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 |
| 4 | anxiety and depression | None. Mild insomnia at first. Calming effects. Very good for ibs. | I take this along with Wellbutrin SR 300 mgs. It seems to be a good combination with all three neurotransmitters being addressed. Also take 150 mgs. doxepin for sleep. Will up the Lexapro a little soon. | M | 64 | 5 weeks 10 mg. 1X day | 10/16/2013 | 4 | depression, anxiety | for the first 2 days on 5mg i had the runs and felt apathetic and not myself. but since then i feel very good, not one argument with my husband, no tears at all and also no PMS.. i think it helped to turn me into a happier more normal person and i plan to continue taking it. maybe i will increase the dose because i do still get anxious at times, but i also meditate to deal with that which helps. overall lexapro has been a lifesaver as i was even having suicidal thoughts previously. btw my libido kind of dissappeared but its actually good because now i match my husbands sex drive. i rather be happy and 'sexless' than miserable and horny. | F | 38 | 3 weeks 10mg | 9/16/2013 | 4 | Anxiety attacks | Weight gain Extreme Fatigue | F | 32 | 6 years 20 | 8/13/2013 | 4 | Anxiety, IBS | Nausea, diarrhea, and spaced out feeling -- but only for the first 3 weeks. No ongoing side effects other than dry mouth and 5 lb. weight gain (over one year). | I take a very low dose and it has helped me a lot. I used to have panic attacks on the bus or in the grocery store; now I don't. It also improved my IBS symptoms. I feel a lot better. | F | 43 | 1 years 5 mg 1X day | 7/3/2013 | 4 | Depression, general anxiety | Effective drug for me, especially for anxiety. No significant side effects except minor loss of libido. | M | 59 | 180 days 20 1X day | 5/30/2013 | 4 | depression | extreme insomnia delayed ejeculation(good side affect) | M | 33 | 4 months 20 | 2/28/2013 | 4 | anxiety; depression | Dry mouth, subsidized sex drive, first few weeks experienced tiredness and felt very foggy | I am 21 years old and this medicine has worked wonders for me. I started this six months ago amidst a battle with depression, in addition to having bulimia and trichotillomania. My weight issues have almost COMPLETELY disappeared (within weeks I saw differences) and the urge to pull my hair has dwindled. I lost my mother three months ago, and I don't know what I would have done if I weren't already on Escitalopram.No urge to return to my old habits despite my unbelievable stress level. My benefits definitely outweigh the side effects | F | 21 | 7 months 20 1X day | 2/20/2013 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Since I have increased my dosage to 40mg per day it has made me feel very listless and a bit "out of it" but has settled me down a lot and helped with my anxiety. | M | 48 | 40mg 1X day | 2/16/2013 Patient History | 4 | Depression | Drastic weight gain!!!! | F | 25 | 3 years | 2/16/2013 | 4 | Depression/anxiety | Switched from Prozac -immediate drop in anxiety. Some sleep disturbances after increase to 15mg, but these were coincident with an increase in major stressors so side-effect conclusions are suspect. This is my third major depression in 20 years and Lexapro is the first SSRI drug that did not require an anti-anxiety pill concurrently! | No weight loss or gain, no agitation or other typical side effects. Starting and dose increases caused sleepiness during the day for a week which is odd because my night sleep became interrupted, hence my question about the cause of interrupted sleep. | M | 59 | 3 months 20 1X day | 11/2/2012 | 4 | Panic Disorder/Anxiety | Some sleepiness first month or so. | Lexapro has been magnificent at controlling my anxiety and panic attacks with virtually no side effects. | F | 48 | 5 years 30 mg 1X day | 10/17/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Bi-Polar, Panic Attacks | Sweating palms, sweating feet, sexual side effects such as lack of interests and rarely enjoying it, feeling like I'm "rolling" on xtc, nausea, lack of appetite and /or binge eating, weight loss -I've lost 25 pounds, | F | 27 | 6 months 20mg | 9/16/2012 | 4 | Panic attacks and severe anxiety | No sex drive | F | 30 | 6 years 10mg | 7/26/2012 | 4 | Depression | Sleepy all the time, loss of sexual desire, thinking not as clear as it should be and hair loss | Probably the best all around option, given that all options have some side-effects. It has been effective, the key is getting the dosage right. I don't care what the studies say - there is a huge difference between Lexapro and citalopram - they both seem to work but the best way to describe it is: Citropram is the steak and Lexapro is the filet (center cut) it get the job done efficiently. | M | 43 | 12 months 20 1X day | 7/17/2012 | 4 | Bipolar, Panic Disorder, OCD | Weight gain, lethargy, sweating, vivid