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 |
| 4 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | Severe insomnia first week, almost constant nausea, migraines, intense panic first couple nights...all subsided within a week. | Lexapro has helped me immensely. I'm no longer worrying about the next time I'm going to get depressed or have a panic attack. I feel like I finally know what it's like to be normal, and I'm so happy. I really feel like I've taken control of my life again. I resisted taking this medicine at first, but decided it was for the best when my depression and anxiety started getting in the way of my functioning normally. I still don't like being on medicine, but I can't deny how much it has helped me. | F | 19 | 31 days | 7/17/2006 | 5 | postpartum depression | weight gain,forgetfulness | really helped with the depression | F | 39 | 2 years | 7/16/2006 | 1 | Depression | Increased depression, extreme & debilitating fatigue, indigestion, weight gain, acne & scarring, lack of motivation, muscle weakness & joint pain, restlessness, bruxism, mental fogginess, neuropathic pain, blurry vision, prostatitis | I've gained about 25 pounds since taking Lexapro and feel bloated much of the time. I've also become so debilitatingly fatigued that I literally (and unprecedentedly) fall asleep at the dinner table and am so tired in the evening that I wind up going to bed with all of my clothes on. (Perhaps 90% of the time.) At times I am so tired that I am afraid to get behind the wheel. I am very sensitive to medications and have been on (and off) of antidepressants for the last 20 years. Though I told the psychiatrist that Lexapro didn't sound like a good fit, he pushed it anyway. Curiously, he had a load of samples the first day I met him. (What a coincidence!) When I describe to him the intolerable side effects, he tells me to tolerate them, because they usually go away. (I've *never* had a side effect go away.) I've asked him to add a more activating medication such as Provigil, but he seems not the least bit interested. I suppose he wants to see this experiment to its illogical end. In the mea | M | 42 | 4 months | 7/10/2006 | 2 | anxiety | Severe diarreah and nasuea. No appetite what-so-ever. Headache. Jitters and hot flashes for the first few hours after taking. | So far have tried Lexapro and Zoloft and hate them both equally. I know you are supposed to wait a week or two for the side effects to wear off but if the side-effects are so severe that you can't function, what is the point? If you are already low weight (like me) I really wouldn't recommend taking this drug as it will totally shred your appetite. I'm off to try some more natural remedies. No more of this SSRI crap! | F | 26 | 1 days | 7/8/2006 | 4 | Anxiety, PTSD | night sweats, nightmares, sleepy | This medication helped me get my anxiety and such under control, but I had persistent site effects that ended up contributing to my decision to switch to something else. I would sweat through shirts every night no matter if it was cold or hot (I don't normally sweat much), and I had very vivid dreams, often nightmares which were made worse by how vivid they were. Going onto the medication was not easy, and taking it in the evening kept me up very long, so it is important to take it earlier in the day. Having said that, it did help me quite a bit. | F | 23 | 7 months | 7/7/2006 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Delayed ejaculation, weight gain, warm (not hot) all the time | This is the Cadillac of SSRIs as far as I'm concerned. The delayed ejaculation went away, though the interest in sex isn't quite what it used to be. Then again, I am 43, and so is the wife! I think I needed it all my life. I no longer have uncontrolled anger and I am calm, even when life gets tough or the days aren't so great. I can always find optimism, something I never was able to do my entire life. It's an A-1 Godsend. I'm on 20mg a day, taken before bed. I sleep like a baby and awake ready for the day. I do worry at times about the ability to ever come off this drug. Doc cut my dosage in half for a month and I started getting a little edgy. But at 20 mg, I'm great. | M | 43 | 2 years | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Delayed ejaculation, weight gain, warm (not hot) all the time | This is the Cadillac of SSRIs as far as I'm concerned. The delayed ejaculation went away, though the interest in sex isn't quite what it used to be. Then again, I am 43, and so is the wife! I think I needed it all my life. I no longer have uncontrolled anger and I am calm, even when life gets tough or the days aren't so great. I can always find optimism, something I never was able to do my entire life. It's an A-1 Godsend. I'm on 20mg a day, taken before bed. I sleep like a baby and awake ready for the day. I do worry at times about the ability to ever come off this drug. Doc cut my dosage in half for a month and I started getting a little edgy. But at 20 mg, I'm great. | M | 43 | 2 years | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | Decreased sex drive, fatigue, runny nose, sleepiness, sweating, abnormal dreaming, lack of concentration, lack of energy & heavier than usual menstrual cramping | I finally had the guts to go to the doctor to explain my anxiety problems. I gradually built a wall around myself and avoided all contact with anyone, but family. I could not carry on a conversation with acquaintances or coworkers w/o grasping for words and literally blushing. I became