Erica,

i was on lexapro for about 6 months. It worked great for me. I wasn't worrying as much while taking the medication. It took about 2 weeks for it to start working, though. I didn't have any side effects, but I did notice I was pretty tired and had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. But other than that, it worked well. Good luck to you!

Dianna

I am on it right now and so far it's doing good with my anger but not much for depression.. I am not bad with depression but I still kind of feel hopless sometimes.

I took lexapro 10mg for about 6wks, didnt work. I went up to 20mg, still didnt work. I had to withdrawl form it and that was bad. I felt sick all the time. Now I am on paxil cr, dont like it. It has made me gain 5 pounds in 4 wks and dont feel anything either. I think I am being treated for the wrong dissorder. I have adult add not anxiety like my dr thinks I do...

Erica,

i took lexapro, it worked great on me. I took it for about 2 months, it helped me with my depression. I think its great because it's a very light medication, I had to take it on mornigns because if I took it at nigh I couldn't sleep

good luck

I was on 40 mg. Of celexa for 2 years recently had to stop due to finances and went into a sever deppression. Tried zoloft, didn't work. Finally went to a shrink, she had me try 10 mg. Of lexapro......Ugh! Side effects were terrible, only took it for 3 weeks, went back to the shrink and asked her to put me back on celexa(40 mg), so she did.......So much better! It worked for me in the past so I trusted to get back on it. Don't want to be a ginni pig tryin too many med's so I went back for what I knew worked for me. Anyways, lexapro did not work for me at all.........Had insomnia really bad and it really messed with my head..............But all is better now.......Thank god!!!! :lol:

I took lexapro for about 4 months and while I was on it for the 1st 2 months it worked but then I noticed it stopped working for me and I couldnt sleep at all..It didnt matter what time of the day I took it. I am now on zoloft...I need to get more mg though.

I took lexapro for a while. I was on it for depression and bulimia. I had pros and cons ..

Pros : little or no side effects, unlike others i've tried.

Cons: it did nothing for my depression.

But, as you know everyone responds differently. Give it a try ! No side effects...That's rare ! Also it's a weight neutral ssri!

Hi. I've been on lexapro for over a year now. Started with 10mg and saw no change, and increased to 20 mg and gained twenty pounds withing, literally, two or three months. The lexapro works for the anxiety but I feel as though I don't think clearly--need to really concentrate on issues to actually process them. Also, I am tired all the time. I need some recommendations on how to wean from the medication. I've read many horror stories about this and i've tried to get off before and couldn't. Please help. Are there vitamins or other natural things that can be taken while weaning from the drug? How should I wean? I thought I would start by decreasing to 15 mg for a week, then 10, then 5, and then off. Suggestions please...

I almost always have a headache, feel really weak, have pressure in my chest and very often cannot take a deep breath. I have lots of reasons to be stressed out, mainly due to my work.
There are times I feel as if i'm going to die. My wife insisted I see a therapist. Although I didn’t like the idea - I tried 3, all were worthless. I actually felt ridicules sitting there.
My internist prescribed 10mg lexapro about 4 months ago, other then make me feel tired for the first 2 months it has done nothing to relieve my symptoms.
I don't know what to do.

I was on lexapro for about 3 months and am in the process of getting off. I just switched to cymbalta so i'm very nervous to see how that's going to work and whether i'll lose some of the weight I gained with lexapro. I gained 15 pounds in about 2 months and can't do anything to get it off! It's awful!! I also turned into a crazy person on lexapro. It really didn't help my depression. I had been on prozac for 5 years and loved it but i'm in a serious relationship and prozac decreased my libido. So I switched to lexapro and all of a sudden I remembered what it was like to be depressed again. It made me irritable and black out if I had a couple of drinks and seriuosly be a crazy person. I'm praying that the cybalta will work and help me take the weight off. If not, i'll probably just go back to prozac.

I too lexapro for almost a year and a half and it worked very well for me... I was having panic attacks and mild depression. I did notice it made me a tiny bit quesy in the first two weeks, but nothing I would describe as full on nausea. To help with the tiredness I took it right before bed and after that never had any problems with it. I have been off it for 2 weeks now with no major withdrawl symptoms... Will keep you updated. If you are still considering taking it it would recommend it based on my experience.

I have been taking lexapro for a couple days now and I really dont like it. I am taking it for anxiety and it seems to have made it worse. I feel kinda tired when I take it but I still have major problems with getting any sleep due to my anxiety. I feel real weird on this medication and stay dizzy and sick to my stomach. I took zoloft before and that worked for me right away..I guess these ssri's are different for everyone.

Lexapro and celexa are basically the same drug. In fact, if you go to Celexa you will see more about lexapro than you do celexa.



There isn't anyway you will feel the results from lexapro in two days, it takes several weeks for it to work. If you really feel that sick, then your doctor must have started you off on too high of a dosage. 10mg is a good way to start off. I'm taking celexa myself and I started off on 5 mg.

But like I was saying, two days worth of lexapro isn't going to make you sick, it's probably your mind making yourself feel this way.

Dnt Listen To These people They R All Diffrent From You Just Because it Ddint work for them doesnt mean it wont for everyones diffrent do you want to get bettter!!!!!!

I don't mean to over step our moderators by any means. But, you statment "Don't Listen To These People" in my opinion is uncalled for. That is what this board is for. Feedback from all our members,supporters and moderators. I am sure the the topic poster knows that these are only experiences by other members and not to take them to heart.
I myself am on Lexepro and it is working wonderfully. Please watch how you word your posts. You could offend a lot of these poster by what you wrote.
What you said is true though. Everyone is different and medications will work differently for all.

Carrie

if you have anxiety other people telling you that ! that medication made them ill ! then theperson is going to be scared !! people shouldnt tell them that obvioulsey the person is nervouse if they have anxiety soo they should just advic people to try it ! me my self has anxiety for 2 years ! and if someone said that about my meds i wouldnt take it thats all im sayin

But we all just have to remember that those are only the thoughts and input of others and not necessarily something that would happen to others. I agree with you when you say everything works differently on people. There always will be a good side from some and a bad side from some. And those that have taken it (and that would go for you also) would have to tell your doc and most likely switch.
Take for intance
Zoloft. That didn't do a darn thing for me and I was on it for a year before I realized it. Now that may work great for some. For me no. When they thought I had MS my nuero switched me of to Lexepro and I could not believe the difference. I was on Xanex for four years and just switched over to Klonopin. Again wow, I could not believe how much better I feel.
So yes, you are right. But, just treat the others as their input. I would just hate to see someones's feeling hurt by just one statement. The rest of you post is absolutly right though.

Hugs,
Carrie