LEXAPRO Reviews (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (2093 Ratings)

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LEXAPRO  (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE):  Escitalopram is used to treat depression and anxiety. It works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. Escitalopram belongs to a class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). It may improve your energy level and feelings of well-being and decrease nervousness.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 3  Depression Weight gain, lethargic, more migraines Lexapro worked great for about 2 of the 3 years I was taking it. Now it seems to have stopped working. I have stopped working out - too tired all the time - and that's not like me. Also a significant increase in migraines. F 42 3 years
6/6/2007
 3  depression i have not started taking this yet. I was just taken off EffexorXR after 2weeks because i had an allergic reaction to it. Which sucks because it was working really good. Now my Dr. Wants me to try Lexapro. I cant figure out if i should take it at night or in the morning?? And Im really tempted not to take it at all - probably not a good idea?!! I appriciate all this info. F 51 0 days
6/6/2007
 1  Mild Anxiety Vomiting, dizziness, blurred vision, hot/cold spells, palpitations, inability to focus, extreme headache, abdominal cramping I was prescribed Lexapro for a mild case of anxiety, related to stress at work and school. I took 10 mg the night before bed and woke up in a daze, and very nauseous. Then I became completely lethargic. I have never been so tired. I actually made it to work, but was unproductive the entire day. I was very dizzy and felt like I was "out of my body." By lunch time I had a debilitating headache and extreme abdominal cramping. I couldn't sleep that night because my heart was racing and my head was pounding. I felt terrible. The side effects may be worth it if you are experiencing severe depression or anxiety, but it was more than I could handle. I will stick with natural remedies, proper diet and exercise. If you decide to take Lexapro, I recommend taking your first dose on a weekend or when you are not expected to perform timely duties. Good luck to you. F 26 1 days
6/6/2007
 5  GAD, Panic attacks Nausea, palpitaions, high anxiety, diahhrea ONLY LASTED 1st week of using I first took lexapro about 4 years ago - had the yucky side effects but they subsided after the first week - within 2 weeks I was pretty much back to my old self. I came off it for 1 year and the terrible anxiety and panic started again - went back on lexapro had the side effects for about 1 week) and now take it regularly and it has been great to function like a normal human being again. F 25 4 years
6/5/2007
 4  depression, OCD decreased libido, insomnia The benefits I've gained from taking the drug out-weigh the side effects. I think it's worth the trouble. F 20 3 years
6/4/2007
 3  stress dizzness, dry mouth, no ambition, and tired all the time F 45 1 years
6/4/2007
 3  circumstantial depression yawning, jittery, some vision loss, no sexual side effects Anyone else find that your eye sight has been impaired? I noticed that I was much more depressed on it for the first month but stuck with it and the depression did subside. Now, I'm having trouble seeing out of my right eye. F 42 3 months
6/4/2007
 3  GAD insomnia, nausea, apathetic, hard to climax, loss of appetite, loss of motivation I have only taken Lexapro for 2 days now but the side effects started right away. Within a couple hours of taking it I was dizzy and my feelings felt kind of numb. I was vomiting last night and had bad insomnia. I took my second pill this morning and felt extreme nausea right away and a loss of motovation to do anything. I don't feel any anxiety, but then again I don't feel much of anything. I don't know if I'll continue to take the pills I'll probably give it at least a couple more days. I know you should try to wait out the side effects and give it time, but I don't want to have a hard time getting off of the Lex. F 35 2 days
6/2/2007
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 5  Depression and PTSD Hardly any at all. Just the usual sensitivity to refined sugar which I had with Paxil and Zoloft too. A little harder to reach orgasm but not nearly as bad as with Paxil. Slightly loose stools. Over the time I've taken it I've gone from 10 to 15 mg, then 15 - 20, 20 - 25 mg. When I went from 15 to 20 mg, I couldn't believe the results. At first I was resistant but I was still having so many ptsd problems that my Dr. really urged me to. So I finally did when I really got desperate last year. After two months, I already could tell I was more detached, not reacting to things so crazily and irrationally, not taking so many dumb things as personally, not succumbing to paranoid, delusional thoughts. It was great. I'm hoping to get the same results going from 25 - 30 mg soon. F 42 4.5 years
