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 | Anxiety/Depression | Fainting feeling, sweating, aggression, sadness | Been taking it for months now, thinking about asking doctor to try something else, suicidal thoughts haven't gone away and I have been getting this hot flash like faint feeling thru out day randomly. | F | 23 | 100 days 20mg 1X day | 10/4/2020 | 2 | depression | Lost effectiveness after a few months. | 1X day | 9/8/2020 | 2 | Depression | I'm reducing Lexapro from 10 to 7,5 Mg and I experience major hairloss and other complaints. This medicine only helped me for around 2 years maybe but I'm taking it for 10 years. It's very hard to come off this medication. | I would advise thinking hard about going on Lexapro and even antidepressants in general. I don't feel like it is worth it seeing how my body reacts to tapering down. It's almost like you end up in an invisible prison after a few years of taking it. I'm not pleased at all... | F | 32 | 100 days 7,5 1X day | 7/5/2020 | 2 | Anxiety and Depression | Lethargy Fatigue No appetite Drowsiness | Started this because I wanted some help with brain fog. The fatigue was so bad I didn't even wash up in the morning. I didn't want to eat and I had to call out of work. It got so bad I didn't even want to pick up the phone when my family called me. Called my doctor and she told me to throw it away because it was not supposed to that. | F | 40 | 4 days 10 MG 1X day | 6/15/2020 | 2 | Moderate anxiety and moderate depression | I had a severe allergic reaction to Lexapro that also came with an anxiety attack unlike any I've experienced before. When I went to the ER the nurse that checked me in said it wasn't possible to react that fast to it because it takes time to build up in the system. However, the nurse that ran my IV and gave me Epinephrine said that allergic reactions vary person to person and can happen quickly in some. Aside from the anaphylaxis reaction I had, side effects of withdrawal has been headaches (that almost felt like migraines), mania, exhaustion, depression, mood swings, irritability, shakes, suicidal thoughts (the worst I've ever had), naseau, muscle pain, weakness, upset stomach, diarrhea, fluctuating fever, cold chills, and heart racing. | Don't feel alone if you feel Lexapro kick in quicker than most other people. I want you to know that you're not alone. | F | 29 | 1 days 10mg | 8/22/2019 | 2 | Stress | Light sensitivity, slept through life, no motivation, not my normal happy self. Headaches & upset stomach in beginning. | Decided 7 weeks was enough and tapering off to quit. | F | 65 | 7 weeks 5mg | 4/29/2019 | 2 | Panic Attacks | Calming for sure. Causes MASSIVE insomnia though! You won’t sleep a wink on Lexapro, but you’ll feel tired. | Insomnia was enough to make me quit this medicine. | M | 49 | 5 days 5mg | 3/17/2019 | 2 | Deperssion, anxiety | Blurred vision Increased anxiety | Pros - initially no adverse reactions, somewhat calming affect early on, made sleep easy the first couple weeks. Cons - Semi major blurred vision. Starting around after 1-2 weeks vision was greatly affected on 10mg. Starburst were major at night time especially in night time when no other light was present. Even during daytime, faces and people seemed blurred. Bodies seems to have ghosting effect or blurred outlines as if I was seeing double at certain ranges. After about 8 weeks on the medication depression was smaller but anxiety was still major. Waking in morning to panic feeling about 3-5am each day. I was starting new job at the time but I was extremely worried about everything. Made decision to discontinue medication after 8 or so weeks. Taper 1/2 for 1 week, 1/4 for 1 week and then 0. At same time I started dose of buproprion 150xl. | M | 41 | 3 months 10 1X day | 12/11/2018 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety | Insomnia, too mellowed out, numb to difficult life events, sex is near impossible your broken the whole time with this medication. | Started feeling my depression taking over me after my grandparents died 2 days apart in January 2017. I was on meds growing up from the passing of my mother when I was 13. Stopped for a few years and was prescribed to Lexapro. BIGGEST MISTAKE. Lexapro is only good for one thing, if you seriously don't want to feel anything. Yes, it made me somewhat cope with what I was dealing with. But the side effects drove me crazy especially the insomnia. After taking it for 4 months I decided I wanted to get off it and just be completely free of medication. started taking 5MG after seeing my doctor and gave it a try for around 5-7 days. Getting off Lexapro has been the worst experience through all of this. Cold turkey is ballsy with this. 24 hours of the day with constant anxiety attacks, shortness of breath, cold sweats, restlessness, panic attacks. I get these moments that I feel so dark and hopeless it reminds me of the same exact feeling the day my mother died when I was a kid. through this process nobody, not even my Doctor told me getting off this is extremely hard. Through this process I lost my job because the effects are so unbearable I cant even leave my house. I am at the end of week 2 and its really kicking in. If you decide to