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 | depression | insomnia, diarrhea, weightloss, nightsweats, bizarre thoughts | Had such bad diarrhea for the first week on it that I lost 10 lbs. I couldnt sleep. Started having strange thoughts of jumping out of cars etc.. Doctor just took me off of it and now I have to start mirtazpine. Never had suicidal thoughts before this medicine. I would not recommend this medicine to anyone. | F | 34 | 2 months | 4/26/2007 | 5 | depression | nervousness, slight increase in hand tremor of left hand, new tremor in right hand, but not severe, dr. said these are normal side effects. Almost totally unable to orgasm,(vs. 3 a week average) dr. said this is normal, that lexapro blocks off orgasm..Could change medicines to get back normal but new medicine might not work as well on depression, which is worse than not climaxing. | Took lexapro to help in battling with depression caused by huge financial problems, such as IRS, bankruptcy, growing business problems,etc. Took for about 6 weeks 10 mil. then as financial problems began to ease,the depression began to ease. I cut back on my own to 5 mil.hoping to restore orgasm and reduce tremors. that was a week ago, no results yet, but Dr. said what I did was ok and it might take another couple of weeks to see results. Overall I would say that the drug helped me through the days of not wanting to get out of bed and the suicidal thoughts part of depression. Change in weather to springtime also helped. The drug definitely helps, but other positive things must accompany it. | M | 67 | 50 days | 4/24/2007 | 5 | Depression; mild anxiety | Jittery; clenched teeth and fists; insomnia; forgetfulness; dilated pupils; hyperactivity | Most side effects went away after a few days, which were very intense. I stuck it out due to many of the comments on this site and I have to agree - IT IS WORTH IT! I feel great, I take it in the mornings and have no trouble sleeping at night. I have a chronically sick family member and this helped me be a lot stronger for everyone. | F | 32 | 3 months | 4/24/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Some dizziness/ a little tired throughout day. | Excellent Med. I was on Celexa for 3 years and had to stop due to some medical issues. I switched to Zoloft for six months and did not feel well at all on it. Once I began taking Lexapro I immediately felt a difference. I have not had a panic attack in a month, I am not as angry, I do not obsess over things, I feel happier in general. Most people do not realize that it takes a full 6-8 weeks for an SSRI like this to begin to work. Most negative comments on here come from people who have given the med barely a month to work. Give it time to work and deal with the side effects- they are only temporary. As for the people who blame these drugs for weight gain...I suggest working out and dieting while on them. | M | 24 | 6 weeks | 4/24/2007 | 3 | Haven't Started Yet | had horrible side-efx with cymbalta after only 4 days, and quit per dr. He has know given me Lexapro, but am worried after my bad experience with cymbalta. | with Cymbalta, I was drowsy, feeling lethargic; inability to reach orgasm. Feeling like I'm have an out of body experience; clenching jaw and teeth a night; jittery; dribbling when I uninate; loosing time (an X-File sort of thing); Generally just feeling weird like I'm catching the flu. I am Confused. Do I stay on it? Start taking the Lexapro? My Psychiatrist one time put me on Buspar when I was going through a difficult divorce. After a few weeks, I was at a friends house and started using a punching bag and it felt great! A few days later, I was putting holes in our walls at the house. What was next my family? Medicine scares me, I don't want to go back to those feelings. Do you have any advise? | M | 41 | 0 days | 4/24/2007 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression, OCD | Headaches, Nausea, Fatigue, Interrupted Sleep, Vivid Dreams, Weight Gain | The side effects were most severe going on and coming off the drug, with all but the headaches and nausea staying with me throughout the entire experience. There was no improvement in the level of my anxiety, depression, or OCD. | M | 22 | 8 months | 4/24/2007 | 1 | hormonal problems | G.I. inflammation, bloat (15 lbs), pain and vomiting | need to treat the problem,not medicate and give lexapro out like candy | F | 53 | 12 days | 4/24/2007 | 2 | depression | Lethargic, body aches, migranes | Dr. prescribed 20mg daily. I take it at night. The first 2 days were great. I was feeling like my old self again. Then BOOM!! I could not function. My mind was in a fog. I didn't care about anything. The headaches were unbearable. I have a problem with insomnia anyway so I haven't made a decision to start taking it in the morning yet. After finding this blog, I've been cutting my pills in half for the past 3 nites. I didn't feel as lethargic yesterday but didn't go to sleep until 3 a.m. I'm still unsure about this med. I've taken all the other anti-depressants over many years and couldn't stand the side effects. Email me with your suggestions, Please. | F | 47 | 23 days | 4/23/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | Jaw clenching, slight sizziness at first, muscles aches, hot flashes and sweating, over all not as bad as some other people seem to experience. | Prone tp depression since a violent assault. Have taken effexor and Paxil in the past. MAny...and I stress many life changes in the last four weeks have sent me spiraling downward again, and atarted panic attacks. Lexapro seems to help my detachedness and puts me in a better frame of mind for the most part. Got a little scared by reading the withdrawel sypmtoms so I thought I would try to lower my dose to 5mg in hopes of making the coming off transition easier. There was a noticeable difference after two days on only 5mg, and a noticeable improvement when back up to 10mg. Still in the transition on my life changes so too soon to think about coming off anyway. | F | 43 | 3 weeks | 4/22/2007 | 3 | stress | 1st 2 days, extreme