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 | Anxiety/Panic attacks | Jaw clenching, twitching, headaches | I stated twitching on my 4th day and still am after 5 months. Has this happened to anyone else? It gets to a point where I feel like something else is wrong with me which in turn causes me to have bad anxiety. | F | 28 | 5 months | 8/17/2006 | 1 | depression | Weight gain!!!!!!!!! I gain 30+ pounds on this medication. It was out of control! I'm now off of it and have lost 27 pounds! | I didn't feel like myself. I was always in a daze and experianced no emotions while on it. | F | 22 | 11 months | 8/17/2006 | 1 | depression, anxiety | Blackouts (after 5+ drinks) | The only side effect I really had were blackouts, which I NEVER had before and haven't had since (and I drank MUCH MORE over the next couple of weeks after discontinuing Lexapro as a "test" to make sure it was the cause). I would go from being slightly buzzed to "coming to" with a complete loss of memory as to what had happened during the previous 2 or so hours. I'd be conscious and doing things during this time, but I had no recollection of anything past a certain point. This happened several times, but I didn't immediately realize Lexapro was the culprit. The time I finally put everything together was when I "came to" walking around, lost, without any idea as to where I was, how I got there, or why I was even walking around... and this was after only 4 or 5 beers + 1 shot- it freaked me out! BTW, I took my dose in the morning, not late at night when I was drinking, and no, I didn't drink on an empty stomach. Let me just say that my experience with Lexapr | F | 24 | 7 months | 8/16/2006 | 5 | Depression and Panic Attacks | Twitching, Sweats, loss of sex drive - difficulty in orgasm. | Worth suffering the side effects as relief of symptoms achieved after a couple of weeks. Amazing drug. | M | 67 | 1 days | 8/15/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | I only took 2.5 mg of Lexapro one time. I took it at 9 p.m. and woke up out of a dead sleep four hours later at 1 in the morning having a severe panic attack and drenching in sweat. | My mother took this same med for the same reason for about a week to ten days and was so fatigued that she couldn't work or function at all. | F | 30 | 1 days | 8/15/2006 | 5 | depression, anxiety, compuls. eatin | sleepy right after taking the pill, heartburn if i don't take it with water | works like a dream. i tried effexor but it was not as effective. i love this stuff soo much. it helps me sleep, makes me only eat when i'mhungry, relaxes me, helps me concentrate... everything! great for combatting depressionas a side effect of another drug. lost 15 pounds. | F | 17 | 2 years | 8/10/2006 | 2 | Chronic depression, anxiety, stress | DON'T HEED COMMENT. Almost instant transition to excessive euphoria,lack of realism, inappropriate behaviour, impulsiveness & inability to still the mind, such as never experienced earlier | Surprised that nobody here has experienced this 'side-effect'. Having suffered from major chronic depression since 1993, I've tried a wide range of drugs. Lexapro was prescribed after Prozac finally became ineffective. For the first time, I partially experienced what it is to feel manic. Impulses impossible to control, overtalking, oversocializing, to the extent that a new dr diagnosed bipolar disorder, which had NEVER been the case. I was going to rate it 1, till I saw that nobody else has had such an experience. All I can say is that for me, individually, it didn't work. Had to discontinue immediately and there's been no mania since then. SORRY - I'VE MADE A BIG MISTAKE. I MEANT TO WRITE ABOUT CELEXA. | F | 41 | 4 months | 8/8/2006 | 5 | depression, anxiety | First few weeks: fatigue, dry mouth, jaw clenching, night sweats, always feeling too warm, vivid dreams. What's still with me today?: extreme fatigue, night sweats, always too warm, slight jaw clenching, vivid dreams. Weight loss of about 10 lbs. and I'm not complaining about that. | I can deal with all these side effects, but would love to get rid of the fatigue. Even if I get 10 hours sleep, I always seem to want more. Sometimes I think the vivid dreaming keeps you from getting quality sleep. However, this medicine has been great--I had anxiety from divorce, new home, new job and dealing with a severely depressed ex-spouse (who is now on Effexor). The Lexapro has helped me to keep from dwelling on things I can't change. By the way, my counselor says that anxiety can be an inherited trait (my grandmother is on Paxil and my mom NEEDS to be on something). | F | 42 | 10 weeks | 8/7/2006 | 5 | Anxiety (MD diagnosed depression) | No side effects, except slight drowsiness in the evening. Changed from taking in the morning to taking in the evening, and