Question posted by yegshimesh on 13 June 2013
Last updated on 26 February 2023 by Gilbertzz
I recently switched from Luvox 100mg to Lexapro 20mg and have noticed that I get angry at some of the smallest things. I've been on this for 2 weeks now and not sure if it's a side effect or just that my does is too high?
Anyone have the same experience?
Lexapro made me lash out at people at the smallest things and I ended up losing my job and getting myself evicted on purpose!!! It combined with coffee and me skipping doses due to hectic work schedule and already having autism. It made my autism worse and combined with coffee, gave me this typewriter-fast type of thinking where I was telling people off and lashing out at people, which offended everyone at work and made them tell me there is something wrong with me and I can't work there anymore, which made me angrier, so I ended up reporting everyone at work through emails and getting good people at work fired. Now I feel really guilty about it and don't know how to proceed. Thank God my other job just transferred me to another location due to my established good reputation there.
It was a young and irresponsible psychiatrist who nonchalantly prescribed it to me and basically gave me the decision to take it or not, whereas, the psychiatrist before her was careful and in tune to my concerns about SSRIs in general and said she wasn't going to push meds on me. This Lexapro experiment of taking and skipping doses for four months, almost ruined my life and I am stuck in the same agitated state (perhaps due to drinking coffee too though) for three years afterward. I am like a different person now.
"Postmarketing reports: Anger, mood swings"
"Side effects have been reported to be generally mild and transient. They are most common during the first 2 weeks of treatment and decrease in intensity and frequency with continued treatment. They generally do not lead to treatment cessation."
I’m on 5mg of generic lexapro. My anger is crazy. My anxiety is sooooo much better but I literally can’t stand my husband , my mom , my siblings or my coworkers. It’s nuts. I don’t want to be hateful but I’m a real you know what on this med.
I don’t know what to do , I love my anxiety is better but I’m mean as a snake and can’t stand people. Help
Do any of you have a family history of bi-polar? Have any of you had the blood test for bi-polar? I am a bi-polar gene carrier. When I take an antidepressant I have have anger outbursts.
Started on 10mg then upped to 20mg per day after one week. Gradually became more irritable, argumentative and aggressive which spiraled into hostility and violence at 6 weeks getting triggered over the most stupid things.
I was on paroxetine for nearly 20 years when it just stopped working. My doctor switched me to 20 MG escitalopram and I gradually became more irritable and grouchy over the last several months. I'm a very laid-back person so this made me frustrated and I felt like I was always struggling to keep a lid on it.
I had something of an anger explosion and a mental breakdown, at which point the doctor had me reduce the escitalopram to 10 mg and add 10mg imipramine with the intention of switching over.
I feel such a DIFFERENCE after just a week! My mood is still a bit low but the anger and irritability are GONE!
My doctor has suggested I stay right where I am with the meds right now and see how I do. I have been suffering from this bout of depression for 2.5 yrs with little relief. I'm praying that this will finally give me the balance I need.
I am so glad I looked this up this morning. I just took three of my sisters kids in to live with me and my husband and I hate that I get angry over the littlest things! I don’t feel like I can control it and I pray all the time for God to remove my anger. I don’t like feeling this way. I’m on 10 ml of the generic Lexapro but after seeing this I might just taper off. I don’t like being angry, life is much to short to be that way. I never have been until I got on this Med. Thank you so much to you all for your questions and answers on this subject.
I’ve been on 7.5 mgs of Lexapro for about 6 weeks now. I’m so angry. I’ve been treating my husband like crap. Seriously he irritates me so bad on this pill. Even one of my co workers asked if starting next year I could be nicer. I’m am not a mean person
Even though I am not happy others are experiencing the same issues, It eases my mind knowing I'm not alone in this. I recently found out my new co-workers are afraid of me! I am not a mean person but on the generic form of Lexapro I flip like a switch! Come August I have a doctors appointment and am definitely stopping Lexapro.
I started lexapro two months ago my anger is bad ive never let my anger get the best of me until i started taking this drug im on 20mg lexapro im also on 70mg of adderall and 1.5mg of klonapin is there a new antidepressant out there i have already been on quite a few of the old ones
Yes! Been on it for 8 yrs. It basically changes depression feelings to anger. Supplementing with Cannabis helps that.
I hv completed 3 weeks on Escitalopram 10 mg. Crying turned into anger.
Please reply what could be my next experience. Thanks.
Ive been on lexapro for 2 months. My boyfriend said I'm angry everyday over nothing. I dont want to take it anymore
Hi Jackie,
Has there been any improvement? My husband has been on it for about 10 days now and his irritability and anger is bad. He’s also having more panic attacks...
Antidepressants can cause episodes of hypomania characterized by anger, hostility, even aggressiveness in some people with undiagnosed Bipolar disorders.
I was glad to find this post. I have been on the generic form of Lexapro for just over a year. It's helped a lot with my anxiety and depression, but I instantly noticed an uptick in my anger. In the past, if someone cut me off in traffic, I would be a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10. Now, it might be a 4, and the anger seems to linger even longer. I feel like it's getting worse. I revisit my doctor in 3 months, and I might see if some changes can be made. I hate feeling like this.
Yes! I came here looking for the same. I went from crying alot to being angry when im not happy. Im not sure which emotion is better.
lexapro, luvox, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, side effect, anger
Still looking for answers? Try searching for what you seek or ask your own question.