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 | Insomnia, Nausea, spaciness | I am wide awake on my first night of taking Lexapro. I can't sleep, but i'm tired and I'm nauseaous. My dr also gave me Lorezapam to help with the initial side effects, but I'm finding it had the same side effects listed. I'm worried about all these side effects, insomnia, weight gain, loss of sex drive, I don't know if this is worth it. Can anyone offer advice?? | F | 22 | 1 days | 12/3/2007 | 2 | depression | major anxiety, shakiness, inability to think, heart pounding, nauseousness, crying, irrational, loss of appetite | I am being treated for anorexia and depression and I feel just awful on this medication. I never have anxiety attacks like this. | F | 32 | 4 days | 11/16/2007 | 2 | Anxiety, Depression, Seasonal Aff.D | Loss of appetite, confusion, tics, restless legs, dis-inhibition. | Been on many SSRI's in the past. Lexapro 50 mg up to 100 mg the first round. 3 years later, giving it another shot. Now only taking 10mg increasing up to 20 mg over a 1-2week period. Last week I increased up to 15mg and my body went haywire. I'm still unable to eat. Dramatic weight loss in one weeks usage. Not feeling so bombarded by life's duties, so that's plus. Very lethargic, mildly anxious. Lack of interest in most activities. Sex drive is now at it's lowest-- and that is rare. Get strange muscle tightening all over. Jaws clench way too often. Can't sit still. Nervous. Random tics. Increasing apathy as we speak. More irrational behavior. Good drug possibly in combination with others? | F | 21 | 14 days | 11/5/2007 | 2 | Anxiety | Gain weight 20 pounds for the first month, I exercise e/single day.I was always sleppy. | It calmed me down, but extra 20 pounds...It was out of control, I had to buy new bras..dresses..I am still working on my weight, can not lose additional 10 pounds. | F | 34 | 2 months | 11/2/2007 | 2 | Depression and anxiety | Numbness; mental detachment; flat affect; mild nausea and headache; social withdrawal; total lack of motivation; tremor; increased anxiety especially in the morning | Took Lexapro for 5 days. Will not take today. Feel totally withdrawn, flat, no desire to see or talk to anyone. Very "spacey" like a zombie. Want to sit and stare, could sleep all the time. Absolutely no motivation whatsoever. Took this medication for about 6 months almost a year ago and don't remember these side effects; it was pretty effective then for some reason. But not now. | F | 42 | 5 days | 10/31/2007 | 2 | depression | Wonder drug for several months--then downhill | Was on Zoloft for 5 1/2 yrs-then to Lexapro. It was GREAT! I felt normal & happy. But then I was sleepy so I started taking it at bedtime. I could sleep for 10-12 hours. Then I couldn't sleep very long at all-a couple of hours/night. FORGETFULNESS is a real problem. I have WEIGHT GAIN. Told the doctor, that I wasn't sure it was working for me...increased to 20 mg. I have been having JOINT PAIN that must be a side effect. I am having those paralyzing thoughts again "that I can't do anything right" etc. I went back to 10 mg. I go back to the doctor in a month or less. I need something else. | F | 43 | 1 years | 9/22/2007 | 2 | Major Depression | Mania, decreased sexual drive, inability to achieve orgasm, dry mouth, insomnia, tremors | SSRI's can trigger mania in people with major depression that are actually bipolar. I found out I was bipolar after taking Lexapro for a week. I was consequently hospitalized for four days. The research I've done seems to suggest that no other SSRI is as likely to trigger a manic episode as Lexapro, and I had taken Paxil and Prozac before it. Since the SSRIs are mostly the same and Lexapro is known for such extreme sexual side effects, it makes more sense to just take Wellbutrin and avoid the sexual side effects and chance of mania or insomnia. | M | 22 | 1 weeks | 9/21/2007 | 2 | General Depression | sleepiness, very low sex drive, weight gain, vivid dreams | I take 20 mg for past 3 months - Depression is now least of my problems. I'm so numb in the head, I can't get out of bed, lack of interest in lots of thing that used to intrest me: going to gym, bike riding - not on this stuff. Laying around on the the couch and sleeping - yes. I just missed work for 2 straight days - slept 15 hours each day and was still tired. Tried to quit once and had some nights of very crazy, vivid dreams. I have to get off this stuff. | M | 47 | 4 months | 9/7/2007 | 2 | anxiety | insomnia, headache, frequent urination, dizziness, "out of it" feeling | I was prescribed Ativan for job-related anxiety, but my Dr. decided to put me on 10mg of Lexapro, so I could be on something daily. Took 1/2 at night on day 1 & felt really lathargic. The next day, I was totally spaced out at work. I took my 2nd dose the next night hoping things would balance out, but no such luck. I was up all night & probably peed 20 times (but I wasn't drinking anything!) Now, I'm wired & feel like I'm on crack. This drug obviously works for some, but I'm not interested in the long term effect w/ a sneak preview like that. | F | 30 | 2 days | 8/31/2007 | 2 | anxiety/depression | weight gain, confusion, short attention span, exhaustion, sex drive issues | I started taking Lexapro about a year ago. I had been on Paxil and Paxil CR for a few years, and felt that they had stopped helping me. The transition wasn't so bad, since I just phased the Paxil out. The Lexapro seemed to help for a while, but my anxiety and depression kept breaking through. I had terrifying PMS while on both Paxil and Lexapro...I wanted to hurt myself and couldn't stop crying/freaking out. Would go through periods of time where I tried to seduce every semi-good looking guy in sight, then lose interest after 5 minutes w/ them. Other times, wouldn't think about sex for weeks on end. Now I'm going to try Effexor to see if that helps, but every person