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 | depression | fatigue, slightly embarrassing chattiness at work, inability to have orgasm | the worst part for me and why I stopped in 2 wks ago after only taking it for a week, is the chattiness and short, unexplainable, very embarassing, spurts of hyperactivity, in front of other people. I decided to stop because I am new at work, and didnt want it to be obvious to people that I'm on something. I'm trying my best to fit in, and it was hard because I kind of butted in on other people's conversation, ..against my own will......... I do want to find something else to take, or if anyone knows whether the hyper side effects ore only temporary,then I will start Lexapro again. I am at the point that at home, I can't get anything accomplished and slipping in to a deeper depression. The only time that I'm ok is at work, totally normal functioning and acting, but at home I'm a zombie. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated | F | 43 | 7 days | 6/25/2009 | 1 | depression | loss of appetite (with weight loss as a result), teeth grinding, twitching, constant yawning, delayed reflexes, flashes of light, very painful legs, hot flashes, slurred/slow speech, loss of desires/interests (couldn't function in day to day life) | For some Lexapro works wonders, but in my case it made my depression worse. I couldn't do anything at all, hardly got any sleep, was in pain a lot (especially at night) and couldn't eat anything (as even the thought of most foods made me gag. Once I stopped with Lexapro I felt so much better (at least, compared to when I was taking Lexapro). | F | 22 | 5 weeks | 6/25/2009 | 4 | GAD, panic attacks | weight gain, approx 40 lbs in 5 years | Really helped my anxiety, but now I'm depressed because I'm fat. So there ya go. was on 10 mg per day for 4 years, now on 15 mg per day for 1 year. | F | 33 | 5 years | 6/24/2009 | 1 | Stress and Anxiety | Took 10 mg before bed....woke up 3 hours later having panic attacks, nightmares, couldn't go back to sleep, throwing up, body felt like it was on fire, my mom sad my face was green. | I've tolerated Celexa much better but I think its because you can cut your doses of Celexa and start out really low. | F | 27 | 1 days | 6/24/2009 | 4 | depression and anxiety | nausea, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping | I initially took Lexapro at 10mg with my Wellbutrin in order to stop a debilitating depressive episode from progressing. The side effects got better after 2 months. Then I got lazy and wasn't consistent about taking it and whenever I tried to take it again I'd deal with horrible nausea, so I weaned off. After about 4 months of being off, I noticed my irritability and anxiety increasing, so my new doc suggested a measly 2.5 mg dosage. I'm dealing with mild nausea but feel the calming affects. I need to hang in there. BUT I think we all need to remember why we turned to anti-depressants in the first place - because we were severely depressed or ridden with debilitating anxiety that affected us living a good quality of life. If life was better off the meds than perhaps you didn't need them as bad as others do. When my side effects are difficult to deal with, I remember that a debilitating major depressive episode, wanting to curl up and die, is FAR worse and I am thankful that I have options to help me live a normal life. | M | 39 | 1.5 years | 6/19/2009 | 4 | For anxiety and depression | I experienced weight gain, dizziness, dry mouth, and being tired but overall the medicine helps me | I am now in the process of taking 20 mg, going down to 10 mg. Would like to hear from people that were on 20 mg and went to 10 to see how the side effects are from that. | F | 43 | 3 years | 6/18/2009 | 1 | Depression | Weight gain, HAIR LOSS, increased depression, fatigue, lethargy | I switched from Cymbalta to Lexapro and after approximately 30 days, I began feeling very bad. I gained 13 lbs in 6 weeks and could not get out of bed after 60 days. My hair started falling out by the handful. I quit cold turkey last week and I feel a lot better today but hair loss continues. Doc said that should reverse within a month. Very negative experience. | F | 44 | 90 days | 6/16/2009 | 1 | anxiety / depression | Extremely tired and dizzy. Nausea. Spaced out feeling. | I've only been on this drug (5mg) for 3 days and I feel numb. I'm not sure if I should continue because I want to try and give it a chance. My doctor's plan was to have me take 5mg for a week and then move up to 10mg. But I'm scared to do that given how incredibly tired I am. I went for a 2-mile walk today because I a love to exercise and don't want to lose that