LEXAPRO Reviews (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (2093 Ratings)

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LEXAPRO  (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE):  Escitalopram is used to treat depression and anxiety. It works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. Escitalopram belongs to a class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being and decrease nervousness.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2   I've been taking Lexapro for 4 weeks now for anxiety. Abour 12hours after the 1st dose I passed out (could have been an axiety attack). After a few more days I was extremely aggitated and couldn't sit still. My Pdoc prescribed Klonopin at night 5to help me sleep. It knocked me out until about 4am them woke up in severe panic, racing heart, tremors etc. I keep trying to take it hoping the side effects will go away, but it seems like it's getting worse. How long do you think I should take to taper off 10mg for 4 weeks use? F 45 4 weeks
2/5/2009
 2  anxiety, mild depression weight gain, for about 3 weeks sexual disfunction, I hate this drug! I have been trying to wean myself off of it for the last 3 weeks by decreasing the dosage. I am so miserable. My doctor NEVER told me that I would experience these side effects; brain zaps, extreme fatique, feelings of wanting to hurt myself physically. My thoughts were, that physical pain would relieve the mental anguish! my Doctor is NO LONGER prescribing this drug nor will they refill a prescription...Gee does this raise a red flag???? as the day goes on I become exhausted, the brain zaps are even more frequent they happen everytime I turn my head. I feel off balance and slightly sick to my stomach. If I had known this is what was going to happen I NEVER WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS DRUG. I feel crazy, tired, and loopy. I do not know how else to describe this. It worries me that there is such side effects when trying to rid your body of such a drug---JUST EXACTLY WHAT DID IT DO TO ME while I was taking it and I don't even realize it! anyway, my suggestion would F 58 20 months
1/28/2009
 2  GAD, OCD features, mild depression sleep disturbances Significant sleep disturbances (waking 1-2 times overnight) which made very tired and sleepy during the next day and were not relieved even from ambien and diazepam prevented me from tolerating this drug for longer than 2 months. M 29 2 months
1/27/2009
 2  Depression / Anxiety Loss of sensation in genitalia Weight Gain Insomnia Muscle Clenching (at first) Lexapro was simply not good for me. I never really experienced any anti-depressant effects, I just couldn't think about suicide. Which is weird, but that's how I've felt on Effexor and Zoloft as well. I was taking 20mg for a while, but I got tired of not being able to sleep, drink alcohol,and the sexual side effects sucked. I had to take a sedative to sleep at night, and I had the worst dreams. Taking this drug was pointless. M 19 3 months
1/23/2009
 2  anxiety Dialated pupils, restless legs, nausia, headaches, extreme fatigue. I took this medicine for over 3 months. It took about 2 weeks to kick in and I felt wonderful once it did. I felt like this was a miracle drug. After 2 months I noticed that the medicine might have started to not work as much - my doctor suggested I increase my doseage. ONLY PROBLEM. After 3 months on this drug I gained 18 pounds !! I started to become depressed about that. I am not one to gain weight like this. DO NOT LISTEN TO DR OR NURSE ABOUT THIS MEDICINE NOT MAKING YOU GAIN WEIGHT. IT DOES.If your not worried about weight, then the medicine was great. I need to have control of my body, so I stopped and now started taking Wellbutrin 100mg 3x day. I cross my fingers on this one F 32 4 months
1/20/2009
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 2  Dysthymia Wellbutrin stopped working for me after 6 years. Lexapro was the fourth med my doc had me try, after Celexa, Cymbalta and Pristiq either failed to work or had intolerable side effects. 10 mg Lexapro caused mild nausea which went away after a few days. It also caused mild mouth dryness which did not resolve. Lexapro made my fatigue much worse and helped none of my depressive symptoms. In fact, there were a few days in the first two weeks when I felt much more hopeless and depressed than usual. After 2 weeks, my doc increased my dose to 20 mg. My nausea returned and I noticed a slight elevation in mood for a day or two, then I "returned to baseline" (except for my fatigue, which worsened on the higher dose). I had mild restless leg syndrome on Lexapro, which became worse when I went up from 10 to 20 mg. I had to take 0.5 mg Klonopin every night to keep the RLS at bay. It was really, really hard to wake up in the morning on Lexapro. There was one workday I thought I was g No real positives or benefits to mention. Lexapro did not help my mood, attitude, motivation, IBS, body aches or tendency to overeat. The nicest things I can say about Lexapro is that it didn’t cause sexual side effects, headaches or alcohol intolerance. Lexapro works for a lot of people, but it did nothing for me. F 46 4 weeks
1/17/2009
 2  depression sleep and eat that is all I wanted to do F 32 6 months
1/3/2009
 2  Major Depressive Disorder Insomnia for first week or so (this subsided). Decreased sex drive and delayed orgasm which become worse as weeks passed. Other than that, not too many (especially when compared to Effexor and Cymbalta). Also, maybe some difficulty with mental processing, but this was not extremely noticeable. I found this drug (10 mg/day) to not really do anything but decrease my sex drive and give me an overall sense of "who cares?" I kind of felt like Peter in Office Space. This is great for a few days (and as a fictional comedy), but it can really interfere with daily function (and it did). I did not really realize how much stuff I had neglected until after I was through withdrawing from the drug. After about three weeks of weaning myself off, and another two weeks without it in my system, I began to feel normal (which means more anxious, but at least I started dealing with the things which stressed me out). In my opinion, this was a waste of money and a few months of my life. M 35 4 months
