more "mean" and "mad" and I just didn't like myself. I felt like a grumpy b----. My dr. said he had not heard that as a side effect, but I experienced it. I stopped it abruptly and became very dizzy, lightheaded and depressed. I had to restart and taper off of it slowly over a few months time. I will not take this drug again. | F | 44 | 2 years | 1/20/2007 | 4 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Can sleep for 10 hours and still have difficulty waking up. I feel drowsy during the day. | Minimal side effects compared with Paxil, Paxil CR and Effexor XR. | M | 25 | 1.5 years | 1/18/2007 | 5 | Irritability, stress, OCD thinking | Nausea, hectic sleepiness, insomnia (waking up abnormally early, cant fall asleep again). Many more that disappeared after a short time. | I actually love this med. It has calmed me down incredibly. I dont dwell on negative, stressful or irrelevent things anymore. I feel 'normal' if that makes sense. Because of all this, I feel rather content as a person which is great. I dont beat myself up (mentally) and the side effect are well WORTH IT. Because of the sleepiness, having a sleep during the day is great (just feels so comfy and relaxing) and going to bed at night is great (I usually fight sleep for some reason). I dont know what I would have done without Lex. | F | 18 | 2 months | 1/17/2007 | 4 | Depression?anxiety | M | 51 | 2 months | 1/17/2007 | 4 | agoraphobia | WEIGHT GAIN!!!!!! | while this drug was a cure-all for my panic attacks and agoraphobia I had to wean myself off it because of the huge amount weight I gained (50 lbs over 3 years)... I took the weaning part slowly (over two months) I am now on day three of being Lexapro free and I can't stop crying. I hope and pray I lose this weight.. I would rather have panic attacks than be this fat.. that's horrible isn't it? THIS DRUG DOES CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN! do not listen to your doctor when they say it won't!! | F | 35 | 3 years | 1/17/2007 | 3 | Mood disorder/episodic depression | Frequent urination, fatigue, massive weight gain/intense cravings for high-carb foods and beer, ability to drink huge quantities of beer without feeling all that drunk, vivid dreams. Started smoking again within a month of starting Lexapro. Withdrawl symptoms limited to the unpleasant "brain shiver" effect, though have been off only five days - am going cold turkey (was on 10mg but I weigh about 300 lbs so thinking withdrawl may be less for me than others). | Lexapro worked very well in stabilizing and then elevating my mood. The pervasive sense of doom and the on and off but detrimental to work and home life feelings of anxiety drifted away after about a month of use. No sexual side effects, have always had a strong libido and there was no change in this. Am actually somewhat reluctant to go off of this but I simply cannot control the food cravings, I am about 55 lbs overweight and I am concerned about heart disease and adult-onset diabetes, both of which run in my family. I can't stop eating and can't start exercising on this stuff. | M | 40 | 2 years | 1/16/2007 | 1 | Depression | Took a while to have an effect on mood obviously,but side-effects alarming:sudden migraines which I had had very infrequently before. Very big increase in blood pressure which I had never experienced before. | Have your blood pressure checked even if like me, you have never had a problem with it you may be in for a nasty surprise! | M | 46 | 6 months | 1/13/2007 | 5 | depression | Drowsiness. I never used to take naps. Now I love to nap! | I take 10 mg a day. Feel great. | F | 31 | 1 years | 1/12/2007 | 5 | Depression/GAD | Mild sleeplessness, unsatisfying yawns that went away after a month or so. What I hate most though is the clenching of the jaw. That hasn't gone away. | Overall, I'm happy with Lexapro. I'm relieved to see that a lot of you are reporting clenching of the jaw. I thought there was something seriously wrong with mine, so I'm glad to know it is a side effect and not something else. | M | 37 | 1 years | 1/10/2007 | 5 | social anxiety, ged | Insomnia 1st night. Inability to fall back to sleep after waking up at 5am. | I've been having anxiety since I was 13. I was always self-concience and always worried about what others thought about me. A few hour's after taking 5mg, my first time, I immediantly felt my anxiety going down. I had trouble getting to sleep that night, but that was mostly because I was trying to change my sleep schedule anyway! The second day I took the pills I felt my anxiety down enormously while in public places. Now I'm on my 3rd day and I feel like a completely different person. I want to be out of the house all day and I'm not worrying about anything obsessively! My mind is so much clearer, I wish I knew about this years ago, and I would have taken it. The side effects I've had are minor compared to the changes I have during the day. This will definently change my life! | M | 20 | 3 days | 1/10/2007 | 2 | anxiety and depression | waking daily with migraine headache and anxiety attack since starting Lexapro. Chronic acid stomach and acid diarrhea. Decreased libido and delayed orgasm. Increased blood pressure (160/110, up from 120/82), constant tremor, probably because of constant anxiety reaction. Fatigue, apathy. | Previously had anxiety attacks 2-3 times a month for which I would occasionally take Xanax, and migraines once every week or two, for which I would take Imitrex. Since starting lexapro, I have to take Xanax and Imitrex at least once a day, first thing in the morning, to be able to function at all. Neither medication works as well as before I started taking Lexapro. I also need to take pepcid daily or my stomach hurts all day. On the positive, side, I'm not crying as much; however, I'd rather cry sometimes than feel this way all the time. I'm going to give it a few more days to see if the side effects resolve. This is intolerable. | F | 54 | 12 days | 1/10/2007 | 4 | Depression/ PTSD | First few days I was so thirsty that no matter how much water I drank, it was never enough. The first week, I experienced a slight headache, slight nausea and no appetite. No interest in sex at all. Everything went away except for the loss of libido. | I would rate this a 5 but my loss of libido is troubling. It has made me stop crying every day so I will continue taking it. | F | 42 | 5 months | 1/8/2007 | 3 | | 1/5/2007 | 3 | M | | 1/5/2007 | 3 | M | | 1/5/2007 | 3 | | 1/5/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Headache, sinus problems, night sweats, increased anxiety, palpatations and brain fog. | This medication was a nightmare for me. | F | 33 | 12 days | 1/5/2007 |