is different. I can say it definitely improved my anxiety and depression from what it was before I started on meds. | F | 23 | 1 years | 8/30/2007 | 2 | depression, anxiety | nausea, diarrhea, sweating, head in the clouds, stoned feeling | I took it before I went to bed. Days 1 & 2 were good- felt relaxed; Day 3 I was spacey, stoned; Day 4 I got severely sick: woke up at 3am sweating, diarrhea, heart racing, mind was racing (almost psychotic thoughts), had a panic attack because I was so scared, almost went to emergency room because I could not relax for 4 hours straight! | F | 31 | 4 days | 8/21/2007 | 2 | anxiety, ocd | sexual problems, sleepiness at the higher doses needed to treat ocd symptoms | Not a bad drug, but it didn't seem to help me much. Nasty sexual side effects if I took more than 10 mg. Almost impossible to ejaculate and if I did, it sure didn't feel right. If any of you guys have sexual problems with this drug, I would recommend trying Luvox (Fluvoxamine). Almost no sexual side effects. Very easy to orgasm. :) | M | 30 | 4 months | 8/14/2007 | 2 | Panic Disorder | I'm on day 7 of 20mg of Cipralex from Celexa and I have unbelievable fatigue and dizziness along with jaw clencing and sweating. I was on 10mg for 7 days prior.... | Everyone is telling me to stick with it so I think I'm just going to go down to 15mg from 20mg to see if the side effects lessen any - keep you posted | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 8/14/2007 | 2 | Anxiety and insonomia | BURNING headaches... insonomia, upgraded from anxiety attack to full blown panic attack which landed me in the hospital for a night, feeling high and bubble/medicine head all day, some weight loss, muscle/calf pain when lying down, feeling detached fr. reality. | been on 10mg for about 4-5 weeks.. now taking myself off the stuff. decreased to 5 mg...step down. i really don't see how this drug has helped me in any way except my mood swings are a little less severe. seeking therapy instead and some alt. treatments. ...if anyone else has had the strange burning headaches, please feel free to email me to discuss..a first for me..very weird. | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 8/4/2007 | 2 | PTSD, panic/anxiety, depression | increased anxiety, more panic attacks, uncontrollably bursting into tears | i started at 5 mgs, felt like i was on speed for the first few days. 2 weeks later the anxiety had increased into panic. the Dr. had me skip a day then start back at 2.5 mgs daily. that was ok for about 3 days then i started having constant panic/anxiety, as well as crying a lot at innappropriate times. i stopped taking the lexapro, the anxiety has lightened a little bit, but the crying hasn't. i haven't taken the lexapro for over a week. | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 7/13/2007 | 2 | PTSD, anxiety/panic, depression | severely increased anxiety/panic, | i started at 5 mgs, felt like i was on speed for the first week, then constant panic. tried to "power through" for the next couple of weeks. Dr. had me skip a day, then take 2.5 mgs. still had the anxiety. after i had 4 panic attacks in 3 days, and started bursting into tears uncontrollably and at innappropriate times, i quit taking it all together. called the Dr. but he's on vacation... | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 7/10/2007 | 2 | Major Depression | Dry mouth in the beginning, decreased sex drive | Didn't do a thing for me, even at the highest dose. | M | 19 | 2 months | 7/8/2007 | 2 | anxiety/depression | Inability to ejaculate | I have a high sex drive and no problem at all ejaculating. First day I took it, I tried to masturbate two different times and could not ejaculate either time after trying for awhile. That is not something I'm going to be comfortable with. | M | 46 | 2 days | 6/30/2007 | 2 | Anxiety, mild depression, GAD, SAD | tiredness throughout the day feel like sleeping... no energy no motivation, 1st night bad insomnia couldn't sleep until sun was up. jittery muscles, stomach gas, increased anxiety, nervousness. | I took Remeron for 6 months before this and stopped cold turkey because of the side effects. Had pretty bad SSRI withdrawn symptoms afterwords been off meds for 6 months. I tried Lex on 10mg for a week shortly after I stopped Remeron... the effects were wayyyy to strong felt extreme confusion, agitation, anxiety, paranoia and panicky and soon as I stopped the med I was better. This time I've started on 5mg the side effects are mild to moderate I can handle, also I've been off previous antidepressant for 6months. I will NOT up my doses until at least 4 weeks has passed. 5mg is enough for now. Hope this med works. | M | 24 | 2 days | 6/7/2007 | 2 | anxiety and depression | initially increased anxiety, flu-like symptoms, all over aching which lasted about two weeks, fatigue which lasted for 8 months, suicidal ideation. | I was put on Lexapro by my P-doc after I stopped taking Prozac cold turkey. I pretty much crashed because I did not titrate the dosage down. I started having horrible panic attacks, chest pains, fear of being alone, crying all the time. This had never happened to me in my life though I had always suffered from mild depression and depression runs in my family. I started the Lexapro at a very low dosage and worked up to 20 mg. After about two months the panic attacks stopped but I was so depressed I could not function. I would sleep half the day and cry the other half. And for the first time in my life I started thinking about suicide almost every day. I thought that it was a function of my depression but as I recently found it was the Lexapro. After 8 months of misery I cut the dosage of Lexapro in half to 10 mg and started 25 mg of Zoloft and within two days I felt so much better it was like a heavy weight had been lifted from my chest. I realized it is important to take the SSRI | F | 45 | 8 months | 6/7/2007 |