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 |
| 5 | woke up with some sort of brain zap/panic attack felt like i was schzito to the max thought i was dieing paranoia feeling, dunno wtf it was but its out there.. | this is day 3 and a bit of alcohol with the friends that i didn't see for past 4 months because i literally went anxious paranoia and every other fucking depressive thing out there and then realised i had my own self back with my friends which was good to see, even a mate told me im acting like my old self, and i didnt tell him i was on meds... i used to think i was schitzophrenic delusional which i am, and now i can literally say im not affecting other peoples lives, and in fact i feel im puttin smiles on my own face and others, true this has worked wonders | M | 22 | 3 days 10 1X day | 3/19/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | First day: nausea (went away after I ate), headache, dizziness, tired, excessive yawning. Second day: very slight nausea, a little more tired, still yawling. Third day: Still yawning. And it's hard to get out of beed. BUT- my mood is MUCH better. I have been happy all day and let some of my worry go. | I took this and Celexa before, several years ago to try to help with my insomnia. Then diagnosed as possible depression. Went off of it because it didn't help me sleep at all. Just had my 2nd baby and we have a lot of financial burden. This was really starting to weigh on me to the point I was in tears daily and letting the worry consume my life. Had a dr. appointment for something else and mentioned this. He have me Lexapro and asked me to come back in a month. So far, so good. I don't want to be on this medicatin for too long, I just need to get past this time in my life and focus more on enjoying my 2 beautfiful children and husband. | F | 29 | 3 days 10mg 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 4 | Schizoaffective | Muscle weakness in the wrists, anorgasmia | Helped with suicidal thought but still lethargic, low mood, and no motivation. Want to switch to Wellbutrin because of anorgasmia | F | 31 | 3 months 20 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 5 | anxiety | None | It took about 2 weeks before my anxiety and panic attacks started to disappear but now I have no problems with them and it has made my life so much easier. Before lexapro, I would worry about having a panic attack, now I never worry about having one. I also seem to get a better nights sleep which is nice. | F | 60 | 3 years 10 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 5 | Depression | F | 62 | 10mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 Patient History | 2 | Cancer Survivor Anxiety | The side effects were not that bad, but after stopping (trying to stop) a few times, the side effects got worse. I've been down to 0.25 for the last few weeks and it's been really tough. The dizzyness and GI issues have been constant. I've also been really distant with my family. | Don't do it! | M | 47 | 5 years 10 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 4 | anxiety | weight gain | emotionally feel great!! | F | 46 | 2 years 10mg 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 1 | severe clinical depression | loss of sex drive, dilated pupils, worsened depression and anxiety, anger, big detachment from all parts of my life and people. | all of those listed side effects came my way with lexapro, including the increase in suicidal feelings, which was not a major part of the warning at the time i was first prescribed and not a major part of my depression before lexapro. I lost sex drive, according to friends I appeared to be "on drugs" with dilated pupils and most noticeably detached from everyone and everything important in my life. leading to relationship breakdown, loss of business, and large distrust of psychology and medicinal treatment for depression. the depression is still affecting me today, even though i slowly reduced my dosage nearly 3 years ago, to nothing. the withdrawals were comparable to that of a heroin addict. I couldn't stand up or walk for a week. I am still not confident seeking alternative treatment, because of the suicidal feelings I still experience and attribute to lexapro and antidepressants in general. Not recommended. I have heard of people suiciding on this medication. | F | 36 | 2 years 20mg 1X day | 3/9/2011 | 4 | moderate depression/Anxiety | Much more energetic, positive, able to keep up with work challenges and accomplish a lot more things. Negative side effects: serious tiredness in the evening and finding myself falling asleep before ny 22 month old at night time | I have been taking lexapro since december 2009 to help me cope with the high stress i was having at work... I used 2 be very jumpy with everyone and used to cry all the time feeling guilty because I always felt like I never had enough time to spend with my 7 month old baby because my employer was alwayforcing me to work mandatory overtime up to 50 hours p/week.. Lexapro started working great almost right away and it did 4 about 10 months. In october 2010 I went back 2 see my doctor due migraine headaches I started having and they realized that they were also caused by all the stress I was having at work and dealing with my husband getting laid off from his work. My depression kicked back in also.. I found myself pretty much crying again every single day and started