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 |
| 3 | | 9/19/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Burning all over my body from head to toe..Felt like there was electricity running through me..Everything was numb and just felt weird...Had a really hard time controlling it but eventually did ... Feeling like I was crazy...Nausea..Diarrhea...Hot flashes then cold ...Light-headed...Racing heart..Loss of appetite...Jitters/Shaky/Twitching/Fluttery .. Anxiety/Panic attacks worsened | It was prescribed to me yesterday - 10mg Lexapro...I Took it last night around 7:30...Went to bed by 11pm, but I was ok .. Felt just a little twitchy...Woke up at 1am just feeling really hot so I took the covers off...All of a sudden I felt myself getting hotter and hotter...Eventually I felt like I was burning up..Like I had 105 fever and was gonna burst into flames...My heart was racing and I got really nauseas...Thought I had everything wrong with me .. My tongue and other body parts felt numb...Had no idea that medicine thats supposed to help anxiety would actually cause an attack...Eventually I calmed myself down and then had really bad bouts of diarrhea...i also felt really light-headed and I kept getting hot/cold and occasionally felt like I was burning ...It is now the next day at 1pm ... and I still feel jittery...I only slept 2 hours last night and I dont feel tired...I have no appetite and I feel like I got hit by a car...Everything hurts.. I dont know when this is going to | F | 24 | 1 days | 9/19/2006 | 3 | anxiety and depression | Mild tremors, bruising easily and complete loss of sex drive. | I started out taking 10ml and felt better.Then my dose was upped to 20ml and i have had thees weird hand tremors.My hands are allways shaking.At first i thought i had anemia.I bruise easily and have lost my sex drive. | F | 15 | 5 months | 9/15/2006 | 1 | Fatique & Depression | Weight gain, dizziness, constipation, muscle cramping, somnolence (the desire to sleep all the time), apathy, reduced metabolism, decreased libido. | The worst part about this drug is the long term irreversible effects and "discontinuation syndrome" (withdrawal symptoms). I've learned, unfortuantely too late, that longterm use of this drug causes your brain receptors to shrivel into corkscrews. Once you stop taking Lexapro, the receptors don't repair themselves and can't function properly so you end up with "brain shivers". I've been off of Lexapro for a full month now and am still experiencing these brain shivers, along with several other withdrawal symptoms. Some studies are comparing the brain shivers to epileptic abscence seizures. Other withdrawal symptoms include dizziness, nausea, insomnia, restlessness, anger and outrage that your medical doctor prescribed something to you that causes brain damage and weight gain without informing you. Anything that has withdrawal symptoms that last more than a month should not be on the market!! | F | 42 | 13 months | 9/15/2006 | 1 | Depression | Be very careful with this - I took it for 3 months believe that its affect on the mind is indirectly linked to the immune system functioning - if you are an othewise phyically healthy human you may risk compromising the proper functioning of the T-cells which may have UKNOWN consequences, the worst being autoimmunce disease which will make you very sick with flu-like symptoms and unable to get better...please beware. | I would only recommend that suicidal people with absolutely NO HOPE whatsoever take this. The risks of such dangerous and hidden physiological side effects are in NO WAY worth the potential positive effects of so-called subjective "mental stability" which is merely illusory and masks the hidden danger. | M | 32 | 3 months | 9/14/2006 | 3 | Grief | Sudden death of a spouse: Headache, fatigue, nausea, detact emotionally | F | 71 | 3 months | 9/13/2006 | 4 | Anxiety/depression | Hungry, tired sometimes. | I have been on lexapro since January 2006. It has helped me so much. I am much more happier now than I used to be.. It does make me hungry within 20 minutes after taking it. I have only gained about 3-5 lbs so far. | F | 32 | 8 months | 9/12/2006 | 2 | Anxiety, mild depression | Extreme yawning, anorgasmia, weight gain, increased appetite | Lexapro has not been bad but has not been good enough to keep taking. I'm on 10mg at night (which does make me sleep well). I do feel calmer and my mind seems to be quieter but not convinced it is the drug instead of finally getting over a long illness. My