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 | irritable bowel disorder, anxiety | At first it seemed to help keep me calmer. I found when I started to get anxious or angry about something, my heart did not start pounding out of my chest (fight or flight syndrome). I really didn't experience any side effects like n/v, drowsiness, etc. | It seemed after taking this for ahwile, I was taking 10 mg qd, I seemed to become more aggressive and assertive. I would just speak my mind whenever I got angry, and had no fear. I seemed to become more "mean" and "mad" and I just didn't like myself. I felt like a grumpy b----. My dr. said he had not heard that as a side effect, but I experienced it. I stopped it abruptly and became very dizzy, lightheaded and depressed. I had to restart and taper off of it slowly over a few months time. I will not take this drug again. | F | 44 | 2 years | 1/20/2007 | 2 | anxiety and depression | waking daily with migraine headache and anxiety attack since starting Lexapro. Chronic acid stomach and acid diarrhea. Decreased libido and delayed orgasm. Increased blood pressure (160/110, up from 120/82), constant tremor, probably because of constant anxiety reaction. Fatigue, apathy. | Previously had anxiety attacks 2-3 times a month for which I would occasionally take Xanax, and migraines once every week or two, for which I would take Imitrex. Since starting lexapro, I have to take Xanax and Imitrex at least once a day, first thing in the morning, to be able to function at all. Neither medication works as well as before I started taking Lexapro. I also need to take pepcid daily or my stomach hurts all day. On the positive, side, I'm not crying as much; however, I'd rather cry sometimes than feel this way all the time. I'm going to give it a few more days to see if the side effects resolve. This is intolerable. | F | 54 | 12 days | 1/10/2007 | 2 | depression bipolar anxiety | 10 mg zombifies you but works great for anxiety | worked great for anxiety | M | 6 months | 12/29/2006 | 2 | GAD and Depression | Headaches, nauseau, dizziness, always on a bad high, inability to concentrate. Bad diarrhea and abdominal pains. The desire to just sleep my life away, but not suicidal. Anxiety got worse. | I do experience some of these symptoms naturally, but it all got worse. Constant bad headaches and nauseau. My sex drive did not get any less. But I do have the inability to eat or care about food. Too nauseaus to eat anything but a few crackers or some bread. The nausea is pretty bad normally, so I may try something else. This one was my first SSRI. I had more anxiety attacks, acting out on loved ones. I'm calling the doctor first thing tomorrow morning. | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 12/13/2006 | 2 | mild depression, social anxiety | dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, severe insomia, fatigue, contispation, mood swings, agitation,severe anxiety and heart palpitations.Everything!!!Not a very good experience!!! | The first couple of days I took Lexapro, I thought it was a miracle drug because I felt great. The only problem I had was the insomnia. Kept waking up throughout the night and getting about 5 hours of sleep. The third day I noticed I was dizzy, maybe because I had not had enough rest and I got concerned and called the nurse. She said everything would be OK and subside. After that day the good feeling wore off, and I was feeling fatigue with no zest for life. That day, day four when I took the medication, I started to notice a little bit of anxiety. Then it escalated really bad on the seventh day I was taking the medication and I could not get any sleep at all. Only one hour of sleep. Kept waking up with my heart pounding out of my chest. That's when I went to my doctor today and he switched me over to Wellbutrin. I want this medication to work so bad. Scared of the side effects. Not very pleasant with this one (Lexapro). I will be back to write on Wellbutrin to let you know if it work | F | 26 | 7 days | 12/13/2006 | 2 | anxiety | dissociation, afraid to be alone with myself, palpitations, high bp, awake all nite with palpitations, contracted torso muscles, psychotic thoughts | Don't take SSRIs if you have circulatory, heart, or breathing conditions | F | 59 | 2 days | 12/9/2006 | 2 | anxiety | dissociation, afraid to be alone with myself, palpitations, high bp, awake all nite with palpitations, contracted torso muscles, psychotic thoughts | Don't take SSRIs if you have circulatory, heart, or breathing conditions | F | 59 | 2 days | 12/9/2006 | 2 | anxiety/depression | Complete loss of sex drive, impotence, constant yawning, jaw-clenching | I now know what impotence is; Thank you Lexapro. Absolutely no sexual thoughts or feelings. It was awful and that alone was the cause of it's own depression. I only took for 3 weeks. But from day 2 I really developed the "I don't care" yet calm attitude towards most things. On the good side, the calmness help with my anxiety to a point. If you don't care are you really dealing with anxiety? The yawning and jaw-clenching were very annoying. My doc switch me to Welbutrin, which I've only been taking for < 1 week. Given my limited experience with both, I'd sum it up this way for me. Welbutrin is giving me the energy to deal with anxieties and depression whereas Lexapro just made me not care... Check out the side affects page for Welbutrin, it reads much different than this page. | M | 40 | 3 weeks | 12/5/2006 | 2 | depression | Tired-ness! I am so tired all the time! I can barely get out of bed in the morning. All I want to do is sleep. Weight gain is another crappy side effect, and