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 | Depression | Be very careful with this - I took it for 3 months believe that its affect on the mind is indirectly linked to the immune system functioning - if you are an othewise phyically healthy human you may risk compromising the proper functioning of the T-cells which may have UKNOWN consequences, the worst being autoimmunce disease which will make you very sick with flu-like symptoms and unable to get better...please beware. | I would only recommend that suicidal people with absolutely NO HOPE whatsoever take this. The risks of such dangerous and hidden physiological side effects are in NO WAY worth the potential positive effects of so-called subjective "mental stability" which is merely illusory and masks the hidden danger. | M | 32 | 3 months | 9/14/2006 | 1 | depression | Weight gain!!!!!!!!! I gain 30+ pounds on this medication. It was out of control! I'm now off of it and have lost 27 pounds! | I didn't feel like myself. I was always in a daze and experianced no emotions while on it. | F | 22 | 11 months | 8/17/2006 | 1 | depression, anxiety | Blackouts (after 5+ drinks) | The only side effect I really had were blackouts, which I NEVER had before and haven't had since (and I drank MUCH MORE over the next couple of weeks after discontinuing Lexapro as a "test" to make sure it was the cause). I would go from being slightly buzzed to "coming to" with a complete loss of memory as to what had happened during the previous 2 or so hours. I'd be conscious and doing things during this time, but I had no recollection of anything past a certain point. This happened several times, but I didn't immediately realize Lexapro was the culprit. The time I finally put everything together was when I "came to" walking around, lost, without any idea as to where I was, how I got there, or why I was even walking around... and this was after only 4 or 5 beers + 1 shot- it freaked me out! BTW, I took my dose in the morning, not late at night when I was drinking, and no, I didn't drink on an empty stomach. Let me just say that my experience with Lexapr | F | 24 | 7 months | 8/16/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | I only took 2.5 mg of Lexapro one time. I took it at 9 p.m. and woke up out of a dead sleep four hours later at 1 in the morning having a severe panic attack and drenching in sweat. | My mother took this same med for the same reason for about a week to ten days and was so fatigued that she couldn't work or function at all. | F | 30 | 1 days | 8/15/2006 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety | Disturbed sleep, exhaustion, nausea, dizzyness, jaw-clenching and increased anxiety. | I took 5mg for three days and when my Dr. heard what it was doing to me she said to stop it immediately. It's been four days since I discontinued, and I'm still wiped out and dizzy with flu-like symptoms. She had suggested I add Lexapro to my Remeron to boost the serotonin effects. I'll just stick with the Remeron - so much gentler on my system. Everyone is different, but for me Lexapro was like some kind of torture device. Can't wait for it to leave my system. | F | 44 | 3 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | Depression | Insomnia, tension, somnolence, loss of memory, jaw movements | Today is my first day of from the medication after my doctor took it away, I feel human again!!!! | 29 | 12 days | 7/18/2006 | 1 | Depression | Increased depression, extreme & debilitating fatigue, indigestion, weight gain, acne & scarring, lack of motivation, muscle weakness & joint pain, restlessness, bruxism, mental fogginess, neuropathic pain, blurry vision, prostatitis | I've gained about 25 pounds since taking Lexapro and feel bloated much of the time. I've also become so debilitatingly fatigued that I literally (and unprecedentedly) fall asleep at the dinner table and am so tired in the evening that I wind up going to bed with all of my clothes on. (Perhaps 90% of the time.) At times I am so tired that I am afraid to get behind the wheel. I am very sensitive to medications and have been on (and off) of antidepressants for the last 20 years. Though I told the psychiatrist that Lexapro didn't sound like a good fit, he pushed it anyway. Curiously, he had a load of samples the first day I met him. (What a coincidence!) When I describe to him the intolerable side effects, he tells me to tolerate them, because they usually go away. (I've *never* had a side effect go away.) I've asked him to add a more activating medication such as Provigil, but he seems not the least bit interested. I suppose he wants to see this experiment to its illogical end. In the mea | M | 42 | 4 months | 7/10/2006 | 1 | depression | severe nausea, extreme fatigue, dissoriented feeling, muscle pain and tightness, felt light I was being poisoned and probably should have gone to the emergency room. | After taking only one 5 mg pill, I had the most horrific symptoms. I really felt like I was going to die. After 4 days of being off of it, I still have residual symptoms. Muscle pain, nausea, flu symptoms. I have never felt so bad in my life. I can't believe the effect it has had on me. I am still trying to recover. | F | 29 | 1 days | 6/14/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Disorientation, dilated pupils, tightness in throat, extreme muscle pains throughout neck and shoulders, heart palpitations, hot facial flushes, itchiness. | I took my first and last dose of Lexapro after lunch at my office and ended up in the Emergency Room a few hours later. Thought I was poisoned. I'm amazed that doctors just hand you these kind of powerful meds without supervision. NEVER AGAIN. | M | 49 | 1 days | 6/13/2006 | 1 | anxiety | nauseau, exhaustion, complete loss of sex drive, loss of motivation, some problems with memory recall | intense withdrawl | F | 28 | 2 days | 6/7/2006 | 1 | Postpartum/prepartum depression | 60 lbs of weight gained. | Helped depression, but caused weight gain, which caused more depression... a vicious cycle. | F | 28 | 1 years | 6/4/2006 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Hot and cold flashes, flushing in face, agitation, panic attacks (never had before), depression worsened, anxiety heightened. | This was the worst med EVER. It made me 100 times worse. I was so disapointed. | F | 33 | 8 weeks | 5/26/2006 | 1 | mild anxiety/social anxiety | nasal congestion; dramatically increased sweating (from mild activity and while sleeping); general