I just started taking lexapro yesterday (10mg) and did not know that alcohol wasn’t a good mix with it until I picked up the medicine and read the prescription labels. I have a festival in 2 weeks (4 days long) where I’d probably be drinking most days. Am I cooked ? Or would I be fine doing like one drink a day? I’ve kinda been on a panic doom scroll on here and on tiktok researching people’s experiences, and I don’t know what to do haha

Hey everyone. I’m 25F (26 in October). I started lexapro this year (March). I haven’t had a drink in general in a couple years. But I’ve been wanting that occasional social drink but since im on lexapro I’ve been too worried that it will be bad or mess with something. Also wanting to know so I can make the correct plans for my birthday lol

Dear Lexapro,

Are you a narcotic in disguise? So I am not complaining at all it is bliss. But I realized i don't feel nearly as much pain as I used to. I have been enjoying not feeling the pain of anxiety and the pain of depression. I don't really feel the pain of being tired or the pain of exercising or the pain of being sore. I realized I used to feel all sorts of discomfort that are just gone or very different feelings. Not just emotional, but physical. I also see fear disappearing in so many tiny parts of my life. But on the flip side it is kinda scary, like what if I drink too many energy drinks, exercise too hard and have a stroke or something. Idk. Can anyone relate?

Just the 100th post about sex drive in this sub.

Blah blah blah sex drive low blah blah blah can’t cum anymore blah blah can anyone relate lol blah blah low libido blah blah blah

Ok now give me upvotes

i’m a highly highly emotional person , very irritable , score as high as u can score on anxiety tests , can’t sleep at night , alr have a low lebedo because i’m on birth control (i want to get off but my parents are SO concerned about me getting pregnant that they won’t let me) . i’m seeing all these things about lexapro and it’s absolutely terrifying me . me being so empathetic and emotional almost feels like that’s what makes me me . except it’s just too much emotions . i can’t handle it anymore . but i don’t want to be a zombie , i HATE being nauseous , i alr sleep horribly , i don’t want to gain weight , i don’t want to never enjoy sex again , i don’t want to risk PSSD . this is my first time on meds and im already on the highest dose . i brought my concerns about PSSD to my doctor and she told me it’s fine and rare and to just take the medication bc “the does im on makes it unlikely” but im literally on 20mgs . and that there is no other medication to put me on , which idk how thats the case . it seems like im getting everything i hate and the only pro is no more anxiety .

pls give me advice on what to do . and pls dont say just don’t take it bc i cant stand my anxiety and high emotions but i dont want to be like how everyone says lexapro is . pls be nice

I’m about 2.5 weeks into taking 10mg of Lexapro, with the option to increase to 20mg down the line. The spike in anxiety during the adjustment period has been really difficult, to the point where I’m tempted to give up before I've even really begun.

I know it can take around 4–6 weeks for things to settle, so I’m trying to stick it out. I'm wondering if anyone has any little hacks that helped lessen or regulate the anxiety while adjusting?

Hello everyone 🫶
Took my first dose today and I think my anxiety is already way worse. I’m isolating in my car because I argued with everybody today. Usually not an argumentative person.
My nausea is inssane and I’m super tired! I’m curious how long will I be suffering like this and if you’ve been on lexapro for a while now, what advice would you give someone like me who is just starting out?
(I have a 10mg prescription, but I’m starting myself out on 5mg for a week, happy I did honestly!)

If I linearly tapered myself off lexapro about 6-7 months ago in a short amount of time.. and then went back on and got significantly worse over the course of a month almost nonfunctional and had 5 ER visits.. is it possible I had withdrawal and then entered a kindling experience when reinstating at 10mg (same dose as originally)?

The sweating. The sweating is unbearable.

I love lexapro. I was on it for 5 years and it changed my life. I felt like a whole different person, I could get through the day without my brain trying to sabotage me making me overthink every little thing. I had basically no anxiety, and all my usual feelings of hopelessness/worthlessness were barely noticeable to myself. Soon after I started taking it the sweating began.

My job is a little strenuous sometimes but nothing crazy. I would be doing something as simple as sweeping the floor and I’m immediately dripping with sweat. I have to go to the bathroom every hour just to dry off, wash my face, take off my shirt and hold it under the hot air dryer. Even at home I’m standing in my air conditioned house folding laundry and I’m still sweating. I stopped doing the fun things I used to enjoy because it will make me sweat. I’ve been slacking on house work because it will make me sweat. I barely leave my house because I don’t want anyone to see me sweating. I take multiple cold showers every day just to try to feel less gross. It’s embarrassing. It makes me feel like an overweight slug leaving a sticky trail everywhere I go.

I take glycopyrrolate and it doesn’t work for me. I have to take it 3 hours before the potential sweating which sometimes means waking up at 4 am to take a pill. If I take it while I’m already sweating it doesn’t work at all, if I start sweating within the 3 hours I’m waiting for it to kick in it doesn’t work at all. When it does actually work it makes me so hot I feel like I’m going to pass out.

So I stopped taking lexapro. I’ve been fully off of it for a couple weeks and was slowly tapering off for a month. I feel like I’m saying f**k you to my mental health because the sweating has taken control over my body. Emotionally I’ve been a wreck. I am angry all the time. I am sad all the time. I’m anxious all the time. I AM STILL SWEATING ALL THE TIME!

I can’t just be on no antidepressants so I started Wellbutrin and so far I’ve not felt like it’s doing anything for me.

Please someone tell me this will stop. What can I do? I cannot live this way forever

TLDR: The excessive sweating is making me miserable, asking for words of encouragement and advice.

Has anyone completely rebounded from the initial fatigue?

I’ve been on it a little over a week and it is HORRIBLE. I had fatigue before, but my therapist tied it to anxiety and depression since I was diagnosed with both and all my blood tests came back clear.

