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, Depression,Eating Disorder | First week light headedness, laughing uncontrollably, very relaxed.Later increased appetite, extreeme weight gain even with exercise, hard to orgasm . | I would say this medication helped me to feel more like me or my old self without depression. It made dealing with anxiety better and coping alot better in all situations. It made me calm and more patient with myself and others. On the down side in 9months i have gained about 20kgs :( and that is with exercising 60min per day!In all honesty i needed to gain about 7kgs maximum due to my eating disorder, for the rest it just kept piling on uncontrollably. Also I feel more sluggish and find it hard to get up, my legs swell sometimes and that is painful. It is also hard to reach orgasm, sometimes so much that i give up on it all together. | F | 29 | 9 months 10mg 1X day | 6/18/2010 | 1 | "Suspected" depression | Cannot get out of bed. Cannot drink any alcohol. Cannot focus on work. Headaches and eye pains. | I am going to stop cold turkey. | M | 61 | 30 days 10 1X day | 6/17/2010 | 5 | major depression, PMS and GAD | Really no negative side effects. Lost weight at first. After a month back to normal (very petite). No sexual issues or side effects of any kind | Life Changing Drug!!! Struggled with a horrible cycle of insomnia, anxiety, depression, life changes and hormonal changes for a year. On day one of taking Lexapro I fell asleep within an half hour for the first time in a year. Within a week I felt like my old self but even better. The worries, and the major (and i mean MAJOR deep dark hole depression) I experienced (especially PMS depression)is gone and has stayed gone. I can feel emotion but don't fall apart all the time and I CAN SLEEP up to 6 total hours a night. A huge improvement from 2 or 3 hours. I plan on embracing this drug as long as I need to | F | 46 | 2 months 10 1X day | 6/15/2010 | 3 | OCD | Stomach ache accompanied with nausea, nigh sweats, clenching my jaw (so bad it hurts to chew food!), dry mouth, and tonsss of nosebleeds! I'm too scared to increase up to 20 and or 30 (like my doc wanted me to). I can't imagine getting anymore side effects. | I'm on Lexapro for my obsessive thinking (not obsessive actions) and i can't tell if its doing anything yet. I think it may just need to be in my body for longer. I don't know if the benefits outweigh the side effects. | F | 19 | 1 months 10mg 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 3 | Anxiety | Weight Gain | For the most part, I really like Lexapro. After a hard time such as divorce and job loss, it helped me get back on track. However, it almost made me feel numb. But, the day that I may miss a pill, I'm a crying reck and take everything very personally. I am switching to Effexor XR with the hopes that it will counteract the 25 pound weight gain that I have acquired over the past year. | F | 29 | 1 years 20 mg 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 2 | depression and anxiety | sleepiness | This drug helped a lot with my anxiety, but after a while it seemed to worsen my depression. I felt vague and weepy and had no motivation. The withdrawal was not that bad, though. | F | 44 | 5 weeks 20mg 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 5 | Major Depression | Weight gain, vivid dreams/nightmares going on or off but otherwise normal. Worst side effect is complete sexual dysfunction - inability to orgasm, hating being touched, feeling as though any sexual contact is as annoying as rubbing an eyeball. | Close to a miracle drug for me - vastly improved social confidence, feelings of "happiness" as opposed to the wretchedness and despair of deep depression. Much improved anxiety control. Much better sleep. If it were not for the sexual side effects, which end up with me not even wanting to be hugged or kissed either, I would stay on this drug FOREVER. However, I'm trying out Pristiq to see if I can achieve something with OK effects without total sexual dysfunction. Have tried tons of others with disastrous consequences. If Pristiq doesn't work well, I will head straight back to lexapro and my husband and I will just keep on working on ways to have a relationship that don't revolve around me being responsive. It's SO hard being forced to choose between dealing with my problems and creating a huge marriage problem. (Don't get me wrong, we have a very long and loving marriage, but it's sure hard being like this!) Otherwise I love, love, love how Lexapro makes me feel. | F | 50 | 180 days 15mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 1 | Severe Depression, PTSD | I gained a LOT of weight, I felt a bit ill at first, but it went away after 10 days of taking the medication. The weight gain occurred even though I was formally working out two hours a day plus other physical activity. Loss of sexual desire, difficult to obtain orgasm and a general lack of feeling "real." | I don't understand how the FDA and drug companies rate the side effects of these drugs? Almost everybody I know on Lexapro and other SSRI's gain weight (including those who review the medications here). I think gaining 10, 15, 20 pounds + doesn't do much for your overall self-concept, not to mention the physical consequences of being overweight. When you read the reported side-effects, they say maybe five percent of the people gain weight. With all due respect, I wonder if the drug makers have the same relationship with the FDA as BP did with the Department of Interior. | M | 54 | 6 months 20 MG 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 4 | racing thoughts/OCD | still some OCD.. racing thoughts on occassion.. however, the big down side is it takes me forever to orgasim (like 20 minutes) | M | 48 | 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 3 | PMS symptoms | increased sweating, decreased interest in sex | F | 48 | 5 years 5 mg 