in my life. I thought I was going to pass out. I don't know what to do. Any thoughts? | M | 51 | 3 days | 6/14/2009 | 1 | Depression/anxiety | Nausea, extreme fatigue, leg tremors, jaw clenching, edginess, numbed feelings, sleeplessness, insomnia, loss of appetite | I only took this for 6 days. The first 2 or 3 days were fine, although I felt a little weird and edgy and didn't sleep well. By the 4th day I was feeling kind of bad. The 5th and 6th days were pure hell, I could not get out of bed to go to work or do anything. I just laid there, not sleeping, feeling awful. I've been off four days and I still have some trouble sleeping along with constant nausea, loss of appetite. Wish I had never touched the stuff. | M | 38 | 6 days | 6/11/2009 | 3 | Social Anxiety | Lethargy, Decrease in sex drive and difficulty in maintaining erection or reaching orgasm, extreme apathy, laziness, slight confusion and memory loss, weight gain. | I will say one thing for this medication - it was the only drug that enabled me to stay off benzos ( Xanax most recently) - I had been taking benzos for my anxiety for many, many years and had tried so many times to stop them without success. Finally after trying most other things, I was prescribed Lexapro a couple of years ago and I have not had to go back on the Xanax which is astounding. I have now been almost 2 weeks off the Lexapro - it made me very lazy - just wanted to lie around all day and also made me completely unconcerned regarding my appearance in public. ( a bit too unconcerned!) As it has been a full 10 years since I have spent any significant time on no medication at all, I would like to have some clarity again, and time to restore my memory if possible. I would recommend Lexapro for Social Anxiety over anything else, as long as you are willing to take the side effects - weight gain , no sex, etc ( Sounds great doesn't it? ) | M | 50 | 2 years | 6/10/2009 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, suicidal | High blood pressure, hyperactivity, headaches | At one point I switched from Zoloft to Lexapro and just couldn't get used to the new medication. With Lexapro, I experienced hyperactivity, higher blood pressure, headaches, and skin flushing akin to that from niacin supplements. Took Lexapro for 3 weeks then switched to Paxil. Paxil works great for me. I know it isn't for everyone. | M | 43 | 3 weeks | 6/10/2009 | 2 | Body dysmorphia | At first, it seemed as if the drug had been helping and doing it's job. Then a few months later the sides started coming in. ...jitteriness, tremors, extreme agitation and nervousness, nausea, vivid dreams, night sweats, headache, shortness of breath, severe bouts of depression, anger, the list goes on and on. | This drug may help some people, but it's not meant for my body. I just fear the bitch of a time I'm going to have getting off this crap. | M | 21 | 2 years | 6/9/2009 | 3 | add-on antidepressant | Loss of sex drive, impotence, trouble ejaculating. | I was prescribed 10mg Lexapro as an addition to Cymbalta to help reduce anxiety and anger. The Lexapro worked great, but after a few weeks I started having sexual side effects. I cut down to 5mg 2 weeks ago, but I am still having trouble keeping an erection and ejaculating. My doctor suggested a new drug called Abilify, which as an add-on to my current antidepressant, can help with my anxiety, but not have such severe sexual side effects. Abilify is a newer drug, but the clinical trials look promising, so I am going to give it a try. | M | 37 | 6 weeks | 6/8/2009 | 2 | Migraines and anxiety | Muscle tremors in right arm, muscle spasms in feet, increased anxiety and panic attacks, nervousness, ringing in ears, dry mouth, brain freezes. | I have been taking this medication for almost four years and recently began having the strangest symptoms/side effects. At first I thought I'd had a stroke or was developing MS until I read other peoples comments on this drug. (MRI's all came up clear, yet the doctor didn't make the connection with lexapro and these side effects.)I'm going to gradually ween off of this. I'm not "me" anymore. Scary. | F | 52 | 4 years | 5/27/2009 | 4 | anxiety, depression | yawning, fatigue, loss of libido/ability to ejaculate, loss of emotional range | I started with 10mg for a few weeks. This dosage made me very sleepy about 5 hours after taking it. I would yawn constantly and uncontrollably. I cut back to 5mg and started taking the medication in the evening. This helped tremendously. The sleepiness disappeared. However, I have problems ejaculating. And while I am now very slow to anger, I am slow very slow to excite. My emotions feel muted, and my former compulsiveness is