cutting myself... That is why my doctor recommended bringing my Lexapro dosage up to 20mg and honestly I have never felt better.. No wait gain at all, i am getting much more sleep and I can get a lot more accomplished during the day... I can definetely say that this medication has totally saved me and my marriage, plus I can finally get some quality time with my child too, instead of constantly thinking about whats gonna come next I'm actually living and enjoy every single moment at a time! | F | 28 | 3 weeks 20 MG 1X day | 3/8/2011 | 1 | anxiety- depression | im am tired all the time i can not function at work.. i never feel like doing anything with my kids xause all i wanna do is sleep of lay around. i still have really bad anxiety that did not change at all.. im am going to wean my self of this medication right away before i get fired from my job | M | 24 | 5 months 10mg 1X day | 3/7/2011 | 1 | Depression | Toxic poison. Felt doped up in a drunken stupor. Tired, fatigue, weight gain, hair loss. | Tried all the antidepressants, thought I would give this one a shot. Increased anxiety like mad! After trying 25 antidepressants, my doctor put me on 5 mcg's of Cytomel. After 15 years of depression, it went away in one day with Cytomel. It was like someone turned on the life switch. My thyroid tests were and are still normal.'I don't think big pharma has depression quite figured out yet. Try Cytomel!!! Read the testimonials on here, they are the same as mine. Start low and go slow (5 mcg's - 10 mcg's). No more than 10 mcg's per day.'You will feel like a dead plant come back to life! No generics! | M | 40 | 8 weeks 10 1X day | 3/6/2011 | 4 | Anxiety/Panic | First night my legs were slightly achy(not bad). Second day I woke feeling very well! Second and third, fourth, fifth day feeling alot better but with slight stomach ache, nothing bothersome. Sixth day, I had one beer (Fat Tire), less than two hours later it felt like my skin was on fire! I became very nauseous and my hearing muffled with a nice loud ringing. I stumbled outside trying to take my cloths off. These adverse affects only lasted about ten minutes and if I hadn't already been used to panic attacks I probably would have gotten a ride to the hospital. | I dose first thing in the morning and I take Clonazepam .5mg twice a day. Today is my seventh day and I feel great. I guess my body doesn't want me to drink while on this medication. Very small trade out! I will check up with Doc to make sure every thing is fine. P.S. Sex drive has been great, which was my primary concern with this medication. | M | 28 | 7 days 10mg 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 1 | depression and anxiety | extreme weight gain, short-term memory loss, hair loss | I am detoxing from Lexapro now. I slowly cut my dosage over several months and took vitamin supplements to help. I am now 10 days completely off and OMG is it rough. I have flu-like symptoms, dizziness, major mood swings, lots of anxiety, tiredness. I have no idea when this will end. I have been taking lots of vitamin supplements from truehope.com to help and it is still terrible. I just really want to be done with this. I would never have guessed withdrawal would be so terrible. I am looking to get pregnant and do not want to be on any medications. Also neurofeedback has been more helpful than the medicine ever was. | F | 39 | 5 years 20mg 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 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 | 5 | anxiety/depression | weight gain, decreased libido, numbing of emotions | I have been on Lexapro for a long, long time. I have to tell you that when I first took it, I had the side effects I've listed, but they WENT AWAY. I lost the weight through swimming, my libido is as obscene as it ever was, and I feel normal which means...well, undepressed. I plan on taking it for a long time, because I'm a chronic depressive. This medicine helps me. | F | 32 | 5 years 15 1X day | 2/17/2011 | 5 | Depression | I have dry mouth but Lexapro is not the only med I take that can cause dry mouth. | My insurance company would not pay for Lexapro, only Celexa. Everytime I got samples of Lexapro from him I felt better. I also suffer from anxiety and I think that is why the Lexapro worked so well. | F | 58 | 20 2X day | 2/8/2011 | 2 | Depression | I have been losing handfuls of hair every time I brush, wash or run my fingers through it. I now have to brush my hair outside by the trashcan and I only wash it twice a week. I've become more depressed about this and cry every day. I am also so fatigued that I am sleeping several times during the day, as well as 8-9 hours at night. | One month ago at my doctor's appointment, he said that hair loss is not a side effect and to continue the Lexapro. My research finds that many people suffer this side effect. I have stopped taking this medication. | F | 58 | 4 months 10 MG 1X day | 2/8/2011 | 2 | Depression | Decreased sex drive, emotions felt numb, slept a lot. | I only took this medication for a week because I had zero interest in sex. Even at 5mg I couldn't have an orgasm. My dr. recommended staying on it longer to see if my symptoms improved, but I didn't have the patience to wait it out. I'm now on Wellbutrin and feel much better. | F | 31 | 7 days 5 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 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 |