itchy legs; loss of appetite but no weight loss (possible slowing down of metabolism?), after 2 weeks extreme fatigue (hard to get up, legs, arms and head feel like cinder blocks), very thirsty, dryness of skin and very chapped lips, constipation, toes tingle and feel cramped, decreased interest in sexual relations, moderate headaches after a week | the only positive effect so far is that I do not have the daily, for no reason, crying spells (they stopped within a day of first dose), I'm on 10 mg at bedtime but the extreme fatigue (did I mention extreme!) which didn't start until 2 weeks on Lexapro is almost making me stop taking it (my doctor says to give it a month to stabilize in my system), I physically feel terrible, my whole body aches from my toes to my head which it didn't pre-Lexapro, my eyelids feel like cement, but other than those few annoyances (LOL!), it's okay, btw -I've never been on any other anti-depressant or anti-anxiety med | F | 42 | 2 weeks | 4/22/2007 | 2 | Aniexty /Depression | Extremely hard to climax during sex. Severe Depression. I would just stay around and do nothing all day. However when I did go out I was too numb to the world to have any panic attacks or jitters. At one point I wanted to kill myself. I have switched off to wellbutrin. Now my anxiety is up but my depression is decreasing......Oh sex no problem. I feel like im on a seesaw teetering between anxious and depressed. Alert and Zombie. Anyone please email me ideas. | M | 28 | 2 years | 4/22/2007 | 5 | ppd POST PARTUM DEPRESSION | WEIGHT GAIN first two weeks a little dizzy.. then fine must take in AM, keeps me awake at night | love it.. amazing.. changed my life | F | 37 | 4 years | 4/20/2007 | 4 | anxiety | Bad jaw clenching and pain that went away in 3 weeks, feeling stoned for the first 2 weeks, insomnia (waking in the middle of the night), restless leg feeling for about 2 weeks, I've gained about 3-5 pounds, but the worst - TERRIBLE CONSTIPATION. Also, my motivation's a little low, probably because I feel more relaxed. | Other than the constipation, this medication has been tolerable. The minor weight gain I've had may really just be from the constipation and bloating. All of the other side effects basically went away. I had struggled with really bad generalized anxiety, obsessive thoughts, panic attacks. Good things were happening in my life, and I could only fixate and obsess about the negative. I was also developing an ulcer and TMJ from all the anxiety. Anyway, the Lex has REALLY helped take the edge off. For the first time in years I don't have that relentless grinding in my stomach and constant worry. No panic attacks. | F | 28 | 5 days | 4/20/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Tired/yawning,delayed ejaculation,a tingling throughout my body when not taking xanax, dream most every night | I'm not sure that the tingling that I'm feeling is from the Anxiety like my psychyatrist says, or as a side effect of the Lexapro. I think its the lexapro because I never felt it until I started taking the 10mg dose. I'm now taking 20mg, but I'm going to discuss thoughly with the psychiatrist about other options. Started lexapro on 12/1/2006. | M | 52 | 140 days | 4/20/2007 | 2 | GAD and Depression | Tense and anxious all day, and mostly confined to bed (no energy or desire to do anything else, and I SO wish I could just fall asleep and escape the feeling of tension). Strangely, my heart rate is normal when I expect it to be sky-high, the way I feel. Strangely also, around early evening I start feeling pretty normal and relaxed. Can't explain it. | I don't know if these are specifically Lexapro side effects, in my case. Tried also Efexor and had similar effects. I gave up on the Efexor in the end, after just a couple of weeks. Felt I was going mad. Feeling the same now, and I am sure rational advice would be to stick with the Lexapro, give it a chance, but it's tough. | M | 46 | 10 days | 4/20/2007 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | For the first couple of days I had a bit of blurred vision due to dilated eyes and also some nausea. Symptoms disappeared in a couple of days. | I noticed a positive difference in myself within about 2 days. I've experienced an overall mood improvement and now I am simply not sweating the small stuff. I have noticed that I am sleeping VERY well and I think that it's because my brain isn't going non-stop now. Very positive improvement for me. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 4/19/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Depression | None really. I have a hard time believing that anyone does have side effects from Lexapro. It does definitely delay my ejaculation, but outside of "self service," it makes me a better lover. I am EXTREMELY satisfied with Lexapro. I have tried Zoloft and Effexor and would not recommend them at all. | M | 35 | 4 years | 4/18/2007 | 5 | Depression | Sexual side effects are very pronounced. Lack of drive, erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation when erection is even achieved. None of the other side effects are present to my observation. | Good medication, I feel like myself again and guess I have to live with the sexual side effects. | M | 47 | 3 years | 4/18/2007 | 5 | Panic disorder | None on Lexapro other than a little "zoomy" the first few days. However I did take Zoloft for 4 weeks beforehand, and since they are in the same SSRI family the switch was practically seamless. I recommend taking Klonopin or Xanax with the Lexapro in the beginning to mediate the anxiety it causes. | Lexapro seems to be right for me. I had TERRIBLE diarrhea (10 times a day) on Zoloft. That went away within 5-6 days of switching to Lexapro. Don't be afraid to switch if the first drug you try is making you feel bad for more than a week or two! One of them will work, eventually. Now I feel 100% more like my old self. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 4/17/2007 | 5 | anxiety depression | lost weight was calmer and happier not so bitchy and stressed | F | 34 | 6 months | 4/17/2007 |