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 5 | Severe Anxiety/GAD/Depression | There are undoubtable sexual side effects with this drug for men, but nothing major! It's a little bit harder to achieve an orgasim, but that's all. No other side effects to speak of. | This drug is as close as it gets to a miracle drug, it has definitely changed my life for the better. No more worrying about certain social situations, concerts, planes, movie theaters, long drives, trips, etc. My work and gym routines are back to normal thanks to Lexapro. If you want to take back your life from the grips of anxiety and depression try Lexapro, it works! | M | 28 | 6 months 10 MG 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 2 | Anxiety | Took it for anxiety, but became very apathetic. Extemely hard time getting up in the morning. Didn't want to do anything Usually could not sleep with the indigestion it caused. No sex drive either even when taking Ginko. Tried the rest of these SSRIs and none worked. Wellbutrin was the best, but the anxiety was awful | F | 40 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 5/31/2010 | 4 | depression | A little nausea, dry mouth, clenched jaw, drowsiness-during the day whilst trying to work - but at night could not sleep. On the sixth day however, woke up after an ok nights sleep bright and alert-ready to take on the day and havent looked back yet. | Still experiencing some very slight side effects-stress very slight-the turn around that i experienced on the sixth day was incredible.Now on my eleventh day and feeling much like the old self...much more energy,am able to deal with work-the litle things arent stressing and freaking me out-think i might actually be smiling....which could be hurting my face more than the jaw clenching since it is so out of practise doing it.Have decided to not get sucked into reading toooo many negative reports and issues in getting off - am happy to stay on, keep smiling and invite people back into my life! | F | 35 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/29/2010 | 5 | severe social anxieties | Good mood, talkative, social, loss of libido, need extra sleep | I have been taking Lexapro for more than two years. I used to have very severe social anxieties in which I'd go into freeze, flight, fight mode over every little tiny social situation. My anxiety level has fallen to that of other people's. The benefits from Lexapro are definitely outweighting the negatives of loss of libido and needing extra sleep. I recommend trying Lexapro if you have severe social anxieties. However, Lexapro should not be prescribed lightly. It is a difficult drug to taper off of. As for needing extra sleep, I find that skipping a dose every once in awhile helps. | M | 48 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 1 | anxiety | In my opinion this medication made me feel more anxious and nervous. | 36 | 10 mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 4 | Extreme anxiety and depression | 20 lbs unexplained weight gain; extreme fatigue; worse GERD; dry mouth. | After my son was in a horrible accident with multiple broken bones and legal charges I was ready to call it quits. Lexapro has helped me avoid the extreme emotions and fears. I probably wouldn't have taken it if this weren't such an extreme situation. I'm hoping that as things settle down and life returns to normal I can soon be off the medication. I'm afraid for withdrawal effects. | F | 57 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/26/2010 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression | Extreme and quick weight gain of approximately 5lbs per month until I gained 60 lbs plus I had vivid dreams and nightmares. After about 3 years, it effected my knees, made me anxious, caused heart problems culminating in a silent heart attack. I went off of Lexapro, lost about 25 lbs, knees got back in shape. However, I became very depressed and had obsessive thoughts of suicide (but did not want to kill myself). After being off for a year, I decided to go back on. The depression and suicidal thoughts went away. However, I quickly starting gaining weight again, my knees hurt, and I feel like I'm having some heart problems. | I wish the drug company would figure out how to reduce the side effects. | F | 51 | 6 years 10 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | to "treat" adverse rxn to accutane | severe anxiety, depressive spells, head pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, tremors, internal vibrations, feelings of burning under skin, exercise intolerance, orgasm intolerance, vision disturbances, agitation, akathisia, rage... LOL, I am not kidding, I could go on for a while. | Absolute worse decision that was ever made for me. I had a bad rxn to an acne medicine that caused me panic attacks, and was put on 10mg of lexapro. Have suffered worsening side effects as time went on. I'd be off of it in a heartbeat if it weren't for the fact that the withdrawal is simply unbearable. I'm now trying to stabilize on 10mg again after a failed taper and get my life back for at least a while. This drug has stolen the last/best two years of my life away, and I'd hate for this to happen to anyone else. Seek therapy, ditch the poison. It'll be the best decision you ever made. | M | 22 | 2.5 years 10MG 1X day | 5/15/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Long-term severe discontinuation syndrome: internal shaking, muscle spasms, vision problems, throat problems, breathing problems, electrical brain zaps, mental fog, too many others to name. | F | 52 | 2 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 5/13/2010 | 2 | Anxiety & OCD | My opinon is that I first experienced a burning/cold feeling in my nose and eyes, headache, and stomach ache. That went away after a few weeks. Now I am having very dry, itchy skin and a bloody nose. | I keep hoping it will start helping me a little more. | 36 | 4 months 10 mg 1X day | 5/12/2010 |