6/1/2007
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 4  depression weight gain F 46 6 months
6/1/2007
 2  Anxiety/Panic Attacks/Depression Sexual dysfunction-big time! Like a switched turned off the minute I took the first pill, I was unable to climax no matter what (have never had problems in that department). Also decreased libido. Very severe burning & bloody diarrhea right away(I suffer from IBS-D) and insomnia after a few days. I was only on 5 mg, never able to increase to 10 mg. Sexual side effects were unbearable. This did not work for me-I've had no luck with any SSRIs, my body is just too sensitive. There were times where it felt like it might be kicking in, at times I was able to do things without anxiety....but the side effects were intolerable. I tried to stick it out but was becoming even more depressed, as it was not improving my quality of life overall. I was hoping this would work for me, as I have friends who were successful on it. Beware if you have IBS....this makes it WORSE! F 46 12 days
6/1/2007
 1  GAD Brain fog, zombie shuffle, dazed and confuzed feeling. What a bad drug! Flushed this crap down the toilet! Shame on the Doctors that prescribe this BS medicine! F 39 4 days
6/1/2007
 5  depression and anxiety upset stomach, head was foggy but went away after few weeks , nights sweats, loss of memory seems to be ongoing (short term memory) all the articles i have read in here are mostly based on short term results, i dont think most people have taken it long enough to form objective opinion about it , i have taken it for 2 years and feel great, very little to no anxiety at all, some weight gain, i not fixated on stupid things that dont really matter,just got over battle with kidney cancer, ok now and loving life, people , dont sweat the little things in life that we dont have any control over, your just waisting brain cells. stop and smell the roses with a loved one. i also dident read anything in here about therapy while on anti-depressive meds. their designed to be taken ( WHILE YOU ARE IN THERAPY) not just for casual everday drugs . Lexapro has helped me in my relationship with my wife of 25 years and 2 beautiful children (who by the way have inherited my anxiety, they are both on low doses of lexapro and doing great. one more thing that really gets my attention in reading these articles , everyone keeps M 42 2 days
5/29/2007
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 5  Depression; Panic Disorder Fatigue It's been a lifesaver for me. F 41 1 years
5/29/2007
 4  Depression, Irritability The first day i fely so weird, like i have never felt before, I didn't feel here on earth at all. I was spaced out and for the first three weeks I couldn't sleep at night. My appetite was near nothing and i went from 109 to 98 pounds in the first three weeks. Not good. I got sudden unexplained bursts of major energy at random times and had no clue why. I also have really weird dreams at night, very vivid. I also have lost all of my sex drive and cannot reach orgasm what-so-ever, which i never had a problem with before...sucks!!! experienced constipation and my period is all screwed up now. I have it every two weeks. used to get headaches alot and they wouldn't go away for anything, I am tired all of the time and sleep and sleep and sleep, I can only stay up for a couple hours at a time before needing sleep again. I am taking 10 mg of Lexapro and it worked almost instantly surprisingly on my depression and I felt different about things and felt amazing, but now even though I have only takn it for three months I am starting to feel as though it isn't working anymore I feel like my symptoms pre lexapro are coming back. I am going to talk to my doctor about either upping my dosage or switching me to Wellbutrin SR.I have no energy anymore to do what i used to love, my son wants to play outside or read or play with me and all I want to do is sleep. I have lost the drive to do what used to make me happy. I can't concentrate in class anymore because my mind is constantly racing. ISometimes it feels like there are lines racing back and forth in my brain as though there are strings being pulled across my head almost like it's about to explode. Feels so weird. I feel light headed and feel as I am going to black out alot and sometimes lose my balance when i am just standing still. my heart starts rac F 23 3 months
