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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEXAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Depression and GAD | A REAL fogginess, EXTREMELY sleepy first few days. Not very hungry, some jaw-clenching, some nausea. Just in the first week! | On 10mg, I can tell something is different. Mood is lifting, anxiety waves not nearly as strong. Also, side effects starting to dissipate...but I'm bracing for any sexual side effects. Don't know yet. But you have to do something when you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, right? I would say these side effects, although real, are less severe than some of the stuff I tried 10-15 years ago. | M | 43 | 5 days | 9/12/2008 | 5 | Anxiety and intrusive thoughts | For the first week, I had excessive yawning, jaw-clenching and felt "VERY" relaxed. Now, I am a little more tired than usual if I stop moving in the pm. I also have very vivid dreams, but no nightmares. | I really prayed about this decision. I feel like Lexapro has given me clarity. I can concentrate without obsessing about intrusive and irrational thoughts. My dh and I never fight b/c I can stay focused and express myself rationally. I have NEVER been "laid back" before, but now I am. I'm a better mom and wife. My anxiety was paralyzing me. I have a wonderful family and I couldn't enjoy any of it. I cried all the time. Now, I am loving my life. I used to bathe my kids in wet wipes on every outing and now I just let them have fun and play. My ds was showing signs of anxiety and now he has relaxed (b/c I have) Oh, and the sex drive has increased b/c my brain is not constantly filled with obsessive and troubling thoughts. I LOVE this medication! It has helped me "let go" of a lot. | F | 33 | 5 months | 9/11/2008 | 5 | severe peri-menopause symptoms | sex drive gone for first 6 months, then returned, little weight gain. | I had never taken any type of drug before Lexapro. I was very hesitant, but was getting desperate to feel better. I chose Lexapro because it was recommended by someone who took it with success. It turned out to be the best remedy for me at this time in my life. With peri menopause I experienced mild depression, panic attacks, night sweats, decreased concentration, extreme rapid heart rate, anxiety and insomnia. After about 2 - 3 weeks after taking 10 mg I felt much calmer and never had another anxiety attack since. It also helped me sleep much better without taking any sleeping pills. Stayed on this drug for 12 months and then went to half the dosage for another 4 weeks, before cutting that in half for 2 more weeks. I then felt no side effects at all after going off this medication. Going off gradually is the key. About 9 mths later, I did have some re occuring anxiety and went back on it with only 5 mg per day. I feel happy and completely like myself on Lexapro, with much improv | F | 52 | 2 years | 9/7/2008 | 5 | anxiety/ anger management/ PMS | at 10 mg jittery/slightly hyper. Within 2 days switched to 5 mg. MUCH BETTER. I have bad blurred vision the whole time. Not too bad a side effect...I can live with it, but it is surely noticable. Took me longer to have an orgasm, but I finally did. A good 20 minutes.Other than that it has been WONDERFUL. | It has totally helped me with anxiety and anger. I have no desire to yell out, stress, or fight with my kids or family. I feel so calm and find it very easy to stay calm. It's like I don't have to fight anymore 24/7 to be the "me" I want to be. I feel like it is a miracle. I"m 44 and I wish I had been smart enough to try it earlier. Sadly, I've been a psych med basher for my while life. | F | 44 | 10 days | 9/7/2008 | 4 | Dysthymia | Definitely loss of urgency others have noted. Prefer an additional hour of sleep per night and not so peppy first thing in the morning - I used to be a morning person. Delayed ejaculation and moderation, but not elimination, of libido - which have been pluses. Dulling of emotions, positive as well as negative - don't get as sad, but don't experience nearly as much joy, either - which makes it difficult for me to use my emotions to evaluate a situation. I have to rely on what I think, rather than on what I feel. A bit of a handicap for an artist. | My doctor diagnosed me with life-long Dysthymia and speculated that I may very well be on Lexapro for the rest of my life. Lexapro has removed the constant negative thoughts that I have experienced all of my life and that impeded my ability to do anything. However, I now lack any sense of urgency, taking a great deal of time to do almost any task. I marvel at what I used to get done in a day. If my partner didn't nag me every day, I probably wouldn't accomplish much of anything productive, which has become an issue in our relationship. I'm not just sitting around in a daze - if anything, I am more busy than ever, I just don't seem to be accomplishing as much. I tend more carefully to all of the details because I don't feel quite as sharp. I find myself reading sentences 2-3 times before I get their meaning and check anything I write multiple times and I find it much more difficult to follow logic, a prior strength. The lack of emotions is disconcerting. I used to navigate my world thro | M | 51 | 3 years | 9/5/2008 | 1 | for an infection | tiredness, insomnia once I stopped taking it. | American doctors couldn't be anymore ignorant. If you actually have a life threatening infection...pssh you're just stressed out, take some lexapro. If you're thyroid is messed up you're just depressed take some lexapro. This drug is way overprescribed because doctors attribute everything to stress and depression while they let you die and collect money from your insurance... ridiculous. | M | 26 | 30 days | 9/4/2008 | 4 | anxiety, some depression | In the beginning, I had a few minor problems such as sleepiness and decreased sex drive. However, now after a year of taking it, I have developed horrible migraines(never had them before Lexapro) I have absolutely NOOOOO sex drive. I have gained 30 pounds over the last 5 months. I get this horrible crawly feeling in my legs at night.