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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEXAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Depression, agoraphobia | Anorgasmia, sexual anhedonia, laziness/lack of energy | The side effects I've had were minimal, to the point I may well not even have noticed them if someone was slipping it into my food. By the same token, the positive effects aren't particularly noticeable, if they're there at all. I have felt a bit less crazy recently, but it may be for reason unrelated to the medication. Thus I'm really not sure what to make of escitalopram. | M | 32 | 2 months 10mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 3 | Anxiety and depression | A lovely medicine for anxiety and depression. However, I suffered from anorgasmia. Could not orgasm, with a partner or without. So I went off it. Withdrawl is also a bitch on this, I got brain zaps and a host of other unpleasant sensations | Take a chance on it. I had little to no side effects except anorgasmia | F | 20 | 2 years 20 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 3 | Panic Disorder | Loss of Libido, insomnia | 5000 UI/day of Vitamin D3 cured my panic disorder after trying so many antidepressants and countless therapy sessions....I beg anyone with hardcore panic or anxiety disorder to try it and see for themselves. it costs $10 over the counter.....there is nothing wrong with us emotionally like FREUD who I call "the man who killed psychiatric science" by writing bunch of B.S. Doctors just started to discover that Panic/anxiety disorder turns out to be a hormonal disorder and the lack of Vitamin D3 (which is also a hormone) that we get for free from the Sun is one of the major factors. Please don't waste your time on antidepressants like lexapro, Zoloft,remeron…etc that might take the edge off for a short period and have crazy side effects + the customer for live effect… and don’t try the therapies that are based on "it’s all in your head basis"….I swear to you that there is light at the end of the tunnel…take 5000 ui/day of vitamin d3 until you stabilize your levels >= 50 ng/ml. GOD BLESS | M | 35 | 6 months 10MG 1X day | 3/21/2012 | 3 | Anxiety, OCD | I have had a headache for two days now and nothing is helping. I've also been eating every thing in sight! | I was on Lexapro for YEARS until I got pregnant in 09. I stopped the Lexapro (and Wellbutrin) until I had a severe postpartum episode. I called my psych for the first time, at home, and she put me right on the Wellbutrin. I stayed away from Lexapro b/c I read too much about how hard it is to get off and b/c of the brain zaps I had while withdrawing the first time while I was pregnant. I tried Zoloft and Cymbalta over the past year, avoiding the Lexapro. After some unreal rage a few weeks ago I asked if Lexapro would be my best bet since I was on it before. My psych thought it would be a good idea. I started on 10 mg right away and up to 20 mg after 5 days. That was about 3 days ago. I cannot find any other reason for the headache I've had that I cannot find relief for. I have also been eating every thing I see for the past week. Since I was on both this and Wellbutrin (the best one for depression and anxiety in my experience, but just not enough by itself to get rid of the severe anxiety I have) for so many years, I can never really pinpoint a 'side effect'. I blame everything on my anxiety. This HAS to be the Lexapro. I'm going back to 10 and then off if I keep eating like this and this headache doesn't go away. I have a 17 year old, an 18 month old and am in nursing school. I cannot afford to be out of commission for even one day right now. I'm so disappointed. | F | 36 | 10 days 20 1X day | 2/5/2012 | 3 | Major Depressive Disorder | Gained 40 pounds, severe insomnia. | It definitely relieved all my depression, but the insomnia was so terrible that I had to stop taking it. I went 3 days with no sleep at all. I also gained 40 pounds after a few months of taking lexapro. | F | 19 | 6 months 50 mg 1X day | 1/19/2012 | 3 | depression | Lack of motivation. Slowing of cognitive thoughts, constipation(mild) | Good drug in terms of lack of side effects, specially when compared to other antidepressants. After awhile, the drug just made me numb, I couldnt really feel anything, and there was a desire in me to look for stimulation elsewhere. I bought this root stimulating shampoo, and a follicle stimulator cause my head felt numb, wouldn't take showers cuz i would feel numb afterwards. If not for the numbness this would be a great drug. | M | 26 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/20/2011 | 3 | Depression, panic attacks | At first anxiety, dizzy, numb. Later turned into headaches for most of the time, hot flushes. Worst part is that I feel tired most of the time. My wife is always at me as I sleep in, or worse fall asleep during the day. She thinks I am depressed, i think it is Lexapro making me tired. Apart from that my memory is not good, always walk into a room and think why did I come in here. 12kg (25 pound) weight gain. (not sure why) | This did work for a period to reduce panic attacks. However my ability to work and think clearly was hindering my job. I went cold turkey last year and suffered through some really bad headaches. Then 6 weeks after my last tablet had a really bad day. Racing thoughts and anxiety, i decided to start on the tablets again. That was almost a year ago now. Still tired and not achieving much in life. 2 weeks ago, i have halved my dose to 5mg per day. Was feeling great, clear headed etc until yesterday