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 | I initially took Lexapro because I had been feeling "lost" and down longer than I thought was normal. No major depression. In 20/20 hindsight, I should have sought talk therapy and dramatically changed my lifestyle instead of going on a drug. Too bad it took me almost 11 months to come to this conclusion. | I got ALL the classic Lexapro symptoms and then some. The worst was sleepiness/EXTREME FATIGUE and like others observed, I wanted to sleep all the time. There was NEVER enough sleep to be had! I gained 15 pounds which stressed me out and can't get enough to eat. Sound familiar? I guess that's not a problem if you don't care how you look. I yawned all the time, sweated profusely and snapped at people at home and at work. Sleeping sucked (woke up each night at 4 a.m. and remained awake) and dreams were weird. At one point, I was just about ready to see the doc for a chronic gagging/coughing problem -- especially in the morning -- but found out via other comments that it's a side effect of Lexapro. Ugh! I had chest pains (not frequent), muscle twitches (at night when I laid down) and shortness of breath. Being tired all the time made it impossible to run almost every day (which I used to do) and that exacerbated my weight gain and lethargy. So, I've tapered off this drug but a | M | 53 | 11 months | 1/4/2009 | 2 | depression | sleep and eat that is all I wanted to do | F | 32 | 6 months | 1/3/2009 | 5 | OCD and Depression | Basically none. However, when it's bedtime, it's definitely bedtime. I sleep very well. | I've been taking it with very satisfactory benefits. It's the best antidepressant I've ever taken. I've tried Luvox, Prozac and Celexa. Celexa and Lexapro are similar; Lexapro has many less side effects though. I have recommended it to others who have had success; some have not had success with it. That's why it is a good thing that there are many medication options. The Bible tells us that one day there will be no more sickness: Isaiah 33:24 and Rev 21:3,4. That's my ultimate hope-the benefits of the Kingdom by Christ Jesus. For now I have an ideal bandage. :-) Behavior therapy (exposure and response prevention) has helped with the OCD. If you have OCD, behavior therapy is a tremendous help. | F | 54 | 4 years | 1/2/2009 | 5 | Depression & GAD | No side effects, possible weight gain, but am unsure if this medication is causing it | GAD is generalized anxiety disorder and depression, is well, depression. I am sleeping better than ever before, no pounding heart. My follow through is great, where as I used to be flaky and couldn't be counted on, Lexapro has changed all that - now I'm dependable | F | 45 | 2 months | 1/2/2009 | 3 | GAD, Mild Depression | Sleepiness, nausea, slight dry mouth started on 4th day. | I don't feel as worried as before, I also have gained control over my emotions, or so it seems. Before I was very quick to get upset over any little thing, while driving, in a conversation, etc. Now I feel I'm slowly gaining the ability to process my responses before I react. I've had problems with achieving orgasm before taking lexapro, so I'll just have to wait and see what happens with that. So far so good. The sleepiness is almost soothing, so it's not really a bad point, and the nausea might help me lose weight, so that doesn't bother me either. | F | 25 | 4 days | 1/1/2009 | 4 | depression | jaw clenching during first few weeks, night sweats (think waking up soaked every night), NO sex drive at all, apathy | Coming off is terrible...the brain freezes, the spaciness. I feared to drive because I felt unable to react or to take in my world and process it. I also get incredibly angry when I forget to take it for a couple days; I am ready to bite anyones head off just because they exist. Anger was not a characteristic of mine before lexapro. | F | 26 | 1.5 years | 12/31/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Severe insomnia that didn't go away, yawning for the first two weeks, slight nausea for the first 6 weeks (resulting in a 6 lb. weight loss) - that did go away and gained the weight back + a couple. Decreased sex drive but no problems with orgasaming. | This medication did help with the anxiety. I still have problems with it, but not nearly as bad as it was. Currently weaning off of it and trying something new, because I can't handle the insomnia. I have to take Ambien with it or I don't sleep at all. | F | 39 | 4 months | 12/31/2008 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | Dramatic increase in anxiety, extreme fatigue and flu like symptoms, feeling as though I was completely loosing it, unable to carry on conversations. Lack of desire to do