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 | GAD, moderate depression | Fatigue for three or four days in the first week. Been on it for a month - 10mg per day. NO panic attacks at night (was experiencing them most nights). More focus, more active, more proactive, enjoying family and friends more and activities too. Lessened anxiety considerably. Feel "normal" with standard emotions - can still love, laugh, cry, get frustrated....but can cope with emotions now instead of sending me off with severe anxiety and/or palpitations. No orgasm tho - but worth the trade. Not being in the state I was in is wonderful. All who know me well have commented on the change - back to myself - but best of all, I have noticed it. Can laugh again. Side effects different with everyone tho - had read terrible stuff. My dr was convinced this was the AD for me and she was right. Lucky to try one type only. All the best. | F | 39 | | 10/25/2008 | 1 | depression and generalized anxiety | My head would feel buzzy and like I couldn't concentrate. That's about it. | The doctor tried me on this medicine first before Effexor but the Lexapro did absolutely nothing. I felt exactly the same after about a month and switched. | F | 27 | 1 months | 10/24/2008 | 4 | Anxiety/Panic Disorder | Euphoria (at first). Later: Apathy; decreased sex drive; vivid dreams; decreased energy. Upon withdrawal: Sleep Paralysis, 'brain zaps', and crying spells. I attribute this to tapering too fast. | At the beginning, 10 mg daily of Lexapro made me feel euphoric, and at times would give me bouts of extreme euphoria and high energy for several minutes at a time. That stopped after about a month. I've experimented with different dosages with the approval of my doctor. At higher doses I felt very tired and had very vivid dreams, which were neither pleasant nor bothersome (more confusing than anything). I took a holiday from this drug for several days, and experienced the withdrawal symptoms noted to the left. Since then I have found a good dosage for me (7.5mg/day) and added 150mg Wellbutrin to balance out the side effects, which it has a done a very good job of. So far this drug has been good to me, and made me not only less anxious but much more comfortable socially (a problem that I didn't even notice I had until starting Lexapro). I go to sleep more easily and am not as obsessive or anxious as I was before. It took a while to figure out the dose that was best for me, but for me | M | 20 | 1 years | 10/22/2008 | 4 | Migraine Associated vertigo | Extremely tired the first few weeks and the lethargic after that. Extreme sexual side effects - anorgasmia - that seemed to get worse over time. No other side effects - well tolerated except for those mentioned. | Lexapro, even at low doses, really helped me with dizziness and anxiety related to migraines. It was a real life saver. I stayed on it for 9 months and got off it because the sexual side effects were so bad. | M | 43 | 270 days | 10/13/2008 | 5 | Anxiety GAD | took a while to get used to Lexapro. For a month or two I felt a little tired and out of it. After that I feel fine and it does wonders for my anxiety. Now I take a Ginseng supplement and have energy all day. | Do not drink alcohol while on this medicine! Taking Lexapro made me stop drinking all together, which is not a bad thing for me. I experienced getting much drunker than normal, blackouts, etc. No sexual side effects other than it might take a little longer to orgasm...again, not necessarialy a bad thing. I take my 10 mg pill in the morning...this works better than at night for me. | M | 35 | 1 years | 10/11/2008 | 4 | Severe Anxiety/Panic Attacks | Jaw clinching, worsening anxiety during first few weeks on the medication, feeling "high" or unreal, tremors, short term memory loss, heart palpitations | For me it's taken a while to feel the full effect of Lexapro. I'm starting week 6 and I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I had very severe panic attacks, a few trips to the ER, surounded by a constant feeling of anxiety, on edge, feeling like there was something seriously wrong with me, even though several tests showed nothing. After the first couple of weeks of treatment I had a few good days but even more anxiety filled days. Eventually the anxious days and panic attacks became fewer and farther in between. I still have the occassional heart flutter/palpitation which I have been assured are benign, still a little scary and would normally trigger panic episodes until lately. I'm also doing talk therapy with a psychologist which helps by targeting the uderlying causes for my anxiety. Even though I'm still not 100%, I feel like Lexapro is working for me. It was tough to make it through the first few weeks because like most SSRIs, Lexapro really can make things a | M | 27 | 1 months | 10/10/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | Yawning, blurred vision/dialated pupils, tiredness, headaches with initial 10mg dosage. The side effects are much more minimal with the new 5 mg dosage. | Initially took 10mg for 3 days. Noticed being very mellow the day after the 1st dose. The second day I seemed a litte more myself, but at no point felt "zombieish". After the third dose, I woke up in the middle of the night with the blurred vision and that scared me a bit. Stopped taking it as I was seeing my doctor in a few days and he told me to split the pills in half...so essentially have been taking 5mg for the past week. As we all know it takes a awhile for Lexapro to take it's full effect, but I can already tell minor improvements. My need to worry all the time isn't there and a general calmness has come over me. I do believe Lexapro is helping me and the doctor also prescribed Xanax as a backup for moments when I need a quick calm down. I've never been on any drugs or pills..just finally gave in to the fact that at 35, after years of worrying about everything, both rationally and irrationally, I realized I needed help. And I'm glad I finally have something to help me. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 10/7/2008 | 3 | Depression, GAD | Decreased ability to connect emotionally with others, increased anxiety levels, decrease in mental acuity; periods of high stress, twitchiness, and frequent, uncontrollable urges to yawn that were unrelated to tiredness. | I started on Celexa and noticed a greater degree of freedom in shaping my own thoughts as well as a reduction in intrusive ones. The gains started to diminish, so my doctor recommended I switch to Lexapro, it being more potent for the same dosage. I noticed starting side-effects similar to those many others have described, namely lethargy, jittery sensations, and desire to sleep. Since adjusting to the new medication and higher (and rather high) dose of 30 mg, I've experienced a loss of mental sharpness and feel rather scatterbrained much of the time. I'm also more nervous in many situations than I was before starting, particularly socially, and feel less urgency about completing tasks. Lexapro may have helped me with the suicidal thoughts that led me to treatment. On the other hand, my negative and intrusive thought patterns have started coming back, so I don't feel that continued treatment holds any merit. The drug improved my life initially, but the positive is now significan | M | 19 | 1 years | 10/7/2008 | 3 | GAD/ mild depression | Initially- nausea, dizziness, inability to remember things, foggy, weight loss, disconnected feeling, achy neck and back, grogginess. Still- Dizziness, disconnected feeling, aches, grogginess, depression, "brain zaps", very bad headaches. | I've been on Lexapro for about 4 months and am really contemplating changing to something else. I think I was initially depressed because I was having panic attacks and was upset by those. Now, I have days where I am depressed for what seems like no reason. I don't feel anxious all the time, but still have periods, especially when alone. I also have weird, vivid dreams and sometimes due to mixed up thoughts/racing thoughts, often "crazy". Lexapro has helped somewhat, but it is definitely not making me like myself before I had panic attacks. | F | 21 | 4 months | 10/6/2008 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety | Chronic cough, weight gain, no sexual interest. Emergency Room visit with tachycardia and violent vertigo. | I would not suggest taking this medication. I did experience relief of my depression initially with the 10mg per day dose. That quickly turned into a three week period of sleep. I was unable to hold my body vertical. Slept through life and gained weight. The feeling of wellness is gone. Phoned the doctor to report the symptoms; the dose was then increased to 20mg per day. After the third day at that dose I found myself in the ER with vertigo, dizziness, tachycardia, dry mouth, nausea, and a host of other complaints. After following up with the doctor who prescribed the lexapro, he did not discontinue the drug, just decreased it to 5mg per day. The vertigo is rendering me unable to function in daily life causing me to lose work. I am seeing a specialist for the vertigo and undergoing testing which now I have been diagnosed with vestibular neurontitis. My vertigo has not responded to conservative treatment thus far. I am tapering off the drug as I type this, 5mg every other day now and m | F | 43 | 2 months | 10/4/2008 | 5 | IBS, anxiety, mild depression | At first I felt spacey and I had no appetite. After the second week things leveled out a lot. I have experienced extreme fatigue and increase in sweating (on my face mainly). I also have had a major decrease in libido, which I don't mind, but I've heard that returns. I've also had bad/vivid dreams, but I'm not sure that is related to the medication. I am very happy with the medication despite the side effects. | I've been on it about 1.5 months and it has dramatically helped my IBS symptoms as well as the anxiety I was experiencing. | F | 25 | 1.5 months | 9/29/2008 | 4 | GAD, Agoraphobia | Increased anxiety for the first week. No desire to eat, walk, talk. Just wanted to sleep and lay in bed. Very light headed and dizzy. | I have had paninc attacks for years. Although I have never been seen my a doctor for them until about 4 months ago. I had the worst attack in my life and I went completly numb from my head to my toes. I almost blacked out and ended up in the ER one afternoon. I then made an appointment with my regular MD, and he diagnosised me with GAD and Agoraphobia. He recomended Lexapro as a starting point.The first 7-10 days on Lexapro was pretty ruff for me. I had stomach cramps and felt like I was going to vomit about an hour after taking 10mg. My doctor advised me to take it in the morning as it might keep me awake if I took it at night. He also told me that until my body got adjusted to the medicine that I might feel worst before I'd feel better. So I was prepaired for any side affects that I would encounter. After the first week, the side affects seemed to start going away. And with the combination of Lexapro and Xanax, by the third week I was feeling much better. Slowly I was able to go out | M | 30 | 2 months | 9/29/2008 | 3 | anxiety, situational when driving | Weight gain after 21 months equals 16 pounds. Sleepy 100% of time will fall asleep while working at my work computer, 10 mg. a day, down from 20mg on my own, just too tired. Cannot ejaculate. Sex is an uncommon desire. I have stopped obcessing on a lot of fronts. | During my time, the first year was great