dreams. Withdrawal symptoms include; severe dizziness, relapse in all symptoms of bipolar/ ocd symptoms, lethargic, headache, nausea. When started Lexapro, my severe depression has mostly subsided with occasional episodes here and there. Panic attacks gone. Still have racing, intrusive thoughts but not as bad. Still impulsive but not as severe. Basically, this medicine rounds the sharp edges off. Metaphorically speaking, I feel gray instead of just black and white. I am still very over-analitical. I do at times feel slightly "zombified." Relapse of bipolar was imminent when stopped meds due to pregnancy. Was told there was a 1 in 1000 chance of baby being born with congenital heart defect if I continued with medication. Had to start Lexapro again soon after labor. Conclusion: I have been on and have tried many different cocktails of meds and Lexapro has worked the best for me. | F | 30 | 4 years 10 mg | 7/16/2012 | 4 | depression and anxiety | Occasional night sweats. | Took years ago but while it helped with depression, not so much for anxiety. Now taking with lithium and anxiety is less than the first time around. Overall happy with this drug. | F | 38 | 6 months 20 1X day | 5/25/2012 | 4 | Anxiety and depression | The first couple of weeks were weird, but no weirder than Zoloft. | I remember that I felt like someone had wrapped my nerve endings with soft blankets. Before Lexapro I felt that my nerves were just raw. I felt everything so deeply. I was told as a child that I was "over sensitive." I think I'm an empath so that doesn't help matters. I started out on 10 mgs and after 10 years thought that maybe I could taper down to 5 mgs. I didn't think it was that hard, but my daughters said I was acting a "little strangely." Never good to hear. After a year or so on 5 mgs. I realized that I was unstable. For example, I went to my new doctor for my first appointment and totally fell apart. I was crying so hard that I couldn't talk! She gently recommended upping the dosage back to 10 mgs which I did. I guess the bottom line is this. If you have GED and depression and are not able to function, are sad everyday, sometimes think about suicide then it would be a good idea to try and find something to make you feel better. BTW, I did go down the herbal path and nothing really helped. | F | 12 years 10 1X day | 5/17/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression, BDD | Dizziness, nausea, headache, foggy, loss of appetite, weight loss, increased irritability and anger | F | 30 | 2 weeks 20 | 4/30/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Bi-Polar, Panic Attacks | Loss of libido, hungry all the time yet too nauseous to eat, feeling really really high (like on xtc, I haven't messed with xtc in years but clearly remember the bad things about it) teeth grinding, night sweats. I've taken 5 and 10mg before but I felt like I was fucked emotionally. I take Klonopin as well and with the two my panic attacks are from 3-4 major ones a week to none. I'm really glad I have money, insurance and my life back. | F | 27 | 6 weeks 20mg | 3/26/2012 | 4 | Anxiety due to bad drug interaction | Anorgasmia (to begin with) which then subsided to slightly delayed (yet regularly possible) orgasms. Nightmares and lashing out during sleep (the latter of which phased out after 28 days, thankfully!) | Quite like this drug, I have a version of Tourettes which means I get racing thoughts/urges a lot and also developed *terrible* anxiety after 10 days on Cipro (AKA 'Poison Ultra', the reason I went on Lexapro!!!). No real prior depressive issues before taking this, bar dysthymia, healthy, fit adult male in mid-30s. Bar some problems with orgasm (ie. it can be VERY delayed, and penile sensitivity is a tad lessened) I ironically get incredible 'morning woods', bizarrely(!) In terms of generalised anxiety, it has worked wonders for me, I rarely cogitate on the 'minor shit', those little worries that accumulate and make thinking clearly problematic, in fact I rarely get anxious any more, period. I'm also prone to social anxiety, and I definitely feel more vocal than I once did, I express myself more and feel less trouble in talking to others now. Depression/dysthymia is also minimised to the point this stuff is actually on the road to making me feel happy about things, plus my emotions aren't numbed like I was on Prozac (I can still cry/feel grief on these). It's not a MAJOR personality changer like some SSRIs, it's got quite a subtle, cumulative effect that can take months to begin to work. Only real downsides to it are the orgasm thing, and the fact that you might experience weird dreams/nightmares more frequently than normal (and also the occasional super-vivid nice dream.) A good drug for what it does, obviously it augments the natural workings of one's brain and | M | 36 | 120 days 10mg 1X day | 2/26/2012 |