that helped. | I did not realize how sad, and upset I felt. Now I feel good. Just changed to 5 mg a day instead of 10 mg to see how I feel, and if 5 mg would work as well as 10 mg a day. | F | 38 | 10 months | 8/6/2006 | 4 | depression/anxiety | loss of sexual drive, sleeping problems, some weight gain | Seemed to work fine for five months, now seems to have fizzled out.... | F | 33 | 5 months | 8/5/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/ Depression | Weight Gain | Amazing product. I did not realize how terrible my anxiety was until I started taking Lexapro. It took about 1 week to really kick in. No side affects for me except increased appetite and I am usually very sensitive to any medications. I feel like myself again, in control over my emotions, feelings, reactions. I am able to sleep at night and handle stressful situations objectivly and calmly. I do feel that it put sort of a low ceiling on being very excited but very worth it. No one should have to suffer from anxiety and depression needlessly if they tried alternative ways to manage their health (excercise, yoga, nutrition, healthy lifestyle, etc...). Don;t plan on taking it for much longer nor is it meant to be taken for a prologned time. | F | 23 | 2 months | 8/3/2006 | 5 | anxiety & depression/ OCD | All side effects went away within 3 weeks. I started seroquel abilify and xanax at the same time so I'm not sure what side effects were just from the lexapro | It really helped my OCD. Without it I would still be counting every single footstep and rechecking EVERYTHING in my apartment. Really I only wash my hands like 100x a day now. It's great! | M | 24 | 6 months | 8/2/2006 | 4 | Anxiety, depression | Cotton mouth, dizziness,sleepiness and weight gain | M | 26 | 2 years | 8/2/2006 | 3 | for depression | yes, I have been experiencing palpitations. | F | 25 | 4 months | 8/1/2006 | 5 | gad and depression | bad night sweats and horrific nightmares, only happens a few nights a week but it is so bad that my dog gets upset and wakes me up. during the day everything is like it was, like I dont have a problem in the world. | I can live with the night sweats because of how good I feel during the day...where was this medicine when I was 18 | F | 40 | 2 days | 7/24/2006 | 4 | depression | vivid dreams, no sex drive, dry mouth, i get sick when i drink alcohol. | I'm bipolar and was experiencing major depression despite my antibipolar meds (which luckily stopped the manic episodes). lexapro has caused NO mania and has really helped the depression--i no longer want to kill myself everyday. I kind of like having dreams--i never used to have them/remember them. | F | 20 | 5 months | 7/23/2006 | 4 | dep ression and anxiety | For me side effects were a little hyper, but has helped with depression and anxiety; no sexual side effects, in fact makes my sexual appetite greater. Was on Zoloft which took my sexual desire completely away. Also helps me with my weight; have actually lost 50 lbs on Lexapro | I was going throug a terrible dark period from a very painful breakup; but has helped me feel positive again and want to get back into life. Has positve effect on my desire to take care of myself and be happy again...from the first 10 mg. dosage. I have no effect of lethargy. I want to exercise and eat well and have lots of energy. In fact I think it makes me much more sexual. So not going to try anything else. Also, when on Zoloft I gained weight and it interferred with my thyroid medication. It also has helped with my IBS. I need to be on it for a while until I feel I have better control of my emotions. | M | 3 days | 7/22/2006 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety, OCD | Loss of appetite, Weight loss(20 pounds). | Began taking Paxil 5 years ago, switched to Lexapro due to weight gain. Lexapro has been great! I lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks! | F | 23 | 10 weeks | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety | Disturbed sleep, exhaustion, nausea, dizzyness, jaw-clenching and increased anxiety. | I took 5mg for three days and when my Dr. heard what it was doing to me she said to stop it immediately. It's been four days since I discontinued, and I'm still wiped out and dizzy with flu-like symptoms. She had suggested I add Lexapro to my Remeron to boost the serotonin effects. I'll just stick with the Remeron - so much gentler on my system. Everyone is different, but for me Lexapro was like some kind of torture device. Can't wait for it to leave my system. | F | 44 | 3 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | Depression | Insomnia, tension, somnolence, loss of memory, jaw movements | Today is my first day of from the medication after my doctor took it away, I feel human again!!!! | 29 | 12 days | 7/18/2006 |