except for the sex part but I could drive almost anywhere and not get anxious. Now after 21 months the anxiety comes back during some situations and my road-rage has inceased. Still no sex, can't have everything I guess. | M | 56 | 21 months | 9/29/2008 | 3 | GAD | Tiredness, loss of appetite, yawning, blurred vision | I took Lexapro on a Wed evening, the next day I felt very mellow and I was in the state of not worrying about anything...I wouldn't say zombieish, just very mellow. The next day I felt more myself but a little "off". The third dose I took around 7:00 pm on a Friday night, about 1:00 am in the morning I awoke to find my eyes were really messed up. Everything was blurry and hazy and because of that, I freaked out and threw myself into a major panic attack. My eyes were really dilated. I felt better the next day, so much so that I wanted to go ahead and take the next dose, but the vision thing scared me and since I see my doctor in a few days, I'll wait to see what he says. I've never been on any anti-depressants or any pill of any kind in my life...so not sure if the 10mg is just too much or if it's just not the right one for me. One thing I did realize while I was on it was just how much I do worry...having something subdue me for a bit showed me how much I do get worked up ov | F | 35 | 3 days | 9/28/2008 | 3 | Unipolar depression-severe episode | Initially, the side effects weren't bad. My most pronounced symptom was extremely vivid dreams. As I continued to take it, I developed severe problems with fatigue, and my anxiety levels went through the roof. I also packed on weight around my waist. | I posted my initial review on 2/24/08. Since then, I tapered off Lexapro over a 4-month period. I was super careful and avoided taxing my liver in any way. I didn't buy a Lexapro withdrawal kit. For the most part, I didn't feel great, but didn't feel horrible. THEN, about 3 weeks before I was com-pletely off Lexapro, I developed the mother of all headaches. At first, I thought it was a cluster migraine, because I have those problems anyway. But no amount of painkillers helped, and this went on for 3 weeks. I was ready to head to the emergency room. Then I realized it was probably a withdrawal symptom and stopped throwing painkillers at it. I looked through my supply of supplements (I'm a health nut), and found NAC (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine). I started megadosing on it, and I immediately got relief. NAC is available in health food stores, known as a hangover remedy. This began the serious detox phase of the withdrawal. I knew I was in a war at that point. I felt like hell duri | F | 53 | 5 years | 9/27/2008 | 5 | GAD, depression | Spaced out, foggy, disconnected feeling during the first few days. Extreme sleepiness after taking it, so switched to PM dosing; disturbed sleep, frequent waking that subsided within a week. GI distress, Immodium took care of that. Loss of libido, gradually returning. Started at 5 mg, 10 mg two weeks later, been on 15 mg since. | This medication has REALLY helped. I was leery before starting treatment, the first week was a bit unpleasant, but I'm so glad I stuck to it. My anxiety is gone, and my depression has lifted a lot, and I haven't turned into an unfeeling zombie in the process (that's why I discontinued Zoloft and Paxil). Although I could notice a difference in my anxiety within a month of starting Lex, the full benefits kicked in at around month 4. These days I'm calm and optimistic, and undergoing therapy to address the stuff that brought about the depression and panic attacks/anxiety in the first place. A welcome side effect is that my urges to drink alcohol have disappeared. My libido is returning, which is good, though I actually didn't mind its initial decrease all that much. I'm starting to feel like my old self, though my shrink wants me to stay on the Lexapro for at least another 6 months to consolidate. Makes sense to me. | M | 30 | 7 months | 9/23/2008 | 5 | IBS, Anxiety | tiredness | Took Zoloft for 2 years and it ruined my life completely and changed me into a different person, tried several other meds and finally settled on Lexapro. I have NOT had any problems sexually, and no other side effects other that I get sleepy sometimes when I should. it has almost completely solved my IBS and my anxiety about it. | F | 20 | 1.5 years | 9/17/2008 | 4 | GAD, Depression, OCD | Hair loss!, rashes, sexual loss | I was very suicidal when put on Lexapro and it helped me relax a great deal, I was so much more happy on it but had to stop taking it due to it causing hair loss and it killed my sex drive and feeling. I did act like a jerk on it as well a few times. Although if it wasn't for the hair loss and sexual side effects I would of stayed on it. Hopefully I will have better luck with something else. A very good drug to try | M | 24 | 2 years | 9/17/2008 | 1 | depression | Muscle spasms, muscle twitching, muscle soreness, insomnia, mental confusion, flush, brain zaps. | I took Lexapro for 3 days in 10mg doses and had severe side effects immediately. If you have any of the symptoms above, contact your physician immediately. These could be dangerous. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRUG. | M | 55 | 3 days | 9/15/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Was fine until Doctor raised my dosage from 10mg to 20mg due to increaded anxiety with Hurricanes. This was five days ago. Now I have general flu like syptoms ache joints, lower back etc. An the worst frequent urgent urination every hour or so. I an cutting back to 10mg until I get to see my doc. She gave me Xanax for the really anxious days like when Ike is near. They seemed to work well taking .5 mg before bed. | M | 44 | 3 years | 9/13/2008 |