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 |
| 1 | Mild depression | Visual and auditory hallucinations, feeling of having a lump in my throat, dizziness, trembling hands, severe muscle twitches, feeling of being disconnected from reality, agitation, numbed emotions, I BARELY COULDNT WALK AT TIMES, SEVERE insomnia, loss of apetite vomited 3 times, confusion, unable to focus(I barely could read a journal), VIVID nightmares, intestinal twitches, violent thoughts, amnesia, SUICIDAL IDEATION ... | Lexapro was a torture device from Hell for me... I've been poisened. Right after taking the Lexapro I was diagnosed being deficient in Iron, even after 6 months the dizziness never went away. And ever since I've been experiencing muscle aches and cramps all throughout my body. These are health issues I never had prior to taking this crap. In other words, I've never been the same since. | M | 25 | 4 days 10 1X day | 9/18/2014 | 1 | Depression | I took this for 1 week along with Geodon (for Bipolar) and Remeron (sleep), it started making me feel weird after about 4 days into it, I felt out of it, I kept having rebound mania and racing thoughts, feeling mentally slow, but physically on speed, just weird!,I also got nausea and vomiting a few times, and loss of appetite... never again, the pharmacy told me Lexapro should not go with Geodon because Lexapro enhances the side effects of the Geodon, so I'm not sure why my doctor prescribed me those 2 together.... after a week I flushed the Laxapro down the toilet, started feeling better the next morning. | M | 27 | 1 weeks 20 | 9/14/2014 | 1 | Depression | Nausea, hazy feeling in my head, spaced out, blood pressure up and down, heart pumping, tired, weak legs. Didn't take one today and still had fuzzy head, slight head ache and fainted late this afternoon. I have never fainted in my life!!! | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 67 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 9/11/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | Lexapro was hell for me. I experienced too many side effects in the two days of taking it. I had sweaty palms and feet, nausea, throwing up, diarrhea, heart palpitations, insomnia, felt like I was in a dream, couldn't concentrate, random panic attacks and could not concentrate. I finally decided not to take it anymore after two days. I am still experiencing side effects two days after I quit taking it. | F | 24 | 2 days 10mg | 9/1/2014 | 1 | depression | headach memory loss nausea | Don't waste your mney | F | 60 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 1 | GAD/Depression/leaky heart valve | Well first off i took brand name lexapro 10 years ago and was fine. I started taking the generic escitalopram because of anxiety and depression and to control my anxiety because of a leaky heart valve. The generic is horrible. I took this Sat morning and a few hours into my day I had a mild panic attack and horrid heart burn. Then I couldnt sleep. All night. I heard voices that weren't there. Severe heart burn. Then the WORST PANIC ATTACK OF MY LIFE! Thought I was dying. Not taking it anymore. The generic is not the same. And its been 10 years since taking it. Had to take benadryl last night to sleep. Havent taken it today and im a jittery mess. Involuntary spasms of my lower lip and chin etc. Feeling on edge. Loss of sexual pleasure on the pill and inability to orgasm. | F | 28 | 2 days 10 mg | 7/28/2014 | 1 | depression | Feeling impending doom. | M | 60 | 2 weeks 20 mg | 7/24/2014 | 1 | depression after renal cell CA | I went into tardive dyskinesia after the second increased dose of 20mg and then serotonin syndrome for 18 months that required hospitalization initially. I was then unable to work or concentrate. | Retrospectively I would have been pleased to be just depressed. It was a life changing experience on top of my cancer diagnosis. I am still taking anti-seizure meds and am on disability due to my inability to perform ICU nursing anymore. | M | 63 | 3 months 10 1X day | 7/3/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | extreme sleepiness/lethargy, panic | The moment I took it I got sleepy... and the sleepiness never went away for as long as I was taking it. I could barely leave bed, much less leave the house, and it was just miserable. This caused some panic. It did seem to help reduce the anxiety for a bit, but it caused more anxiety than it helped. I've taken SSRIs before, and have never had side effects like this. | M | 38 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/5/2014 | 1 | Depression Anxiety Heart Palpitations | My anxiety is getting worse. Its not helping at all. I feel paranoid. I'm hallucinating (hearing voices, seeing things). Cannot sleep at all. Feels as though I'm being possessed? Mood swings. | F | 22 | 3 days 10 mg | 4/13/2014 | 1 | Depression/ anxiety | Extreme Weight Gain 30 pounds | M | 16 | 1 years 5 MG | 2/19/2014 | 1 | for instrusive thoughts | Anxiety ringing in the head or ears i dont no, paranoid i jave to stop this crap worked onl with depresion | 34 | 1 months 10mg | 2/10/2014 | 1 | deprisson | Made me have strange thoughts and panic attacks. | F | 37 | 1 weeks 10 | 1/28/2014 | 1 | anxiety | nagging headache | M | 56 | 365 days 10mg 1X day | 1/4/2014 | 1 | GAD | Weak legs Agoraphobic | F | 5 months 10 | 11/25/2013 | 1 | doctor said it'd help anxiety | waking up every 2 minutes to pee, severe tooth grinding during sleep, nightmares, very agitated, psychosis, MADE ME WANT TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN! My hands and feet were POURING out sweat all day long, I couldn't concentrate on anything and I could not sit still at all! | Anybody remember drug education back in school, where the teacher mentioned a "bad trip"? That's what this vile crap was! A very scary bad trip...yet it wasn't an illegal street drug...a doctor prescribed this! It was expensive and it made my already severe overwhelming anxiety 100x worse! I see what they mean about the warnings of suicide ideation. I was starting to think about it too, as it was the only way to escape being trapped in my extremely agitated body. This stuff is EVIL!!! I cold turkeyed off after 2 days of hell (the 2nd day made the 1st day on it look like a picnic) and felt extra anxiety waiting for that poison to clear my system. If I could give it a zero or negative rating, I would've. | F | 42 | 2 days 10 mg. 1X day | 10/25/2013 | 1 | Depression | I experienced an uncommon and life-threatening reaction to Lexapro. Urinary retention that progressed to a medical emergency. I had to ride in an ambulance and be cathed immediately. Had to wear the catheter for 2 weeks. If you notice any urinary difficulties, DO NOT IGNORE! | F | 28 | 3 months 20 MG | 8/4/2013 | 1 | trouble breathing | vomitting and other symptoms. Later: overactive immune system and inflammation. SSRIs are suicide pills - you probably die. | Discontinued after 1 day. Dry mouth, near nose bleeds and other symptoms after 3-4 weeks. Went to a really big hospital emergency room where they gave me some pills that helped. However, later they send me to psychiatry where they gave me zyprexa. After 8 weeks trouble breathing symptoms has became back (dysautonomia?) and I have had trouble sleeping during nights - this may be because of overactive immune system or inflammation or something going wrong with your liver or otherwise (overactive immune system): reduced blood coagulation (theory?). | F | 32 | 1 days 10 1X day | 6/29/2013 | 1 | anxiety | constant nagging pain in head | would not recommend it | M | 56 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 6/27/2013 | 1 | Enchance Effexor XL | Depression, fatigue, confusion, dizziness. A feeling of over all numbness, especially in my head. This is the worst drug I have taken. My doctor told it takes 2 weeks to work, but I could not stand this kind of deep depression for 2 weeks. | I asked my doctor to give me 225 mg of Effexor XR, which I have taken before and had few side effects. It actually made me happy. | F | 64 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/11/2013 |