[catie25]

Hi, I have been taking lexapro for depression for 3 weeks now. Because I am very sensitive to certain drugs and had some extreme side effects in the first couple days, my doctor suggested I only take 2.5mg in the morning and 1.25mg in the evening (which really seemed to help). I am already feeling a lot better: don't feel as depressed, don't dwell on things like I used to, somewhat more energetic. Although I still have my moments, I feel I am more relaxed in general. I am still struggling with insomnia, but trazadone is helping with that.

After doing some searching about lexapro on this forum I have becomed quite concerned about all the negative postings about this drug. I thought this was really helping me so far but now I am paranoid that I will experience some of the side effects that others are reporting.

Has anyone had a GOOD experience with lexapro? Did anyone NOT gain weight or have other horrible side effects? It seems like this drug has been nothing but a terror for some people. I was feeling good about things until I read all the nightmare posts from others and now I am scared! Thoughts???

[mickelvine]

Lexapro has two major uses like it can be used for major depression and second, it can be used for generalized anxiety disorder.
http://www.mydepressionmedication.co...ntidepressants

[joy.john60]

Usually Lexapro causes restlessness, feeling excited and not able to control the excitedness. It also interacts with certain drugs. You can have a look at the list of drugs that interact with Lexapro at (http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/lexapro.html)

[Lori Jo]

I was on 10 mg of Lexapro for 2 1/2 years until I started tapering off a week and a half ago. The ONLY negative side effects I had on the Lexapro were the weight gain and the sexual side effects. In all other respects, my life was amazing. But I no longer wish to deal with these side effects and that is the only reason I am going off the Lexapro. Other than this, the Lexapro was an amazing thing for my life.

[catie25]

Lori Jo thanks for sharing your experience. I am going to continue using Lexapro at 5 mg because so far it really seems to be helping me. I do experience some of the minor side effects and am going to continue monitoring my weight. At this point in time the positive effects of the drug are outweighing the negative. I just got so worried when all I was reading about from discussing boards were negative things about lexapro....

[babyb]

I was on lexapro for 8 months..it killed my sex-drive with my girlfriend, I had major mood-swings, but I've heard that it's different for everybody. Some ppl don't get the side-effects, and end up being on it for life. It's good to check it out and see what happened to other ppl, but just see if it works for you.