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 |
| 1 | anxiety | Worsing of anxiety, panic attacks, weight loss, nausea | I HATED THIS MEDICINE. I took my self off of it! It really made me feel like something was truely wrong with me! I also suffer from Mitral Valve Prolapse and Lexapro made my symptoms of it even worse. | F | 18 | 2 months | 7/27/2007 | 1 | depression | very strong nausea and headache. | Couldn't even stand to take it long enough to figure out if it worked because the side effects were so bad. | F | 28 | 2 days | 7/18/2007 | 1 | mild anxiety with menopause | heart racing,very restless,lathargic,couldnt sleep,feeling like jumping out of skin,extreme nausea,heart burn, dizziness | I hated it! Only took for one day but cannot handle these side effects. Took at bedtime and woke up 4 hours later high strung,pacing the floors, extreme nausea, heart racing, feeling like I could jump out of my skin.Then being lathargic set in, had to call off work because I just could not get out of bed. It was a drugged, extreme hangover feeling, and I was dizzy every time I got up. This lasted 12 hours after 1st dose and I still feel nausea, fatigued and lagging after 18 hours. (10 mg) No thanks! I feel better dealing with the original problem than feeling this way! It was a horrible last 18 hours! | F | 48 | 1 days | 7/12/2007 | 1 | death in family | suicide thoughts, major twitching, nausea just an hour after taking it. I only took HALF a pill (as instructed by my doc) and discontiuned it because I was scared something worse might happen. Now years later, I have breathing problems, other muscle problems, also running thoughts. I feel like it had altered my brain in some way. I have memory problems, racing thoughts that keep me up or from doing anything at all, sometimes it feels like my head is going to explode..i don't think I'm the same person in now. I react to situation..i feel i'm less inhibited...less control over my behavior. Over all I do not think it's worth all this just to get over grief or any sadness in life because it could take your life. I HOPE NO ONE TAKES LEXAPRO BECAUSE IT CAN LAST YEARS AFTER. it's not worth it..go exercise, seek family and friends, take up some hobbies or vacations. REALLY check the side effect info for this medication before taking it. it's listed there because significant number of ppl | check this website about side effects that last years after. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_zaps ALSO I talked to my professor about my medication because I was unable to function after taking it. he told me that one gradstudent took lexapro and started hearing voices. that's also one side effect that you don't want. so anyways.. DONT TAKE IT...u don't want to risk getting some of the really bad side effects for who knows how long. | F | 22 | 1 days | 7/10/2007 | 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 | 1 | Depression with Bipolar Disorder | Weight gain and mania | Caused me to go manic | F | 26 | 3 months | 7/1/2007 | 1 | Insomnia and Stress | No sexual desire or erections, apathy | M | 36 | 4 days | 6/26/2007 | 1 | anxiety panic | sleepiness, sinus problems, weight gain | I was on Lexapro for about 6 years. I had these side effects the entire time but at the same time I had started Lexapro I had moved to a new city and started a new career. I thought my sinus issues were from living in a polluted city. I thought my sleep issues were because my new career was very hard. After about 5 years I began to wean off it and the withdrawls were terrible. Now that I am off. I no longer sleep anywhere anytime - sometimes 14 hours at a time. I no longer have sinus problems and I have lost some of the weight. If you start sleeping more and more with this drug - consider talking to your doctor about getting off | F | 34 | 6 years | 6/25/2007 | 1 | menopausal depression | caused me to lose my nursing license for 'impaired while on duty' due to seeing patients and not remembering even going to their homes, lethargy, sleepiness, slurred speech, falling asleep during meals, "acting goofy". | When I cried alot while going thru the change my husband insisted that I see my doctor. He diagnosed menopausal depression and gave me samples of Prozac. Couldn't take that. Then he tried Celexa. I was curled up in my recliner in a fetal position after 1 dose. Then Lexapro. OK at 10mg for 6 months. Then it was increased to 20mg for 6 months. Then up to 40mg and within a week I have no idea what went on in my life. Thank God I got Bronchitis and didn't take any meds for a week and my husband could see the "old" me. My husband weaned me off of Lexapro but too late. My co-workers were concerned about my slurred speech and from there it went downhill. Even though my Director found out about my reaction she turned me into the Board of Nursing. Impaired on duty is anything including your own prescription. I hope this helps someone else. I could have hurt someone and not known it. My dr. called it a SSRI uptake idiosyncracy. | F | 54 | 1 years | 6/19/2007 | 1 | Anxiety,OCD | Deep Depression, suicidal thoughts, fearlessness, almost psychosis. | The one day I took this drug might have been the worst day of my life. I am OCD, have anxiety, and adhd. It got rid of my OCD but made me careless about everything including my own life. I just did not care. It was a feeling of dispair. I wanted to cry but just could not. It was like living a nightmare. | M | 27 | 1 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | depression/grief | I took my