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, NO sex drive, severe fatigue, don't care about anything | I have taken Lexapro for a little over a month and can't wait to get off of it! I am so tired and have no desire to have sex with my husband. My doctor is weaning me off of it so that I can switch back to Welbutrin (no side effects). Never again will I take this drug. | F | 34 | 36 days | 3/21/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and depression | None. Weight gain? | This has been a miracle medicine for me. Almost all anti-depressants make my heart pound, waking me in the middle of the night. This has helped my anxiety, which my psychiatrist thought was an underlying condition for my depression. I started taking this after a period where I was depressed to the point of contemplating suicide. This was the first thing that helped and was fast acting (40 mg). I went down to 20 mg. eight months later and have been on that since. I seem to need 20 mg. | F | 38 | 1.5 years | 3/20/2007 | 5 | panic disorder / GAD | Heavy Head, fuzzy head, increased anxiety, insomnia, you name it I had it | All side effects went away in about 3 weeks. Less anxiety and fewer panic attacks so far, but do not feel it has fully kicked in yet. Started at 5 mgs 2 weeks and now up to 10 mgs 2 weeks | F | 38 | 4 weeks | 3/20/2007 | 5 | postpartum anxiety | fuzzy head, increased anxiety | Waited 5 months to get help for this. Hope it works, don't feel any differently yet. Took 5 mgs for 3 weeks and 10 mgs for 5 days so far | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 3/20/2007 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | Headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, jaw clenching, slight spacey feeling, irregularity in menstrual cycle. | I haven’t felt a drastic change while taking this medicine. It hasn’t improved my depression but I do feel less anxious. The side effects do take a bit to get accustomed to. I’ve noticed severe jaw clenching, especially in the morning. The insomnia is getting very old fast; haven’t truly slept well in a week, but I feel tired. I have lost three pounds since taking Lexapro. The only side effect, besides the insomnia, that has concerned me is the irregularity with my menstrual cycle. It’s more of an annoyance than anything. Overall, I wouldn’t rule Lexapro out just yet. | F | 22 | 7 days | 3/20/2007 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Have really not had many side effects, Increased panic at first, and bad headaches from clenching my jaw, but all that has gone away. | Feel Pretty good, take 10mg a day. Sometimes I am forgetful of things and I don't think I care about as many things as I used to. But depression and Anxiety have basically subsided and thats what this pill is there for, no? | M | 20 | 2 years | 3/19/2007 | 1 | Depression | None whatsoever. | Drugs don't tend to affect me, and this was one of them. I'm still annoyed at my doctor for not switching me earlier - I just didn't know any better at the time. No effects at all. | M | 30 | 1 years | 3/19/2007 | 1 | READ THIS | more anxiety depression can't control emotions.. restlessness zobie state can't snap out of my foggy state of mind.. really tired but can't sleep diahrea nausea Nervous felt like i was going more crazy...Stuffy nose... | ok.. this is a long story and i feel i need people to know it.. if you are goin to be takein any kind of anti depressant or anythin like that DO NOT go to a MD i highly recommend you go to a Physiciatrist.. i was on Biaxin and the side affects of biaxin are alot like what we would call Anxiety and or Depression.. so i went to my doctor about this and she prescribed me with Cipralex and Clonazepam to calm me down... and after 2 weeks i felt horrible so i went to a Physc. and she said that i am not suppose to be on anything.. i am not a depressed person and i do have anxiety but i would benefit more from takein group therapy then i would takein any kind of med for it... so if you are thinkin about takein this medication talk to a Physc first!!!! | F | 20 | 2.5 weeks | 3/18/2007 | 5 | Depression | Decreased sex drive (but no problem performing), delayed orgasm (however, orgasms seem a bit more intense), moderate night sweats (primarily legs and groin area), slight tremor in right hand (only briefly and immediately upon waking up) | My experience with Lexapro has been extremely positive. The side effects have been very minor for me. The most striking thing about Lexapro compared to other anti-depressants I have taken is that I do not feel "medicated" or somehow altered. The improvement in mood and outlook feels perfectly natural. | M | 43 | 6 months | 3/17/2007 | 4 | Panic Attacks/ Anxiety | Initially for the first 3-4 days Nausua | LEXAPRO does work and it helps you through those difficult times. DIET/EXERCISE is very important, and if I can give any body advice it will be "GET MOVING PEOPLE - GET SWEATY!" It helped me alot. The weight gain is a problem, but I will rather be fat and happy, than thin and depressed. You have to see Lexapro for what it is - It is a drug, it will have problem. BE REAL about it! It will give the SMOOTH ride - but the rest is up to you (diet/exercise, relaxation). I have been on 10mg, stepping down to 5mg for the next few month to test the waters. :) | M | 32 | 2 years | 3/17/2007 | 3 | depression/anxiety | I'm jittery and feel like I'm going to jump out of my skin after taking my dose. A few hours later that seems to cease and I become really tired. Having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep already. Clenching my jaw has gotten worse since I've been on it. I feel like I want to go run or jump up and down or something to get rid of this excess energy. | I am only on Day 2 of Lexapro and taking 10mg/day. I feel really strange but am hoping I even out some after being on it for awhile. I also had some really strange images while