take this medication just think about the future. | M | 23 | 4 months 10MG 1X day | 12/5/2017 | 2 | Depression/anxiety | Drowsiness, apathy | This made me so drowsy that I basically slept through 2 months of my life. It also made me so apathetic that I didn't care - to the point that I wasn't paying bills or taking care of other necessary parts of my life. | F | 55 | 60 days 10 mg 1X day | 10/27/2017 | 2 | Anxiety, Depression, Panic | Severe and Frequent Heartburn, Reduced Libido, Lower Testosterone, Suicidal Ideation, Depression & Anxiety | Cold Turkey and Weening off this drug is really really hard. I was bloated and had brain zaps, night terrors and insomnia and migraines. I would NOT recommend this drug for young males. | M | 36 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 4/11/2017 | 2 | Anxiety | Tired, lazy, absent minded, no emotions, headaches, weight gain | Getting on this drug was a nightmare, took at least a month to start working. Weaning off was not as bad as I expected, but I went slow. My Dr told me nothing about side effects, which really was annoying, had to Internet search for answers, refused to take more than 10 mg. Gained 40 lbs, feel like I lost a year of my life. I highly recommend looking at other options before going down this road, and find a good doctor....Turns out a drug I was taking for heartburn caused my anxiety in the first place. So unnecessary! | F | 57 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 3/20/2017 | 2 | Major Depression, recurrent type | Random and extreme bouts of anxiety, random weakness in my heart, extreme difficulty concentrating, listlessness, restlessness, severely apathetic. | I was ok at first on 10mg of lexapro, but then became severely depressed. The doctor increased my dose to 20mg, which caused me these severe and irritating and, frankly, terrifying, side effects. I'm much better without lexapro. I've never experienced such anxiety in my life. I've got a new appreciation for the poor people who have bipolar, I can't imagine having to live that way. | F | 40 | 8 months 20 mg | 12/13/2016 | 2 | Major Depressive Disorder | Decreased libido and emotional numbness | All antidepressants can affect libido, but Lexapro killed the little bit of sex drive I had left. The biggest issue, though, is that it's made me totally numb, emotionally. I don't feel sad, but I don't feel anger, empathy, or love either. I just feel empty. I'm so done with this medicine. | F | 37 | 2 months 30mg 1X day | 7/11/2016 | 2 | fibromyalgia and anxiety | fatigue, drowsiness, fogginess of the mind, laziness! | It just made me want to sleep. It completely zapped me of energy. It was very effective for the fibromyalgia pain and anxiety, but I had to get off of it so that I could actually function at being a mother with a full-time job. All I wanted to do was take naps. Not good. | F | 45 | 10 months 20 mg 1X day | 6/12/2016 | 2 | Anxiety and OCD | Leaves me restless at night, and made me nauseous for the the first few weeks | I've been on it for over a year, increasing from 5 mg t0 20 mg (I've been at 20 for about 6 months) and it has yet to do ANYTHING! Might work better for less severe anxiety/OCD but hasn't done anything to relieve me of my panic attacks or ritualism. | F | 16 | 1 years 20 mg 1X day | 5/13/2016 | 2 | To treat depression | I had vivid dreams that I could not distinguish from realitity and memory. I had to use logic to come to understand that these dreams Did not happen. This is a side effect my therapist didn't even know was possible. It meant I wasted a lot of time looking for things that didn't exist. But the worse episode for me was when I had a dream that my younger brother had been dead for a decade. I was alone in my dorm room at the time and so it took me an hour to realize he was still alive. Also, the medication only has an affect on my mood if I am taking caffine as well. This was an accidental discovery for me as I have worried I am caffine sensitive like both my parents are. | 19 | 5 months 5mg - 20mg | 4/6/2016 | 2 | PTSD - major depression | Very hard to take a deep breath like someone is squeezing my lungs. | I seem to be very sensitive to the SSRI's . I have to take Xanax 3 times a day and I don't think this drug is worth it. | F | 66 | 30 days 5 mg 1X day | 2/6/2016 | 2 | Generalised Anxiety | I kept gaining weight on this medication no matter how often I would workout and watch my calories. I put on 5 kg in 5 months. I hated having no control over that, so I stopped taking it two weeks ago. | It worked wonders for my anxiety. I stopped getting panic attacks and it calmed my constant racing thoughts. Having said that, I'd rather be fit and anxious than fat and not anxious. | M | 31 | 5 months 10mg | 11/2/2015 | 2 | Anxiety, stress | Dizzy, drowsy, tired, sleep all day, headache, feel weak. | This is a cleaner version of Celexa, in terms of side effects yes but not sure otherwise. I feel drugged and only started with 5 mg. Takes until noon for me to really "wake up" Exercise is what keeps my spirits up and helps ease the stress but Lexapro took away all my energy and will to do anything. I'm getting off.... | F | 39 | 7 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/11/2015 |