appetite is constant and I'm putting on the pounds even though I'm now walking 5 days a week! Definitely not normal for me. Jaw clenching is very unwelcome as I hate the dentist! I wake myself up at night it's clenched so hard. Plus, the inability to orgasm is more frustrating then the anxiety. I'll give it one more week but then I'm stopping it. | F | 45 | 5 weeks | 9/11/2006 | 2 | Depression | Teeth clenching 24/7. I would have sore muscles in my jaws. My dentist showed me my xrays of my teeth and said I had bone loss that could be due to clenching. I didnt tell him I was taking Lexapro. Always, always sleepy. I would just savor the moment I could curl into bed. I would nap throughout the day 5 days out of 7. Before Lexapro, I would take a nap maybe twice a year. | The benefits started to wear off and I found myself becoming overwhelmed by the "small stuff" again. But instead of upping from 10mg. I decided to try the "tomcruise" method of exercising my troubles away...not really, Im just not willing to put up with the side effects anymore. My teeth were always sore. I even broke one of my molars. Now Im afraid my teeth are going to start falling out due to bone loss in my jaw. Then I would really feel like crap. | F | 40 | 18 months | 9/8/2006 | 2 | Panic disorder/anxiety | Unable to have orgasm, no concentration, didn't feel like myself | I have GAD & mild OCD and took 5 mg per day of Lexapro to help with the whole panic thing. It definitely helped me not be nervous when speaking in public, but I could not concentrate to read or study. It didn't help with the obsessive thoughts at all, and made me feel like I just didn't care what happened and just didn't feel like myself... I believe it's called "depersonalization." I also didn't want to be around other people and wanted to stay home all the time. The kicker was that I couldn't have an orgasm! That's when I knew I had to stop taking it. Getting script for Buspar... we'll see how that works. | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 9/7/2006 | 3 | obsessive anxiety | After 6 weeks of 5mg, I still have jitters, agitation, and nerveousness. Except in the evenings. I feel completely normal then. | Something has helped my obsessive anxiety go away and my evenings are peaceful, but I seem to be experiencing these side effects longer than anyone else I've heard of. I'm wondering how long to I continue on to see if this is he right medication for me. | M | 65 | 6 weeks | 9/6/2006 | 5 | Major Depression/Anxiety | insomnia (no trouble going to sleep, but would suddenly wake up and could not go back to sleep), jaw clenching | Immediately felt a lift in mood within 2-3 days of taking the drug (although I don't know if I was just expecting a result) and I seemed bothered by almost nothing. I'm not entirely sure if this was a good or bad thing--I lost my passport in the Detroit airport and although it was luckily found and I got it back before my trans-Atlantic flight, when I realized it was not there, I felt strangely calm. Mentally, I knew I should be more upset than I was (as I work abroad and had just gotten a Visa in that passport) but I just felt OK with the fact that it was gone. It was an odd sensation. Otherwise, the insomnia was annoying and I now notice a tightness in my jaw and frequent jaw clenching. Increase in appetite. Otherwise, no side effects and I have been generally happy with the results. Am switching to Wellbutrin, however, because of the insomnia and potential weight gain effects (had been on Celexa before and gained 30lbs). Am on my second day after not taking it, and have been dizzy a | F | 25 | 8 days | 9/2/2006 | 5 | hereditary depression | temporary---first month or so----night sweats, dry mouth, real problem getting a good night sleep, fatigue during the day (probably from no sleep...) | started 10 mg/day. immediate relief. everything wonderful for first 6 weeks or so and then depression started to 'break through' at times. upped the dose to 20 mg and without a doubt this drug is a MIRACLE!!! I have been on Effexor, Zoloft, and Wellbutrin (the devil...) over the past 15 years or so and they have all been somewhat helpful but THIS DRUG IS A GODSEND!! I never knew how bad I felt until I started to feel better. I feel like I can 'live in the moment' for the first time in my life. I thank God every day for my deliverence from a lifetime of sadness and worry. | F | 54 | 3 months | 8/28/2006 | 5 | depression/suicidal thoughts/ GAD | Sleepiness...all the time, yet will have trouble