trying to go to sleep last night. I wasn't asleep so I can't call it a dream/nightmare, but definitely strange nonetheless. I imagine this is what it feels like to be on crack. | F | 24 | 2 days | 3/16/2007 | 3 | Post-partum generalized anxiety | Insomnia!! No sex drive!!Weight gain. Generalized "I don't care" type of numbness that I began to feel over time, it almost made me feel emotionally numb. My insomnia got so bad, I now have to take sleeping aids every night. | Lexapro helped me immensely in my first few months as a new mom, when I would have a panic attack over almost any little thing that was new with the baby. It evened me out and calmed me down, without making me feel sedated or changed in any way. The worst part was the insomnia, but I was so happy with everything else, I was willing to work with that. Now, after some time I have noticed that the drug has made me numb towards things that I SHOULD be caring about. I no longer feel overwhelmed by being a new mother, and have decided to slowly stop taking Lexapro. GREAT short-term help, I just no longer feel like I have the conditions that it treats. | F | 24 | 6 months | 3/15/2007 | 5 | anxiety/depression/panic attacks | Oddly enough, the side effects I've expereinced have been for the better. I used to sleep with a clenched jaw and have tooth pain and headaches as a result. I now no longer clench my jaw, and my headaches are all but gone. At first, I was very sleepy until I got used to the medication, but that goes away as your body and brain accomodates the medince. With regards to weight, the medicine at first seems to make you careless about what and how much you eat, but with time, it's easy to regain that discipline again. The only thing slightly negative to report, is that I sleep so well, it can be difficult to get out of bed in the morning! | This medicine is an absolute lifesaver. If you are hesitant, but are experiencing serious anxiety and depression, I strongly urge you to give this medication a try. I had never taken any meds prior to this. I never even thought I would, but then, for the first time in my life at age 32, I had my first panic attack, that was followed by many more, then social anxiety disorder, general anxiety, and some pretty bad depression followed by some obsessive thoughts. I thought I was going crazy. I am an analytic thinker, and everything I was going through just made me think more, and made it all much worse. I am now feeling peace, I am able to reason through things. I can envision the future in a positive light again. | F | 33 | 5 months | 3/14/2007 | 5 | Depression, Extreme Highs/Low Moods | Barely any, Pretty bad constipation | Lexapro has worked excellently for me so far. My symptoms were not so much depression, as constantly variable moods. From really happy, to really sad. It's really helped my relationship. Little things don't seem to bother me so much, and i don't dwell on things like i previously would... and it's only been a week! I was worried about sexual problems, but i haven't had any yet... I'm as excitable as ever, and no probs with "finishing off" :-) | M | 22 | 7 days | 3/14/2007 | 3 | Anxiety/Panic | Naseau at first, Extreme Increase in Sex Drive, Harder to Orgasm Though, Insomnia, Highs and lows (seem to be steadying as time moves on, increased anxiety (at first)not now | Works well for my panic attacks and anxiety, as more able to rationalize on this drug, insomnia a problem though let it be noted I drink alot of caffine, Hoping that decrease in caffine will help out, Highs and lows a problem also I give this a 3. I am on 10 mg/day, will decrease to 5 mg at next appt. | M | 23 | 12 days | 3/14/2007 | 4 | Hot flashes | With all the worry over hormone replacement therapy, my physician suggested a small dose of Lexapro to curb hot flashes, and it works SO well for that. An unfortunate side effect I had not expected, though, is that it does seem to hamper my libido--not orgasms, but it does reduce my initiative. | The typical anti-depressant side effects of weight gain, reduced libido, etc. seem less extreme with Lexapro than with most meds my friends take. I would recommend this to depressed people, and also for menopausal women who don't want to take hormones. One warning, though: if I miss a dose, I'm mean as a hornet the next day--way more so than I was BEFORE taking it--it's like some kind of extreme rebound or something. | F | 45 | 4 years | 3/13/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety | extreme visual disturbance. I would wake up at night and it was like looking through a wierd, extremely bright, sparkly, spinning kalidescope. so disorienting I could not stand up. | F | 37 | 3 days | 3/13/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and Depression | night sweats, trouble sleeping, heart racing, nervousness, weightloss but all of these gone away after a few weeks | Started on Effexor first hated the way it made me feel, Dr. switched me to lexapro without getting the effexor out of my system so I thought side effects were from the Lexapro and I quit. Few months later after effexor was out of my system I tried lexapro again first at 5mg and then went up to 10mg. I love it and I am finally feeling my old self again. | F | 43 | 5 days | 3/12/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and Depression | Took for 5 months not 5 days, below comment | | 3/12/2007 | 2 | depression | WEIGHT GAIN, sleepiness | initially, this medication worked very well. i was able to complete a semester in school with a 4.0 and very little stress. anxiety was diminished in social situations. i was taking this while in recovery from anorexia, and it didn't take long to notice the weight gain (about 10-15 pounds in 10 months). i freaked out and quit it cold turkey (DON'T DO THIS!!) and i had horrible withdrawals. i would never take it again, due to the weight gain and lethargy. | F | 19 | 10 months | 3/12/2007 |