anything. Extreme nausea - in 5 days I lost 5 pounds and at 5'8 I only weighed 120 to begin with. Dry mouth as well. | I have never taken a drug like Lexapro before. I have been taking Alprazolam/Xanax for a couple years (very low dosage - .25 to .50 mg) only to help me sleep at night. I'm an educated, healthy professional... and, although I had recently been experiencing more depression lately due to loss of job, etc., I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TAKING THIS DRUG. Within 1 hour of taking just 5mg. I had an overwhelming increase in anxiety with a racing heart and had to lay down in the middle of the day - I NEVER DO THIS. I was seriously scared. Over the course of the next few days I became unable to think or carry on appropriate conversations. I felt disconnected. I lost complete desire for everything in my life. I had no energy. Yet prior I was very active - swimming a mile 4 to 5 times a week, surfing regularly and running. The second day I could not even walk my dog down the beach. I felt like I was completely loosing it - like I was "going crazy". I am so glad I found this website | F | 38 | 5 days | 12/30/2008 | 4 | anxiety and mild depression | increased appetite, extreme drowziness, weight gain, difficulty concentrating, relaxed and feeling good | I can honestly say this drug does work, but in a way that you feel so relaxed, sort of like an ah-h-h. I felt great, anxiety was non existent, I was also open to try things I had never done before, but I was just so sleepy and tired while I was on the medication. It was very hard to get up in the mornings and I would also feel myself being spaced out, tired and sleepy, staring at my computer screen at work. I also had a big appetite and would just eat and eat. I decided the side effects were not quite worth the pleasure so I decided to go off this med. | F | 28 | 2 months | 12/29/2008 | 3 | anxiety, depression | I had NO sex drive. I couldn't have cared less if I ever had sex again when I was on this medication. Thank God, I have a very understanding husband. | However, I had no anxiety and no depression, which is a good thing. It works well for the GAD and depression, but after almost two years of taking it, I could not continue to jeopardize my marriage, and did not want to gain any more weight. I didn't necessarily gain any additional weight, but could not lose weight while on this. I have now switched to Wellbutrin XL and am waiting to see the outcome. I have been on WXL for only 13 days. However, I noticed after a week of no lexapro, I have begun to notice men again. While on Lexapro, the most gorgeous man in the world could have come up to me and offered himself and I would have been turned off by the thought of it. Bottom line, Lexapro has its good points and its bad points. You have to decide for yourself what is more important to you. You can be a happy, fat, sexless person, or you can try another medication. | F | 38 | 2 years | 12/29/2008 | 5 | Depression / Minor anxiety | Jaw clenching, insomnia, reduced sex drive | Almost like this drug was made for me. I feel like my old self again. If it doesn't work for you, try other antidepressants. As far as what everyone is saying about coming off of lexapro, yes it sucks, but it sucks for all antidepressants. I've only been on it a few days but I already feel better. I am fortunate enough to not have a lot of side effects. I couldn't sleep the first night but since then I've been fine. Dr. prescribed klonopin for the first 30 days to relax the jaw and help the anxiety until the lexapro kicks in. Reduced sex drive is fine since mine is naturally high. | F | 20 | 3 days | 12/28/2008 | 1 | Depression, OCD | Sweating, severe apathy. | This medication almost killed me, and especially my wife. I'm not the type of person that blames everything but myself, but this was truly a horrid interaction with this medication. It basically caused me to snap, to literally become a demon from things that normally would never even bother me. I would snap so much to the point of almost being arrested for trespassing (my neighbors kid came and rang our doorbell and ran away, I suddenly found myself running to that house, cussing, etc. this is something I WOULD NOT do even on no medication at all. I did some absolutely horrid things to my wife physically, of which I am still unable to forgive myself even though I seriously had no control until I got off the medication. I have never hit a woman in my entire life before this, and my wife said something once and my body headbutted her in the forehead, like a reflex, I had zero control over myself. After getting off lexapro I was completely back to normal and you couldn't do anything to ge | M | 