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 | anxiety, depression | severe muscle weakness,damaged back, knees and feet. Cracked 3 teeth. can't orgasm, anger, paranoia,obsessive thoughts. constant hunger and tiredness weight gain. mental fog. 7 weeks of hellish withdrawals to get off it. It hides pain till you get off it. Surprise you're damaged! | This should not be used for more than 1 yr. Doctors and pharmacist have no clue about how much damage this stuff does. Helped with severe anxiety but not much with depression. I've been living in hell for the last 10 yrs. Cymbalta is a much better med for me. | M | 55 | 12 years 10 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 1 | SAD, Depression | Lexapro killed my anxiety although a bit too much then I'd like. It made me totally emotionless, sluggish, dull, and I stopped caring about things which in my opinion is not good. I quit cold turkey and experienced daily headaches, brain zaps, dizziness and overall malaise. It's been two weeks and I still don't feel back to normal. | F | 35 | 20 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/3/2012 | 1 | OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder | Severe HAIR LOSS, Worsen my condition | this is the the worst drug i've ever encountered. the side effects are far worse than the illness itself. the fact that it just worsen my ocd. i wish i could turn back time that i am so much better prior taking this drug. NOW I AM DEALING WITH MUCH WORSE CONDITION AND HOPEFULLY REVERSIBLE S.E.. this drug would exacerbate your condition and would give you additional distressing side effect. it is always a must to weigh the benefits & side effects before taking any psychotropic medications these kind of drugs should always be a last resort except for those suicidal, schizophrenic & psychotic patients the first line should be on how you can deal with your condition psychologically not chemically. | M | 30 | 3 months 10 1X day | 1/27/2012 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | Additional side effects include substaintial memory loss and weight gain. | M | 61 | 10mg 1X day | 1/5/2012 Patient History | 1 | depression | vivid dreams, lack of appetite, made me tired | This med did not work in my case. After being on it for a month, my depression actually worsened. Getting off of the med was also VERY difficult as I got severe withdrawl symptoms even when I took my drs advice and tapered slowly. | F | 25 | 60 days 20mg 1X day | 1/4/2012 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | weight gain, sexual dysfunction, inability to experience and express full range of emotions (they got blocked leading to long term physical illness), short term memory problems, low energy, low motivation to make needed changes. | Even though I knew the medication wasn't helping, I tried 4 times to stop taking it.... but I had become dependent on it, my body got adjusted to having it and so when I cut down and stopped...... I got overwhelming emotional and physical symptoms which I couldn't handle. I eventually came off this medication over the course of 6 months and the withdrawal symptoms have lasted on and off for the best part of a year. Initially, it reduced my anxiety and depression for a few weeks, but after that it was all down hill. Be careful, take the lowest dose for the shortest amount of time needed and look for the cause and a proper cure. | F | 49 | 13 years 10 1X day | 12/30/2011 | 1 | Depression | Severe depression, suicidal thoughts, severe anxiety | I took this med when i was 14. It made me worse. I was happy for about an hr in the morning but after that i went down hill quickly. It caused my self injury to become even worse. | F | 20 | 6 months 30 2X day | 12/23/2011 | 1 | MDD | Didn't work for me. Happiness than extreme sadness. | I was on lexapro for 2 months, maybe more. But not long. Within two days....I was happy. Not just any kind of happy....extreme happy. WTH was going on?? I was super happy, like a freaking cheerleader! Week two, still happy, but getting more normal happy. From then on, just kept getting less happy, less happy. Got off of it, when I hit my depressive state, Once again. | F | 26 | 2 months 40 MG 1X day | 10/18/2011 | 1 | anxiety and depression | fatigue. however ever since i stopped the medication, i have been experiencing Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction and other side effects including paresthesias, impotence, and extreme fatigue. | PLEASE read about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction before you take this medication. It can be PERMANENT. | M | 35 | 6 years 10 1X day | 10/17/2011 | 1 | GAD / Depression | Day 1: Numb and tired; Day 2: Numb, nausea, tired; Day 3: Suicidal, Crying spells, tired, yawing, nausea, no appetite; Day 4: brain zaps, body jerks, tired, yawning, agression, no appetite, ringing in ears, hypersensitive to noises around me. Day 5: stopped taking the drug. | Don't do it. | F | 36 | 4 days 20 MG 1X day | 9/30/2011 | 1 | depression | Three days after starting this I was in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack and my feet were on fire, felt like a knife going in and out of my ankle(later diagnosed as idiopathic neuropathy). Now I can't quit it because of the electrical zings downs my arms and I feel too sick. Now I"m on gabapentin, lorezepam, nortriptylene, norco, sometimes prednisone and my life hasn't been the same since I took this drug. The drs. at ER said lots of people have a hard time starting this drug, they didn't tell me it would be almost impossible to taper off of. I