my sex drive has suffered. | I don't recomend this drug. Although it helped with my chronic cranky-ness, it has not helped with depression. Actually, I think the side effects are making me more depressed. | F | 22 | 6 months | 11/16/2006 | 2 | Mood Swings | Severe irritability (noticed increase after taking medication), jaw clenching, more lethargic | F | 22 | 5 months | 11/14/2006 | 2 | Anxiety | Delayed orgasm, twitching, severe apathy | This drug made me not care about anything. I stopped playing golf, and my other hobbies went neglected as well. Unfortunately, I also didn't care about my marriage anymore. I told my wife I wanted a divorce, I sold off my show car, and cashed out the equity in my house giving it all to my wife without caring at all. I discontinued the drug and within a week started caring again and now am trying to deal with the financial and emotional disaster I caused. I never would have done these things had I been myself. Nobody warns you about the apathy when you start this drug, had I known that I would no longer care about the people and things I love, I would have never started taking this drug. | M | 39 | 360 days | 11/8/2006 | 2 | bipolar, anxiety, mood swings. | weight gain ( +10 pounds in 2 months ), difficulty waking up, vivid nightmares (switched from prozac because of decrease in sex drive), with lexapro i have NO libido (before meds i had a more than healthy sexual appetite),i have no interest in ANYTHING, in people in activities, lexapro did not help with my depression or anxiety,I also take clonopins but rarely.I have had NOTHING but bad side effects and my mania and mood swings gradually have come back, along with suicidal thoughts, and heavy depression. currently on 40mg a day.MyPMS and cramps are as bad as when i wasnt on my meds. | i want to go back on prozac (any other options here?), it worked for a while but i had to keep upping my dosage (was at 80mg/day) and i started having loss of libido, but at least i wasnt gaining a pound a day, and my bipolarism was under control. I dont know what to do next... | F | 27 | 2 months | 11/4/2006 | 2 | Depression / Stress / Chronic Pain | Nausea, foggy head, vivid dreams, headache, drymouth, TIRED, couldn't sleep through night. | After taking this for one day and reading the comments, I'm saying NO WAY! The side effects are going to be to much for me. Sex is very important to me and I dont want to gain any weight b/c that is part of my depression. I guess you just really have to weigh the benefits of taking it to the side effects. | F | 24 | 1 days | 11/2/2006 | 2 | OCD and depression | very tired, no sex drive at all, trouble sleeping at night | My doctor started me on 5 mg because of bad experiences I had with Prozac and Zoloft. Lexapro didn't make me dizzy like the other two did, but it made me so sluggish all the time. Then, after he increased me to 10 mg, I became even more depressed and cried all the time and was very suicidal. My doctor has switched me to Wellbutrin XL so we will see if that helps. Lexapro had NO good effects, only bad ones. | F | 27 | 1.5 months | 10/30/2006 | 2 | depression | tiredness- all I wanted was to sleep all day. Sickness- curbed my depression enough that I quit taking it after three days and oh and voices- the first night- I heard about four comments out of nowhere. | I might try something different, it made me really sick. | F | 17 | 3 days | 10/30/2006 | 2 | depression | headache from day one. severe jaw clenching | Jaw clenching became so bad that I cracked one of my molars which had to be removed. Stopped taking drug because of this. If you have TMJ to begin with be very wary of the jaw clenching side effects of this medication. | F | 37 | 13 days | 10/20/2006 | 2 | depression/ anxiety | Extremely nauseated. Extremely lethargic. Extremely apathetic. | I slept most of the day and night. I had no interest in doing anything. Even getting up to get a drink seemed like a chore. I had no feelings whatsoever. After 5 days I had enough. I don't want to feel depressed, but I want to feel SOMETHING. Bonus point- didn't feel suicidal due to lack of all emotion. | F | 48 | 5 days | 10/7/2006 | 2 | mild depression | I cannot YAWN! I start to yawn, then get half way through and it just stops! Jaw clentching, heightened insomnia, sweats day and night, apathetic, foggy brained, yet energetic. This is a wild ride! Nausea to the point of vomiting if not taken with food. | F | 35 | 10 days | 10/5/2006 | 2 | Anxiety/Panic | Nasal congestion, headaches, depersonalization, neck/muscle pain, feeling too warm, stomach upset, nausea. | I've been on Lexapro for one month and recently increased dose to 15mg. I got severe depersonalization (feelings on unreality). It has helped anxiety some, but I still feel nervous and I don't feel motivated to do anything. I do not like this drug. Am going off of it. Have had success on others. | F | 31 | 4 weeks | 9/29/2006 | 2 | Anxiety, mild depression | Extreme yawning, anorgasmia, weight gain, increased appetite | Lexapro has not been bad but has not been good enough to keep taking. I'm on 10mg at night (which does make me sleep well). I do feel calmer and my mind seems to be quieter but not convinced it is the drug instead of finally getting over a long illness. My appetite is constant and I'm putting on the pounds even though I'm now walking 5 days a week! Definitely not normal for me. Jaw clenching is very unwelcome as I hate the dentist! I wake myself up at night it's clenched so hard. Plus, the inability to orgasm is more frustrating then the anxiety. I'll give it one more week but then I'm stopping it. | F | 45 | 5 weeks | 9/11/2006 |