30 | 1 years | 12/27/2008 | 1 | severe depression | nausea | i have been on lexapro for about 4 years and in those 4 years i attempted suicide at least 4 times and continued to be depressed. when missing more then 2 days of the shit i would get extremely "carsick" when i was not even in a car. now i am trying to get off lexapro and i dont even know what to do my body was so addicted the withdrawls are insane and im just trying to find SOMETHING to help me. i do not beleive lexapro was worth years long attempt to clear depression nor give it a chance, especially now that it wont let me get off it feeling anywhere close to normal. | F | 19 | 4 years | 12/27/2008 | 5 | gad | nausia | F | 21 | 90 days | 12/25/2008 | 1 | anxiety/depression | cognitive problems-speaking,problem solving, etc etc. tardive dyskinesia/bruxism- incessant movement of tongue, biting inside of cheeks, jaw clenching, teeth grinding insomnia/waking up in the middle of the night with rapid heartbeat/shortness of breath rage/emotional rollercoaster/feeling crazy and suicidal and out of touch with normal reality | I took lexapro prescribed by a psychiatrist for anxiety/depression for 1.5 months at "small doses"...It has been 2 months since I've stopped and I STILL experience cognitive/speaking problems(think of people who stutter, slur,and can't speak clearly/eloquently who you think are brain damaged) , incessant grinding/clenching of the teeth and biting of the lips/cheeks( again think of brain damage causing involuntary movements that make you look retarded) , and horrible insomnia/waking up with rapid/short breathing....This continues to persist after 2 months of stopping..Lexapro will STAY in your body long after you stop your last dose..you can FEEL it continuing to stay in your brain and body...I'm speaking from personal experience...I believe lexapro causes subtle/overt brain damage and its beyond belief that its allowed to be given to the public.....if you'd like to experience the side effects mentioned on the left without knowing if it will ever eventually stop, two months af | M | 33 | 1.5 months | 12/24/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | Headache initially, followed by 5 pound weight gain in one month. | I feel much better on Lexapro than I have on any other medication. I am not tired during the day and feel more focused than on my previous medications. | F | 34 | 6 weeks | 12/23/2008 | 4 | depression | I felt a bit lightheaded at first but otherwise it worked very well on the depression. I did start feeling kind of detached though. I'd a lot of anxiety before and after taking it a few months I started getting kind of careless as though 'everything will work out', even when I should've been more careful about things. A major side effect for me personally was that I started drinking like I never have before. Almost every day! I would blackout regularily... but I was always happy! I'm down to 5mg daily and will quit in the next week. Started taking Wellbutrin, we'll see how that goes. | Even though it's not supposed to have any counter-indication with alcohol... it sure turned on my latent alcoholism! I'd still recommend it to others though. | F | 33 | 1 years | 12/22/2008 | 4 | GAD Depression | My worries and thoughts of being sad have gone away in a 2 week period. Have noticed I'm able to relax and have a life again. I can talk with my wife again without being worried about myself. Delay in ejaculation, which is great for my me and my wife, other than that that's the only side effect. | M | 30 | 2 weeks | 12/22/2008 | 5 | major depressive disorder, gad | Really, I have no clue. I always have dry mouth-but that could be from my hypothyroid. I have weight changes, but I have an eating disorder too. For me the benefits of Lexapro outweigh any side effects. | I am very glad I am on Lexapro. I tried Welbruitrin (sp) and did not have a good experience with it. I no longer live in a constant state of anxiety. I have soo much motivation back. I can now participate in my daily living and enjoy activities again. | F | 20 | 8 months | 12/21/2008 | 4 | Depression-Anxiety | Weight gain, bloating, and hypogycelmic. Would gain weight even when trying to eat healthy and diet. | Lexapro did do wonders for helping me out of a really bad spell, when I was depressed. Within 2 weeks of being prescribed this medication, I was feeling much better after some very traumatic life events. However, after 2 months, the weight gain became terrible and my blood sugar was becoming pre-diabetic range. 125ml fasting. I gained nearly 35 lbs in 3 months and felt extremely sluggish. My doctor was concerned enough to wean me off it to another medication. | F | 44 | 4 months | 12/20/2008 |