hate this drug. | F | 55 | 8 years 20 mg 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 1 | Postpartum anxiety | Visual hallucinations, crying spell | Due to a paradoxical reaction to ZOLOFT (another SSRI) I ended up at a mental hospital where the genius doctors gave me LEXAPRO. Within hours of taking LEXAPRO I began having visual hallucinations and later crying spells. I had never experienced anything like this in my life and I'm still scared about it. | F | 34 | 1 days 10 1X day | 9/26/2011 | 1 | depression | Insomnia, increased energy, crazy thoughts | I'm a 47 year old male that took Lexapro for depression, I have always had adverse reactions to drugs but this made be absolutely bat s**t crazy. I took 10mg per day for 4 weeks then upped the dose myself to 20mg. Not sure why I did it but it made sense at the time. Stopped cold turkety after the thoughts of suicide became unbearable. One week after stopping the real craziness began.I started sending mean evil emails to an ex under a fake address and created a whole fake alternative life via emails just to harrass her. I knew this was crazty but I couldn't stop the compulsive behavior. In the end I ended up destroying a relationship with someone I really cared about. I was warned about side effects but when it makes you crazy how do you stop it? Oh yea....DO NOT DRINK IF ON LEXAPRO. makes things worse | M | 47 | 6 weeks 10 1X day | 8/5/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosis | My doctor thought I was depressed and perscribed lexapro. Turns out I have narcolepsy. Anyway, this is an evil drug and a bitch to get off of. Sex drive was next to nothing. Sleep 13 hours a day napping any chance I got. | The drug companies should be sued for this drug and all other SSRI's. They know about the brain zaps when trying to get off and don't give a crap. I told my doctor about it but none so far (4) seem to know what I'm talking about. Please be prepared to either stay on SSRI's for the rest of your life or put up with the brain zaps. I have been fighting them for a year now and there doesn't seem to be a break in sight. | F | 50 | 6 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 1 | Mild Postpartum depression | Lactation (eventhough i had stopped breatfeeding 2 months prior to starting medication), excessive sweating. | When I asked the dr. about these being possible side effects he said no. As soon as i stopped the medicaiton all of them stopped. | F | 27 | 3 months 10 MG 1X day | 6/22/2011 | 1 | mild depression | I didn't take Lexapro long enough to evaluate it for its intended purpose, because I found the sexual side effects intolerable. I not only lost the ability to orgasm, but stopped having even the slightest feelings of arousal. Near the end of the two weeks I could feel my frustration as a sort of dull, heavy ache in my stomach, but I couldn't do anything about it because I was basically numb, a nonsexual being. It was frankly disturbing, and I think going off the drug and feeling healthy and whole again has done more for my depression than any medication ever has. | I've heard great things about what this drug can do for depression, but the side effects are a real possibility. Just make sure you consider whether or not they are worth it for you. | F | 24 | 14 days 10 MG 1X day | 4/30/2011 | 1 | Depression | First few days were fine 10 MG. Depression got worse. Increase to 20MG. Tired, exhausted, depressed, suicidal entered hospital. Dose increase to 30MG. Same pattern. Total 28lb gain. Today day 5 off Lexapro. Getting energy now. Prozac 20 | My mood was so flat that I knew I was in danger of suicide. I did not need a plan. The mood was flat, the pain unbearable. I just did not care. After reading several threads it became clear to me that some of this could be side effects. After 5 days and switching to 20mg Prozac I am waking up. | F | 58 | 2 years 30 1X day | 4/29/2011 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar | Paranoia, suicidal thoughts, weight gain, flat affect ("zombie-like mood"), couldn't taste food, couldn't enjoy music, lost ALL ability to draw/creative ability, my homework lacked luster, it ruined my sexual life, (I could not lubricate, no desire whatsoever, I felt like a child, no feeling at all, and intercourse was unbearably painful!) withdraws for weaning off put me in the hospital a few times: purging, diarrhea, crying spells, sweating, hot flashes, paranoia, depression, abdominal pains, delirium and dizzy spells, fatigue, aggression... I pretty much went insane, and though I cannot compare from experience, I felt like Ewan McGregor from the movie "Trainspotting" when he suffered extreme Heroin withdraws. | It took me 3 years to wean off of this drug. Possibly the worst medication I have ever been on. Highly advise all to avoid it. | F | 20 | 2.8 years 40 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | Depression | emotionless. Zombie effect. Loss of memory. | When i took lexapro i walked around in a "zombie" like state because i would never be happy about anything, but never really sad. I just kind of felt numb toward all emotion. Also, my memory started lacking and i couldnt remember long periods of time or things i had done. i still have difficulty remembering most of that year and for no particular reason. | F | 19 | 1 years 10 1X day | 4/12/2011 | 1 | depression | Worst medicine I ever took. I am still under effect. cannot sleep, concentrate, but have ALL side effects plus other uncomfortable feelings. Can't wait till it stop. | DO NOT DO IT!!!! | F | 31 | 1 times 5 1X day | 4/8/2011 |