(I'm wondering if that's what they call restless leg syndrome) I'm getting grumpier again too. Needless to say, I have now started to wean myself off of it. See my additional comments. | Despite the side effects I have recently developed, I believe Lexapro was a life-saver. I became a whole new person. My family noticed a big change. Before Lexapro, I was a yeller. I was anxious all the time. I never slept. I cried at the drop of a hat. I had chest pains from the anxiety and even developed PVC's.(skipped heart beats) After Lexapro, nothing bugged me. I slept like a rock. My family enjoyed being around me. I've actually learned alot about myself and I hope that being off of it, a little of what I learned will stick with me. I pray daily that it will. | F | 36 | 1 years | 9/3/2008 | 4 | Anxiety / Depression | None except I suspect it may be the cause of ejaculation problems (took longer to get off). I use condoms and with some gals I can get off only 30% of time but with others who like to get on top and can go long time I get off 80% of time. I am unsure if the delayed orgasm is entirely due to Lexapro as I am under treatment for hypertension and who knows what aging process contributes. I use Viagra (100 mg) and take it on an empty stomach about 1 hour before sex. So far this year I have had about 60 sessions with 9 different gals ranging in age from 21 - 30 (strippers, waitresses, young married women). Last 3 years averaged about 50 sessions. | I would suggest you considery carefully the side effects of this medication. If you are having ejaculation problems have her get on top and if she can go long time helps. Gals who give good foreplay help excitement, but mainly I get hard just giving them sexy backrub. While I was having my depressive episode, sex stopped but resumed about 3 months later with stripper girlfriend (she kept asking how I was) as we had done 7 sessions before my depression (chicken shx job crap, father in nursing home, credit card debt, disinterested wife) but posted 68 sessions(including a threesome with her and a gf) with her over 3 years after I rebounded. I also had about 30 sessions each with two of her friends (bonus girls). This year has cost me about $15 k in shopping money for all these sessions but it beats hell out of marriage! I tell them I go a long time that I am not a 5 minute man and they enthusiastically want to take me on, especially the younger ones. | M | 58 | 4 years | 9/2/2008 | 3 | GAD | Hair loss after about a week - still losing hair at 4 weeks, night sweats just started, headache for a week - now gone, delayed to no orgasam, lower sex drive. | Does anyone know if the hair loss stops? I don't have a lot of hair to begin with, this is really worrying me. Otherwise I feel less anxious overall and don't have obsessive thoughts as much, I feel calmer and it has taken the edge off somewhat. | F | 38 | 36 days | 9/2/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | Insomnia, increased anxiety, gittery feeling, little spacey at times, yawning, gas, hot flashes. | Took 10mg on day one. Kicked in after about an hour. I noticed increased anxiety that would come and go. About 3 hours after taking I got an intense hot flash throughout my body. Very lethargic on day 1. Went down to 5mg on day 2, 3, and 4. Side effects not as bad. Still have increase anxiety (Not as bad), a bit irritable, and racey feeling like I'm on speed. Taking this lower dose before bed and not sleeping at all. .5 mdg ativan seems to take the edge off. | M | 41 | 4 days | 9/2/2008 | 4 | Depression-anxierty | Mild lightheadedness, some hot flashes, lower libido. | Switched to the lexapro after trying paxil. Side effects are tolerable on the low dose. Some loss of sex drive, but at least it works and can have an orgasm. Works better for depression than anxiety for me. Welcome all comments/questions via e-mail. | M | 41 | 1 years | 9/1/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Headache, neck pain, 50 pound weight gain, tired all the time, often feel sick, WEIGHT GAIN!!!! | At first the Lexapro helped my anxiety but it caused me to crave nothing but carbs, salt, and sugar! I gained 50 pounds and can't lose it no matter what I try. My other anxiety symptoms have calmed down but now I have more anxiety then ever because of my weight. Overall it just exchanged my problems for others and now I have the joy of going off of Lexapro and busting my butt to get the extra weight off! | F | 21 | 1 years | 9/1/2008 | 4 | anxiety over life challenges | I have drug sensitivities in general so my doctor began me on only 1/4 of a 10mg pill. it worked within days. then i increased it to 1/2. i am glad to read this web site as i had never considered the sleeeeeeeeeepiness to be associated with Lexapro. Nor the sweating which I had never done in my life, and i am not pre or menopausal. I have also had hair loss but thought it was related to a wrong thyroid rx dose. I will cut it back to 1/4 and see if the long sleeps in the day, hair loss and sweating go away...thanks for all the posts here, very helful. | I began taking it due to extreme anxiety over money problems--I have been too sick to work for 3 years--and other very complicated issues I have to deal with alone regarding a house I own. I was waking