first 10mg dosage before I went to bed, about 3 hours later I woke up high... my pupils extremely dialated, dry mouth, anxiety, racing heart, jittery, paranoia, and mild halucinations of crazy squirrels. These side effects came in waves for about the first 12 hours, then I felt more like myself with the exception of a severely painful migraine, dizziness, shakiness, cold sweats and nausuea that lasted another 36 hours. | Needless to say I did not take another pill. I think it causes more trauma than it's worth; I seriously felt like I could die. I was scared, but had the worst inability to cry or express any sort of emotion. My doctor accused me of taking drugs... only Lexapro, doc. I'd say if you want to be a tripped out zombie, then go ahead... it's not for me. | F | 21 | 1 days | 6/11/2007 | 1 | Depression | I wasn't Bipolar and it caused me to have a hypomanic episode, severe nosebleeds, irritabile one minute and hyper the next | I HATED Lexapro, but I know it does work well for others. When it was discontinued, I did have discontinuation syndrome. My doctor used Prozac to get me off of it. | F | 26 | 3 months | 6/7/2007 | 1 | Mild Anxiety | Vomiting, dizziness, blurred vision, hot/cold spells, palpitations, inability to focus, extreme headache, abdominal cramping | I was prescribed Lexapro for a mild case of anxiety, related to stress at work and school. I took 10 mg the night before bed and woke up in a daze, and very nauseous. Then I became completely lethargic. I have never been so tired. I actually made it to work, but was unproductive the entire day. I was very dizzy and felt like I was "out of my body." By lunch time I had a debilitating headache and extreme abdominal cramping. I couldn't sleep that night because my heart was racing and my head was pounding. I felt terrible. The side effects may be worth it if you are experiencing severe depression or anxiety, but it was more than I could handle. I will stick with natural remedies, proper diet and exercise. If you decide to take Lexapro, I recommend taking your first dose on a weekend or when you are not expected to perform timely duties. Good luck to you. | F | 26 | 1 days | 6/6/2007 | 1 | GAD | Brain fog, zombie shuffle, dazed and confuzed feeling. What a bad drug! | Flushed this crap down the toilet! Shame on the Doctors that prescribe this BS medicine! | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/1/2007 | 1 | GAD | Headaches, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, weight gain. | Why is this drug legal? After I stopped it -had to stop gradually - I was extremely dizzy for 6 weeks. Lab tests show very little cortisol which has exaggerated thyroid problem. | M | 55 | 3 months | 5/27/2007 | 1 | Depression | Last longer during sex | This medicine just didn't work for more than a month. Don't use it. | M | 20 | 1 years | 5/25/2007 | 1 | mild depression | nasty stuff, bad trip. stoned...anxious...increased paranoia. | Ok its about 6 hours since i took this first 10mg pill and now i'm starting to feel like my body and mind has been returned to me. Satanic shit this stuff!! The effects started about 15 minutes after taking the 10mg pill, and these effects have been changing all day. The first few hours were awful...total lethargy..feeling stoned (but in a bad way)(out of control way)...then totally calm, eyes shut.. Then all my worst fears resurfaced for a few minutes...After an hour or so, i was lucid for 10 minutes and felt a little better...then tried to sleep because i felt tired, but realized that this too was an illusion (could not sleep) Bad metal taste in my mouth, and it wasn't platinum !! Felt horny but that was all in my head, and not down below (this is typical with mind altering drugs). After that, i suddenly got an extreme hunger attack and vandalized the fridge... I'm athletic...i don't do this in my right mind.. Then i thought to myself...i have to surmount this behavior. I we | 46 | 1 days | 5/23/2007 | 1 | depression | suidical feelings | I took this medication for a month before I started getting extreme suicidal feelings, which I had not had before taking it. | F | 19 | 1 months | 5/13/2007 | 1 | GAD | Severe nausea (almost vomited), total loss of appetite, bad tremors, dry mouth, headache, elevated (20 pts) blood pressure, hypermania - Yikes! | Yup, all of that on day one after taking the first dose the previous night before bed. The nausea was the worst. Needless to say, I did not take a second dose. Today is day two, and I am better today, but still plagued by some nausea, appetite problems, dry mouth, etc. Wow, can't imagine toughing this out for a couple of weeks 'hoping' that the side effects go away, or that this med would be worth it - especially in my case, with basically just a recent flare up of stress and anxiety due to some life events and job stress. I am heading for a few months of cognitive therapy instead. The irony of this is that my mother recently (4 weeks ago) started taking this, and she absolutely LOVES it - no side effects, has taken the edge off of her anxiety, etc. I had hoped that since it worked for my mother so well with no side effects, that I might experience the same, but - NO! So I guess what they say is true, these SSRI's hit everbody differently. Not sure I will try another one an | M | 45 | 1 days | 5/4/2007 | 1 | Anixety/Depression | DEADLY! After wonderful 8 months of taking this medication and being 10 hours away from home (attending college) I had a hard time breathing and had to go to the ER. | F | 21 | 8 months | 4/30/2007 |