replaced with listlessness. I am not depressed, but I feel that life is without excitement. | M | 45 | 5 months | 5/26/2009 | 3 | GAD | The dealbreaker: sexual side effects. Within just two doses I lost the ability to have an orgasm and after a week of taking the drug my sex drive went down to almost zero. It took nearly a month to have an orgasm after the last dose I took when I quit taking it (I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD EVER COME BACK). I ended up taking Buspar and that was the wonder drug for me. Lexapro did NOT make me feel high, manic, or grandious. I just felt like I was at peace with my self and the world and nothing bothered me (DAMN that sexual side effect). I did get those brain zaps when I quit taking it (kinda cool and freakie). | I REALLY liked this stuff: it helped me, made me feel better than anything. But it took orgasm completely away, and what was worse, I really did not care. It bothered me that it did NOT bother me and the frustrating loss of being able to have an orgasm eventually ended this drug trial. Funny story: it made me feel so great, I felt like announcing to everyone at a crowded lunchroom of over 250 at work that "I feel fantastic, and even though I cannot have orgasms anymore, nothing can stop me!". If it were not for the loss of the big 'O', I would be taking this today. Fantastic drug (they just gotta fix that sexual side effect thing) | M | 42 | 14 days | 5/26/2009 | 5 | Depression | More side effects in the beginning then later--you have to give yourself time to adjust and then you will be fine. Don't take this for the first time on a work day! You need to start on the weekend. It might knock you out for a day, but after your body will get used to it, so hold on--it will be worth it! | Lexapro was the first drug I took for depression. The first week I took it, I felt a smile come across my face at work and knew I was getting better. It made me feel back to my old self again, not extra happy, just back to my old self which was great. I took this medication in increasing dosages as I went along. After about 2 years, my dr. added Wellbutrin to the mix and it worked out very well. After about 3 years, my dr. switched me on to Cymbalta and kept the Wellbutrin. Cymbalta did not work well for me. It gave me strange dreams and made me have to get up to go to the bathroom several times a night (not normal for me) and did not help with my depression So I switched back to the Lexapro (kept the Wellbutrin). I take the Wellbutrin in the am and the Lexapro in the pm along with another Wellbutrin in the pm. After 6 years in total of taking Lexapro, I feel I need to switch to something else because it's not enough any more. Going thru a difficult time at work with the bad economy and have gained about 5 pounds (not because of drug, but because of added stress from work). Went to my dr. to get something else and have been prescribed Effexor, which I will start as soon as I am weaned off the Lexapro. You must pay attention to what your dr. says and start slowly and end slowly if you are just starting a medication. Overall, this drug worked very well for me and I recommend it highly. | F | 39 | 6 years | 5/25/2009 | 1 | anxiety, depression | Dizzy at times and loss of balance. Major weight gain, 35 lbs!!! Always tired and feel like all I want to do is sleep. I run my own business and this takes it's toll on me. I have passed out while drinking alcohol with this medication. I'm planning to go off of lexapro asap! I would not suggest this medication to anyone. | F | 41 | 1 years | 5/25/2009 | 1 | Because I'm brainwashed into this | I'm not trying to judge anyone here, BUT...I think that our over-medicated society is fostering this obscene behavior of pill popping spineless consumer driven misery. I had a boyfriend that came from a very wealthy family. Had the best education, car, travel, homes,etc. Everything was taken care of. He took this crap. He had nothing to be anxious about. If you read up on it, the pharmaceutical companies are just using your bodies to fill their pockets. I think there's something fundamentally wrong with people who are willing to parlay the inevitable ups and downs of life, for some muted pile of mud called apathy, and not "crying". It's part of life my love. | The side effect profile of escitalopram is close to that of other SSRIs, with nausea, somnolence and gastrointestinal side effects reported as relatively common. Escitalopram, like other SSRIs,[17] has been shown to cause sexual side effects such as decreased libido, ejaculatory delay, and anorgasmia. | F | 100 | 999 days | 5/21/2009 | 3 | Depression | Excessive Teeth Grinding | F | 2 years | 5/20/2009 |