at 4am with terrible terrors and panic, and Lexapro has simply removed this anxiety and I can look at what I have to face without being scared, it is just stuff I have to face, enormous as it is, but the panic has faded when I think about what I have to do, I can just think about it and actually come up with a plan... | F | 56 | 5 months | 8/29/2008 | 4 | anxiety and depression | not many at all! possibly a bit of lower back pain | life saver for "intrusive thoughts" brought on by anxiety | F | 43 | 5 years | 8/26/2008 | 4 | GAD | Clenched jaw, difficulty in achieving orgasm, nauseous, sleepy, vivid dreams | This medicine has been wonderful! Here is what I went through: I started out taking 10mg of Lexapro and I was extremely tired, was sick to my stomach. I was alert and able to concentrate, but felt very disconnected. I had zero interest in anything and I almost felt depressed, but the anxiety was gone. My doctor assured me this was normal, but if I wanted to I could drop down to 5mg, which I did. I felt so much better. So much relief. The stomach aches were completely gone, I was alert, I was able to concentrate and I had my optimism back. I felt like I had my life back!!! I still have a little anxiety, but I am able to cope better and deal with it. I have very vivid dreams and despite being on Xanax, I still have some trouble falling to sleep, but once I'm asleep I stay asleep. Orgasm is an issue, but with some effort it's attainable. The cleched jaw is barely noticable, unless I've been doing it in my sleep in which case my mouth is a tiny bit sore for a little while af | F | 32 | 2 months | 8/25/2008 | 1 | Depression, also to get off Prozac | The most damaging side effect was that I became extremely irritable and angry - all the time, and I expressed those feelings constantly, with no self-control and no ability to monitor or edit my expressions. It took me almost 8 months to figure out that these were side effects of the Lexapro. Other side effects: obsessive and uncontrolled skin-picking on my fingers - so bad that I would watch what I was doing and tell myself to stop and I just couldn't - it was literally constant; an uncontrolled craving for sweet carbohydrates resulting in a 15 lb weight gain in the last two months; tremendous fatigue, no matter how much I slept; complete loss of libido; lots of skin irritation and itching with no apparent source, such as a bite - I would scratch my skin constantly, causing rashes and scrapes which took forever to heal. | I switched from Prozac (which I had been on since 1990) to Lexapro in January 2008, and the side effects began almost immediately. But it took me almost 8 months to connect the side effects to Lexapro. The feelings and expression of anger and irritation were the worst, as it caused a great many problems in my professional and personal life (some of which have yet to be rectified). Within a week of stopping Lexapro, the anger/irritability almost completely disappeared, as did the skin-picking. The fatigue has gotten better, and the cravings for carbs is also improving. The itching skin has also almost disappeared. Loss of libido is still a bit of a problem. | F | 55 | 8 months | 8/24/2008 | 2 | Depression & Anxiety Issues | Enormous Appetite. Complete Loss of Sex Drive. Always wanting to sleep. | Lexapro did not only make me sleepy, it made me WANT to be asleep all the time and nothing else. I could not get enough food. I NEVER felt satisfied or full, even at the end of a large meal. ALWAYS RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY! I completely lost any and all interest in sexual matters. I finally took myself off (very gradually)and now feel much better. I have a normal sex drive back, do not want to be in bed, asleep, all the time and have a much tighter control of my appetite and calorie intake. | M | 49 | 11 months | 8/22/2008 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | None | I am 55 and have spent my life dealing with depression and anxiety. I finally took the Lexapro my doctor friend had given me months ago. Within several days I felt like "myself". I look forward to my day and do not have to deal with the anxiety and depression that was impacting my personal life and my business. Life is so much easier. | F | 55 | 7 weeks | 8/21/2008 | 5 | GAD & depression | Extremely nauseous for the first three days. Poor sleep for the first week. Overly deep sleep with vivid dreaming during week two. Occasional delayed ejaculation, but more often than not everything works fine! No side effects at all after one month's use. | Lexapro 10mg helped me enormously. I had had a major breakdown associated with GAD. It took three weeks for the lexapro to kick in, but when it did the anxiety lifted (not fully, but I could function again), as did my depression. I didn't become the life and soul of the party (bit then I never was!), but I was once again sociable and able to interact positively with my beautiful children. My anxiety and panic attacks do durface occasionally, but they are rare and less intense since taking lexapro. Whilst not a panacea, lexapro has been a positive influence on my life. If you do try it, please understand the first week or two can be quite unpleasant, so if your experience is bearable, stick with it (obviously, if the effects are severe, consult a doctor, pronto). And please bear in mind that many positive experiences of lexapro and other SSRIs are unlikely to be reportedm wheras negative ones often are. Good luck to you all. | M | 39 | 3 months | 8/18/2008 | 2 | Anxiety/Depression | Loss of Libido. Sleepiness. | Chemical Castration - total loss of any and all sex drive. Could sleep 23 hours a day. | M | 45 | 9 months | 8/16/2008 |