fatigue; dry mouth/thirst; bizarre, vivid dreams; hot flashes (my husband used to be the one constantly turning down the thermostat--now it's me!); dramatically increased appetite; resulting weight gain of over ten pounds within two months (and I have been fighting it, trying to watch what I eat and exercise more); occasional light-headedness; increase in severity of menstrual cramps; occasional rapid heartbeat; itching all over my body; jaw clenching, with resulting head and neck pain | It has helped with my anxiety, but I am going to ask to be weaned off. The side effects are just too much. My shrink acted like I was nuts when I told her I was ravenous all the time and gaining weight, but now I see that's really pretty common. It kind of scares me that she isn't aware of these things. I also don't think she should have started me on this in the first place . . . I had some anxiety when I went to see her, especially in social situations, but I think it's therapy I need, not drugs. Anyway, thanks, everyone, for sharing your experiences. Good to know I'm not out of my mind! You have all helped me make up my mind to look into weaning myself off this drug so I can try to deal with my problems in a more natural way. | F | 23 | 2 months | 5/17/2006 | 1 | depression | suicidal thoughts, mood swings, difficulty to concentrate | I advice people go to this webcite neurorelief.com/newsletterarchive.php?issue=408 and see what TAAT can do. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 5/13/2006 | 1 | depression, panic attacks | mood swongs, feeling like taking cocaine, feeling suicidal, no sex drive, weight gain, people told i have changed It messed up my brains I wasn't depressed but I was acting like real mental Feeling like they put some machine inside of my brain which thinks for me. It is really scary | I tried a lot of antidepressants but they never solved the problem. That is what helped me: neuroscience test (go to neuroscienceinc.com and get information about their test and products), book "Feeling Good" by David Burns (until you find all your silent assumptions (when you read this book, you will understand what I am talking about) which cause you depression you will never get out from it, this book will help to do this. Targeted Ammino Acid Therapy (TAAT), cranial electrotherapy stimulation, deep breathing exercise – 3 times a day (do it when you are anxious and have panic attacks, also while doing it, imagine yourself as you wish you wanted to be), special diet for depression (really helps for mood swings), day light lamp, hot and cold shower, daily exercise, meditation, keeping schedule, acupuncture St. John’s Wort - 9 pills a day, Red clover - 6 pills a day, Omega 3, Calcium, B-complex. | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 5/10/2006 | 1 | Depression / Anxiety | Sexual Side Effects. WEIGHT gain. 40-50lbs! Constant increase in dosage every six months. Hard to get to sleep at first..had to switch to morning. Mood swings. Crying fits. Withdraw from this drug was one of the worst experiences of my life! I was so sick. Scared out of my mind (paranoid..always felt like someone was behind me or watching me). Delusional. I had shocks in my brain if I moved from side to side. Shaking, sweating, extreme fatigue. And I was led to believe it 'was just me'. | Lexapro worked great for my anxiety. Still does. But, I cannot say the same for my depression. I have had to increase my dosage every six months and would have to again if I weren't going to try wellbutrin. When lex looses it's punch, let me tell you...it LOOSES it's punch. And the worst part is...you don't even realize it's the meds until you are in the thick of it a month in! It was a new drug and I was pushed to use it and I am not happy about it. I did everything normally. Ate the same, exercised normally and after 6 months BLEW up. Day after day I was gaining weight. Here I am now, 60 lbs heavier and they STILL tell me that it wasn't lexapro. There was no other reason for the increase. I'm not an idiot, I know my body..thanks. Now that I am having to increase dosage for the 3rd time...im done. Wellbutrin or bust. No side effects apparently..we'll see. But I am tired of drugs just 'wearing' off. I also had major mood swings...angered pretty easily. Now lost the love of my life beca | F | 27 | 2 years | 5/9/2006 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Nightmares/night-sweats, Insomnia, constant agitated feeling... | This drug did absolutely nothing positive for me. Along with the side effects already mentioned, the lexapro made me "emotionless" and even more suicidal. I discontinued after about 2 and a half months. Ive tried several of the SSRIs and cannot stand the way they make me feel... | M | 20 | 3 months | 5/8/2006 | 1 | Depression , Anxiety | I gained about 5 pounds. | Lexipro did nothing for me. My doctor raised me to the 20 mg. dose to see if that would help., and I got worse with the crying spells. I'm now trying WellbutrinXL | F | 10 weeks | 5/7/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | night sweats, major mood swings and moment of over excitement combined with rudeness. head felt completely detached from body and feeling suicidal. | these doctors really must be getting big perks by pushing this crap on people. i know that drugs have different results with different people. but too many patients had same discomforts. yes, i had the runs too. | F | 30 | 12 days | 4/27/2006 | 1 | mild depression, chronic pain | I had a dramatic increase in sex drive, extremely vivid dreams--mostly sexual, night sweats, some tiredness during the day, jaw clenching. | The sexual side-effects may seem exciting, but they have practically turned me into a different person. I did not at first relate them to the drug, and tried to understand my feelings. When I realized they were drug-related, I was horrified. My doctor told me to double the dose to completely get rid of my depression (from 10 mg to 20 mg). I have never taken drugs before except for marijuana--which has helped my chronic pain and depression. The night after doubling the dose, my muscles became tense, I had tremendous energy even though I wanted to sleep, and I "came down" the next day. My friend told me it sounded like I was on cocaine. WHY is this drug legal and marijuana is illegal????? I feel like I am taking something extremely dangerous. Look up "serotonin syndrome" to see that the side effects I am describing can lead to death. | M | 32 | 8 months | 4/26/2006 |