when I felt terrible again. My problem is that I don't know where I stop and the drug starts. I really want to get off this stuff to see if I am still suffering from any symptoms once it has cleared my system. However after speaking to a few people, that process could take many months to happen... Good luck to all on this drug. It has served a purpose for me, but now I just want off this mind controlling drug, so I can get my old self back.... | M | 36 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 9/22/2011 | 3 | Anxiety / Depression | - diarrhea - agitation (at first) - fatigue (for past 2.5 months) - increased appetite - weight gain - a bit apathetic - decreased libido - difficulty achieving orgasm | This medication has helped me control my anxiety attacks but it took nearly 1.5 months for it to really kick in. I'd say this med helped lift my depression first and then my anxiety. The two side effects that have troubled me the most are the fatigue and increased appetite/weight gain. I don't seem to have the energy to do anything anymore except eat. Even though I sleep 8 hours a night now, I often want to nap come noon. Also, by mid afternoon I start to crave breads or sweets like a mad woman and never really feel full after eating a large meal. BUT Lexapro did help stop my bad panic attacks, haven't had an episode in 2 months... and for that I am extremely grateful. | F | 30 | 3.5 months 20 MG 1X day | 6/29/2011 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Vivid technicolor dreams. Clenching of the jaw. Chronic fatique for the first two weeks, then just mild fatigue. The drug eliminated the panic attacks, but the side effects were annoying. I gained 18 lbs very quickly and craved carbs all the time. Weaning off Lexapro took two months. I reduced to 5 MG for six weeks and had fewer side effects. I then reduced to 2.5 MG for four weeks and started to feel some withdrawl in the form of mild vertigo. After stopping the drug, I had mild vertigo for six weeks and then it disappeared completely. If I had to go through this again, I would ask for Paxil instead. | M | 42 | 14 months 10 MG 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Lack of motivation, VERY TIRED all the time, memory loss-feel scatter brained | I take citalopram which is genaric for lexapro. I started on 10mg and continued to have anxiety so the dosage was increased. I take it at night and have found that it helps me sleep. When I don't take it, (if I miss my dose) I have difficulty sleeping. I feel so tired all the time that I don't have the energy to do basic every day household tasks. Then I feel guilty for being lazy. I have to take a nap every day. I also have difficulty remembering things and feel scatterbrained. I will think of something that I need to do and less than a minute later I have forgotten what it was that I needed to do. I have a Dr.'s appt. soon and I will share this with my doctor. I would like to try a different antidepressant because the loss of motivation and being tired all the time is making me feel lazy, worthless, and almost as depressed as before I started taking it. | F | 28 | 6 months 20 MG 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 3 | Anxiety/ Panic | Extreme weight gain | This drug was a wonder drug for my panic and anxiety, only a few mild side effects in my first week taking it. Unfortunately, I am very conscious of my body and work hard to maintain it. I eat right and exercise all the time, but have put on 20 lbs in 9 months. I cannot accept that, so my Dr. has me changing over to Wellbutrin XL. | F | 35 | 9 months 5 MG 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | SO EXTREMELY TIRED!!! Basically bed ridden...had to quit my job, unable to take care of my 2 year old (Grandma does)...had blood tests done twice in the passed 6 months to see if I had some other illnes that was causing the exhaustion...nothing showed up in the tests...the doctor mentioned that it could be the lexapro...after reading all of these comments..it seems that this is probably the case...I will say Lexapro helped the depression, but this is no way of life either...I feel like I am half dead....I am going to wean myself off of this crap...I will post again and let you know if the tiredness subsides....best of luck to everyone! | F | 26 | 10 months 10mg 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 3 | depression | slept for 12 hrs a day. could have slept more but felt like I had to get up and do something. very vivid dreams. very deep sleep- I used to be a very light sleeper that woke up at the slightest thing. weight gain. | I was horribly depressed. I was crying all the time. Lexapro helped almost immediately. I was expecting to have to wait a couple of weeks. I quit overreacting to things. If it was not for the extreme amount of sleep I needed, I would stay on this drug. Getting off it is another story. After being off it for a few days, I start getting this buzzing sound in my head. After a week or so off it, I went completely mental. I got upset with my son and starting throwing things around. Screaming at him. Now, I take a half a pill every time the buzzing starts just to prevent myself from going crazy again. I need to get to the doc and see if there is something else I can take. I am not really sure how this drug got on the market. | F | 48 | 4 months 10 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | Insomnia, vivid and disruptive dreams, decreased libido, anorgasmia, decreased appetite but craving carbs so overall weight gain, clenching jaw | I have been on and off Lexapro for years. I take a very low