12/7/2008
 2  depression and obsessive thoughts Horribly disturbing, intrusive thoughts I couldn't push away. I won't go into all the details, but I had a strong urge to self-harm due to the thoughts (the self-harm wasn't new, but the urge was different than normal.) I was tired, zombie like. I was only on it for five days because I started it in the pysch hospital, so obviously I didn't give it enough time for the anti-depressant to, you know, work. The side effects were so bothersome I had to quit. F 14 5 days
12/5/2008
 2  Bipolar depression/anxiety Weight gain, yawning. Anxiety and pm fatigue were better for a year or so, then they returned. My doctor says Lexapro wakes most people up but can have the opposite effect, as it started to have with me. We're slowly weaning me off Lexapro onto Zoloft, which is supposed to be weight-neutral. I already feel better after just a few days. F 52 1 years
11/26/2008
 2   Intense fatigue, zombie like state, felt like I was watching myself After just two days of a 10mg dosage once per day, I had to drop this drug. I can't recall ever being that tired in my life - literally had no energy. Missed two days of work, and I literally could not think. I have a job that requires me to be creative, and I literally did not have a single idea while on this drug. On a positive note, it did desensitize me to the things causing me anxiety, but it desensitized me to everything else as well. M 38 2 days
11/20/2008
 2  Depression For the first 2 years, Lexapro seemed to put me on a more even keel so that eposodes of depression were not as severe. However, I have had on going sinus problems, jaw pain, blurred vision, and heart palputations never suspecting Lexapro, noting only now these are possible side effects. This 4th year, I see how apathetic and zombie like I've become-- and been the past few years. I miss my alive self, but fear the depression. However, I have experenced some wicked depression while on Lexapro, so it make not be working for that now anyway. Limited creative output and lack of all drive and ambition. Decreased sex drive yes, putting me around normal for most people. There is an internal dullness; A lack of self will to direct my life's direction; And sense of constraint on my mental acuity. The Lexapro? It is possible. At anyrate, I'm not doing that well on it if I feel this way... F 45 4 years
11/18/2008
 2  anxiety increase of anxiety, tension, lack of focus, blurred vision, anorgasmia. F 30 7 days
11/12/2008
 2  Mild depression & anxiety Stomach is in knots, tension in the front part of my head, shakiness, blurred vision I took 10mg for the first time last night before bed and I could barely sleep. I don't even know if I did sleep! My back hurt so bad in the middle of the night I had to take an Ibuprofen. Now I'm at work and I'm shaking so bad and my stomach is so tight! I hope this goes away. I can't seem to focus, my eyes are blurred and sensitive to the light. F 27 1 days
11/10/2008
 2  anxiety headaches, dizziness, fatigue F 40 4 months
11/10/2008
 2  Anxiety after mother's sudden death Severe worsening of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts which I had NEVER had before in my life. I saw neon colors when I closed my eyes and couldn't sleep. Having said that, there are people out there who swear by this stuff and say it saved their lives. If you are taking this for the first time, start with 1/4 pill to make sure it agrees with you, also make sure there is someone around who can care for you if you have a bad reaction. Odds are against it, but if you are the 1 in 100th person, it can be really bad. I would be especially careful if you are already a hyper-energetic type person because these are the people who seem to have the worst effects. F 41 1 days
11/8/2008
 2  anxiety tired, I went from smart to idiot. Make huge mistakes at work. Can't even remember friend's names. Got to get off this M 44 30 days
11/3/2008
 2  Anxiety Insomnia, increased anxiety, gittery feeling, little spacey at times, yawning, gas, hot flashes. Took 10mg on day one. Kicked in after about an hour. I noticed increased anxiety that would come and go. About 3 hours after taking I got an intense hot flash throughout my body. Very lethargic on day 1. Went down to 5mg on day 2, 3, and 4. Side effects not as bad. Still have increase anxiety (Not as bad), a bit irritable, and racey feeling like I'm on speed. Taking this lower dose before bed and not sleeping at all. .5 mdg ativan seems to take the edge off. M 41 4 days
9/2/2008
 2  Depression & Anxiety Issues Enormous Appetite. Complete Loss of Sex Drive. Always wanting to sleep. Lexapro did not only make me sleepy, it made me WANT to be asleep all the time and nothing else. I could not get enough food. I NEVER felt satisfied or full, even at the end of a large meal. ALWAYS RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY! I completely lost any and all interest in sexual matters. I finally took myself off (very gradually)and now feel much better. I have a normal sex drive back, do not want to be in bed, asleep, all the time and have a much tighter control of my appetite and calorie intake. M 49 11 months
8/22/2008
 2  Anxiety/Depression Loss of Libido. Sleepiness. Chemical Castration - total loss of any and all sex drive. Could sleep 23 hours a day. M 45 9 months
8/16/2008

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