5/27/2007
 4  Postnatal Depression, suicide The first month is somewhat an experience, with varing degrees of dizziness, nausea, headaches and a feeling of not-being-right. Once the Med had firmly taken hold of me, my life turned from one full of anxiety, fear and depression, too one of absolute fulfillment and happiness. Six months on 20mg, decreasing to 10mg for 12 months. My final 3 months I was on 5mg, before whenning myself off completely. I experienced minor headaches, dizzienes and nausea for about 3 weeks period after my final 5mg. Today I am happy, NORMAL and loving life. Use the drug correctly and it does it's job!!!!! F 41 22 months
5/27/2007
 4  Anxiety, Panic Attacks Jaw clenching, vivid dreams, overactive thoughts in my brain that feel like "buzzing" in the morning that take about an hour to shake off, and trouble acheiving orgasm (my least favorite side effect) I've experienced mild anxiety for several years, but I started Lexapro when it became so bad that I was terrified just to get on the bus, and my health was in rapid decline due to the fear. Unacceptable! It tooks MANY weeks to regulate, starting with 5mg to 10mg to 15mg, then back to 10 when 15 turned me into a spazzy freak. Those weeks were rough, and I nearly lost hope and my mind many times. But I stuck it out and I remember the moment when I first realized that it was working-- During an argument with my boyfriend, I started to cry. It was the first APPROPRIATE emotional reaction I'd had in a long time! I was crying when I SHOULD be! It made me very happy and I started to laugh and my poor boyfriend looked at me like I was crazy(er). Since that day, I've had nothing but appropriate and controllable emotional reactions to situations that would have freaked me out in the past, and I am, in general, far happier and at ease with life than I've felt in years. It was a very difficult cou F 34 6 months
5/27/2007
 2  Depression from chronic pain TIGHT neck and shoulder muscles, difficulty sleeping, feeling wired, ultimately less depressed though the neck muscle spasm isn't worth it. I was given a prescription for 10 mg pills that I was to cut in half, taking only 5 mg a day for two weeks. Even 5 mg was too much for me @ 115 pounds, leaving me feeling as though I was constantly consuming caffeine though I only have 1 cup of green tea in the morning! I didn't like feeling so wired. Though I was a bit more chipper about my thoracic outlet syndrome, my physical therapist noticed that my neck muscles were literally "popping out," and she couldn't do anything manually to release them, something she can usually do with ease. Not linking the tight neck muscles to the Lexapro as of yet, I decided to cut down to a quarter of a pill a day to see what 2.5 mg would do, only to discover that a couple hours after taking just that little bit of pill, my neck tightens up on me when I use my arms! Those with TOS, do a test run before buying this drug...I'm out $90 over something that totally defeats the purpose! F 30 9 days
5/27/2007
 1  GAD Headaches, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, weight gain. Why is this drug legal? After I stopped it -had to stop gradually - I was extremely dizzy for 6 weeks. Lab tests show very little cortisol which has exaggerated thyroid problem. M 55 3 months
5/27/2007
 5  Depression Could not have an orgasm, sleepy all the time, increase in number of migraines. When I stopped taking it, I tapered down gradually taking 1/2 pill for a week, then 1/4 pill for 4 days. Even so, I had a migraine every day for 6 weeks. It was horrible. In spite of my horrible withdrawal experience, lexapro really helped me. It totally got rid of my depression, insomnia, and helped my OCD as well. Before lexapro, I had a terrible insomnia problem, and took a lot of ambien. Now, I don't take anything. I think it is possible that the reason the number of migraines I had while I was taking it increased was because I had to decrease another medication (Sinequin) because it made me too sleepy. Sinequin helps migraines. The only really bad thing I found about lexapro was the horrible withdrawal for people with migraines, and the effect on your sex life (which I understand is the same for all SSRIs.) F 57 365 days
5/26/2007

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