dose as I am extremely easily affected by prescription drugs. Have tried a variety of things, but recently am coming to the conclusion that Lexapro is causing more problems than it's solving. Less weepy and depressed, but still lethargic, irritable. I feel that it's not doing enough for me to keep taking it, but the negative side effects are significant enough to make me nervous about a dosage increase. Have just gone off of it, and am likely moving to Wellbutrin next week, which I've not yet had. Interested to take something besides the SSRIs. | F | 31 | 5 years 10-15 mg 1X day | 2/5/2011 | 3 | Social Anxiety/Depression | Increased Anxiety, I couldn't sit still at all. Insomnia. | I guess Lexapro isn't for everyone. It didn't work well for me at all, I stopped taking after about 30 days and tried something else. | M | 20 | 30 days 10 1X day | 12/18/2010 | 3 | Anxinety, depression | Diarrhea, inability to orgasm, loss of sexual pleasure, significant weight gain, withdrawal was not pleasant | I would say that the drug did remove the initial anxiety and depression I was feeling. It did not help improve my memory nor do anything for my social anxiety though. The first 6 weeks there was a lot of running to the bathroom - I don't see how someone like a truck driver could ever take this drug. As time went on, my sexual sensitivity began to diminish, my weight began to skyrocket (20+ lbs.) and the benefits of the drug began to be outweighed by the anxiety and depression caused by getting fat and sexual dysfunction - so I quit and decided to take a cognitive approach (listening to self-help tapes with positive messaging) and exercise. It's been a few months without and I'm OK - but withdrawal is a *bitch*. To me it feels like you are feverish and it lasted maybe 5-6 weeks. Let's not be too dramatic here - I didn't feel like it was the end of the world, but it was no walk in the park. I did half my dose for 2 weeks before quitting, though. Despite all this, looking back, it might have been what I needed for the time that I was on it. | M | 48 | 6 months 10 1X day | 12/4/2010 | 3 | G.A.D./Panic Attack | NIGHT SWEATS! Been having to change pajamas in the middle of the night sometimes twice a night and I have had to change sheets almost daily. | F | 28 | 1.5 years 10 2X day | 11/22/2010 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | Anxiety, bad bad anxiety. shaking one day, feeling nervous, feeling keyed up, insomnia, racing thoughts, decrease in appetite | I'm just on day 10 but what a ride its been.Before I started I had a worsening of depression due to beginning birth control--also irritability and fatigue.My personal life had become so stressful and I couldn't tolerate the emotional pain. I am very sensitive to meds so just started 5mg of lexapro. I had a panic attack which I don't have a history of. Had shaking for one day. Doc advised me to try another day and the anxiety hasn't been as bad--no panic or shaking but still a lot to deal with. I am increasing also. currently on 7.5 hopefully can make it at least to 10 in a few weeks. It seems to be getting a little better daily. Big pros: I have so much energy I don't even recognize myself. But it also feels like normal amounts of energy. Its been so long since I had this kind of energy. I dont' feel like I am 90 years old anymore.Things don't feel nearly so overwhelming. I started feeling these affects on day 8. So I'm feeling definite benefits. Insomnia at first but it is slowly improving and so is my appetite. I take it first thing in the morning and have about 6 hours of anxiety. The afternoons I feel better now. | F | 34 | 10 days 5 to 10 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 3 | Anxiety/OCD | None. | Took as needed (not suggested by doctor. I would say that this probably isn't the best idea. I ended up taking it during the summer, feeling better, and stopping it for the school year and then getting worse just in time for summer again. I think if I had stayed on it consistently it would have been much better. I did have to increase my dose from 10mg to 20mg when my symptoms became worse due to a life-stressor, and though it definitely helped, it still wasn't enough for my huge increase in anxiety. However, it definitely did SOMETHING, as after I was weaned off of it, my anxeity increased hugely. | F | 18 | 4 years 10 or 20mg 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 3 | depression | I had been on Paxil....it was a true nightmare! Then my dr pres Lexapro. It was a drug from Heaven. Through the years i have had no side effects. I am not depressed, but, I have the same feelings as others have stated, "Non careing" "No interest" etc. But I also had those feelings when i had been depressed. So it seems to have lifted the depression but has not fixed other feelings that I would like to have back, that I use to have a long time ago. | I tried to come off the Lexapro after many years in order to get back my careing feelings and get spark back into my life. Unfortunety I began having nightmares.(daytime seemed OK) but those nightmares scared the hell out of me. I had to go back on to the Lexapro. My depression began after 9/11 and also due to a seizure disorder that began in 1993 that I've been taking Phenobarbatal and Neurontin for since 93. Only began the Lex in 2002. I have had no seizures due to the pheno and the neurontin, which (the Neurontin) for me was a miracle drug. The Lexapro was added due to the depression. Now it seems it will be a lifetime drug for me as well..(The nightmares were bad). So I am stuck! | M | 61 | 8 years 10 1X day | 11/2/2010 |