introverted, extremely self-conscious and constantly experienced waves of nervousness. My anxiety was irrational, but uncontrollable. I had never heard of Lexapro before it was prescribed for me. I've been taking 10mg a day for a little over 2 months and had not noticed any positive changes in my moods or behavior until very recently. For about 6 weeks I did not experience any positive symptoms, only the many side effects that I have described. It was frustrating, but I knew that I had to be patient. Gradually, I have felt more calm and satisfied, but not numb. My husband says my moods have stabilized and I seem more relaxed. It also seems as though I don't analyze every detail of every instance like | F | 32 | 2 months | 7/6/2006 | 5 | Anxiety | Dizzy when I miss a couple of doses | I have taken Lexapro for almost 2yrs and it solved my issues. | M | 32 | 2 years | 7/5/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | First 2 weeks were rough, had a lot of fatique. Had extremely difficult time reaching orgasm. These side effects have reduced substantially (90% or more) over several months. | This drug is one of the best on the market (and safest). It has really helped my anxiety greatly. I am very pleased. | M | 35 | 4 months | 7/1/2006 | 3 | mild depression and Panic attacks | I have only been on it for a week but I have had mild headaches and a burning sensation in my stomach with severe yawning and mild nausa but I am going to give it a month to see how I do | F | 24 | | 6/29/2006 | 5 | PTSD | none | I'm taking 10mg once a day and I have seen an improvement in many areas. I take Xanax as another medication. With Lexapro, I have been able to decrease how many times a day I take my Xanax. I have tried the 20mg, and I could tell that I was too medicated. There have many other medications on the market, and they don't add up to Lexapro. I have had many side effects with all the others. Good Luck! | F | 27 | 3 months | 6/27/2006 | 1 | depression | severe nausea, extreme fatigue, dissoriented feeling, muscle pain and tightness, felt light I was being poisoned and probably should have gone to the emergency room. | After taking only one 5 mg pill, I had the most horrific symptoms. I really felt like I was going to die. After 4 days of being off of it, I still have residual symptoms. Muscle pain, nausea, flu symptoms. I have never felt so bad in my life. I can't believe the effect it has had on me. I am still trying to recover. | F | 29 | 1 days | 6/14/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Disorientation, dilated pupils, tightness in throat, extreme muscle pains throughout neck and shoulders, heart palpitations, hot facial flushes, itchiness. | I took my first and last dose of Lexapro after lunch at my office and ended up in the Emergency Room a few hours later. Thought I was poisoned. I'm amazed that doctors just hand you these kind of powerful meds without supervision. NEVER AGAIN. | M | 49 | 1 days | 6/13/2006 | 2 | Anxiety, Depression | Possible loss of libido. | This medication has done absolutely NOTHING for me. I am so glad to be off of it. I started at 5 mg, went up to 10 mg, 15, 20, 30, and even to 40 mg! At that dosage I was so tired and irritable. I do not see the point of taking Lexapro-type SSRI's for anxiety, which was my primary issue for taking it. I do not think Lexapro gave me any seriously adverse side effects...it just didn't help with the anxious and depressive symptoms...it may as well have been a sugar pill. | M | 23 | 2 years | 6/12/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Weight gain, hard to lose weight, significant loss of interest in sex, headaches, increase in appetite, restless sleep, tried once to quit cold turkey DO NOT DO THIS. I felt like I was dying for 7 days. | I've been on Lexapro now for almost 2 years. Once I tried to quit thinking I didn't need it. Big mistake. I'll never try that again. I had the worst migraine headache ever that didn't stop or let up for a week; cold sweats; shocks, etc. I do feel that it has significantly helped with depression and anxiety. I feel "level" I don't go low but I never reach a high either. I miss the highs but I am less argumentative, emotional, etc. Overall it's 50/50 for me. Biggest complaint is the weight gain. | F | 31 | 2 years | 6/11/2006 | 1 | anxiety | nauseau, exhaustion, complete loss of sex drive, loss of motivation, some problems with memory recall | intense withdrawl | F | 28 | 2 days | 6/7/2006 | 3 | Cataplexy associated w/ narcolepsy | 20 lbs of weight gain. | Controls the cataplexy, but so does any other SSRI. | M | 26 | 1 years | 6/4/2006 | 1 | Postpartum/prepartum depression | 60 lbs of weight gained. | Helped depression, but caused weight gain, which caused more depression... a vicious cycle. | F | 28 | 1 years | 6/4/2006 | 2 | depression/anxiety | felt a tiny bit better, lessened my depression but did not lessen my anxiety at all, more frequent urination, vivid dreams, the worst part for me was my constant low energy, every day after work I just wanted to come home and crawl into bed, I had no energy to exercise and do things I need to do for myself, also gained weight, probably because I wasn't exercising and I do eat more when I have that sleepy/tired feeling | not right for me, but we are all different - I think it's important to give a medication a fair chance, but then once you've tried it for several weeks, whatever the Dr. recommends, if it isn't working pull yourself together and make a change! | F | 39 | 11 weeks | 6/3/2006 |