falling asleep at night, can nap for half a day no problem. Jaw clenching at night and during the day.HOT SWEATINESS ALL THE TIME... IT SEEMS. Nausea. Stomache pain, loose bowel movements occasionally. Feeling dehydrated, and dry mouth ALL THE TIME. body aches all the time but might be from other things, blurred vision,occassional episodes of vertigo. Some initial weight gain. Episodes of ravenous hunger and loss of appetite. Indifference to food. Difficulty achieving orgasm. I get really bitchy and violent if I miss a dose, esp with my job in fast food. SUICIDAL DREAMS, NIGHTMARES VIVID DREAMS OF ALL SORTS. LOVE IT, AS AN ARTIST. SO DISTRAUGHT IN DREAMS, ATTEMPT SUICIDE IN DREAMS.. anyone want to comment me on this? | I WAS BORN DEPRESSED. FOR 2O SOME YEARS have had no desire for life and was always so down. This med has turned that all aroound for me. It is a nice feeling. better than effexor as lexapro donest make me constipated, have ZERO desire for sex and am ok with that....?, used to crave it all the time. very bubbly at work and around family | F | 21 | 3 months | 8/28/2006 | 5 | hereditary depression | temporary---first month or so----night sweats, dry mouth, real problem getting a good night sleep, fatigue during the day (probably from no sleep.... I tried taking it at different times but find first thing in the morning is best. | started 10 mg/day. immediate relief. everything wonderful for first 6 weeks or so and then depression started to 'break through' at times. upped the dose to 20 mg and without a doubt this drug is a MIRACLE!!! I have been on Effexor, Zoloft, and Wellbutrin (the devil...) over the past 15 years or so and they have all been somewhat helpful but THIS DRUG IS A GODSEND!! I never knew how bad I felt until I started to feel better. I feel like I can 'live in the moment' for the first time in my life. I thank God every day for my deliverence from a lifetime of sadness and worry. | F | 54 | 3 months | 8/28/2006 | 4 | Anger/Rage PMS-like symptoms | Weight gain all over but especially near belly area. Vivid dreaming but didn't always remember until something sparked my memory of it. Low sexdrive now & harder to acheive the big O. | I hate the weight gain but I'd rather be sane than thin. I've tried to switch to Wellbutrin twice, couldn't get off Lexapro because of horrible dizziness during withdrawl. | F | 34 | 3 years | 8/28/2006 | 2 | depression and anxiety | headache, no sexual feelings at all, inability to ejaculate, night sweats | today is day 9 on this drug. I've increased from 10 mg to 20 mg with no noticeable improvement although my wife says I'm not as edgy. About ready to go off the drug. Had the side-effects | M | 9 days | 8/28/2006 | 5 | Major Depression, anxiety, PTSD | 25 mg every morning: Twitching for first half of day and mild spaced out feeling. | Worked wonders for depression when coupled with Seroquel | F | 18 | 4 months | 8/26/2006 | 4 | anxiety, maybe mild depression | constantly hot, sweating, tired, delayed ejaculation | I am riding the fence on this drug. I started taking it due to emotional problems I was facing due to work, marriage, building a house, a lot of things that were wearing me down and sucking the life out of me. I felt like it evened out my temper and my wife says she can tell when I am taking it or not due because my mood is better even though sometimes I can't perceive that. Greatest side effect was ejaculatory delay. Went from less than 5 mintes to 45 and over, which to me was very beneificial. However, the lethargy throughout the day and increased "hotness" and sweating episodes are keeping me off it for now. Maybe I'll try again when the weather cools off so at least one bad side effect is curtailed. I also feel that I don't need the drug as much for its primary purpose due to the benefits of good Christian counseling and appreciating life more. | M | 35 | 6 weeks | 8/18/2006 | 4 | Depression - Stress | 10MG In the AM - First week I was tired, clenching jaw and a little dizzy(went away by 2nd week). After a few weeks I increased dose to 20 MG. Same side effects as the first week came back(also went away). After 3 months I only experience a little tiredness (now I take at night). The only real complaint I have is the ejaculatory delay. Don't get me wrong the girls I have dated think it's great but sometimes I'm just ready... | Depression is gone and after 1 month I pulled myself off the ground and onto my knees. After 3 months I'm off my knees and standing up.. | M | 34 | 3 months | 8/17/2006 |