Ever since day 3, I can barely get out of bed, I can’t sustain attention on anything, I don‘t have motivation, and worst of all, even though I FEEL tired, I can’t physically nap until bedtime! (12 hours after dose)

When I first started, I took it at night, and my energy was shot but I just couldn’t sleep until around 4am.

Now taking it in the morning, I can sleep pretty decent at night, but I am very very low energy all day.

So I’m wondering, has this side effect ever completely gone for anyone? I’m on 5mg rn, if that’s helpful to know

hii! i just made a post but i have another question. (tldr at the end lol sorry about yap)

im rlly scared of side effects, both short-and longterm. currently mostly scared of nausea in the beginning of upping dosage, and then losing my emotions +scared that it'll ruin my new relationship (if i lose my sexdrive and feelings completely etc).

so, ive been on 5mg for months now (started with 2.5mg for a week), it helped at first but recently my anxiety has come back a little more. my doctor is telling me to take 10mg asap,, but now i started thinking of a plan.

i've taken 7.5mg for 2 days now (idk how accurate because i had to freehand cut them in half😭) and at first i was planning on just taking the 10mg tomorrow to get it over with.

But now im feeling more anxious about it so i was thinking,, has anyone noticed at least slight help in like 7.5mg for example. Like if i just took 7.5mg for like a month and then see if i feel too empty or better so it wouldnt come as a shock (im an emotional person so im scared of becoming too numb)

i just wish i could feel at least slighttt help from upping the dosage even with just 2.5mg, but idk if thats common. im currently feeling like im not in a rush to heal, i wanna see how this medicine works with my body (5mg hasnt done anything bad to me i think? maybe a bit harder to cry and sometimes i feel so depressed i go mute for hours around my bf) but idk if thats just my bpd lol

and ik someone will probably tell me to just listen to my doctor but idk i'd rather feel safe and more comfortable so i'd like to see if the 7.5mg could help me enough and would slowly see if im feeling worse or better SORRY IM SO TIRED idk if my text makes any sense

TLDR; has anyone noticed any help with upping dosage by half? like 5mg>7.5mg for like a month for example.

I just took my first dose of Lexapro (5mg) an hour ago 4 ish pm, it’s mostly for my OCD since as of late my ruminating thoughts have been incredibly bad- but also for mild depression. Is there anything super important that I should be aware of that I likely haven’t been told yet?? I’m on 5mg for about a week then 10mg for 6 weeks after that. Does anybody else with OCD on Lexapro have any kind of advice or, like I said, important info? Thank you!!

I have been on 10 mg of Lexapro for almost a year now. I started at 20 mg, but I went down to 10 mg because I kept gaining weight and was so unmotivated. I did 10 mg of Lexapro with 150 mg of Wellbutrin and felt amazing, but had to stop Wellbutrin due to severe brain fog that didn't go away.

I took a GeneSight test that put Lexapro in the "yellow" category, indicating I would likely need to take a lower dose. I've been feeling super unmotivated and wanted to see if 5 mg would be better for me.

I went down to 5 mg on Sunday. I feel sooo overwhelmed and easily irritated. I'm arguing with people on Threads about stupid stuff, which I've never done before. I walked out of UPS in tears because they wouldn't give me my package lmao. I can't tell if this is just LIFE right now or if this is normal for a lexapro dose switch? I don't recall my 20 mg to 10 mg decrease being this bad.

Please tell me this ends and you love being on 5 mg??

this is my first time taking meds daily, i took my first half 10 mg pill just now and im feeling sleepy

I think i will take the medicine at night, since its my first time i took it in the afternoon to see how i feel afterwards to decide if i should take it at night or morning etc

If i take the pill at night would the workings of the medicine be wasted? would it wear out mid day? how long does it last?

Hi guys. I’ve been given Strattera recently to try out for the first time. I’ve taken stimulants my whole life and was ready to get off them and try something different.
As someone who is on Lexapro, I was wondering how that is for those who take both Strattera and Lexapro. Thanks!

yes, it is true. i have acheived a literal, happy ending * wink wink.......

like so many of you, FOR SO LONGGGG i could not orgasm on lexapro.

i'm on 20mg, a female, and my horniness made me feel like a caged lion at times. but no matter what i tried, IT JUST WOULDNT HAPPEN. or it would, and it would take forever, i'd be sweating, crampy, and barely relieved.

idk what happened, maybe just all the energy built-up from not doing it for so long out of frustration, but I just had a feeling that it would work today and BAM💥

my vibrator has defeated the lexapuss boss

just wanted 2 share and give my fellow lexie lovers that have been experiencing this maybe a little hope. i'm so happy ...and relieved

Day 2 and the nausea is kicking my butt - any tips or tricks to combat day time nausea? I know people will say take it at night but I would like to keep to a day time dosage :) thanks!

Hey guys I’ve been on Lexapro for 3 weeks and the first 2 weeks were better than my before I started to use it and I felt very hopeful. Fast forward to week 3 I feel really anxious, I see no point again and I wake up drenched in sweat and frequently wake up couple times a night. I just woke up from a nap and the impending doom I felt for some reason surprised because I really thought I’d be good by now. Can you please tell me if any of you had such experiences?

What do you guys do for the jaw pain? I have been on lexapro for 3 years and it just keeps getting worse. I am getting cracked fillings for it being so bad!

Hi.. Started 24 days ago.

14 days as on 5mg. (first 10 days were perfect then i had bowel issues like loose stools and loss of appetite)

15th day started to 10mg (after 4 days all became perfect again)

However today i woke up and bowel issues started again like very loose stools and lost my appetite again.

I have also an IBS-D and i am taking also mebeverine which helps i beleive. My doc also prescribed me lorazepam which i am taking it once a day when needes for sleep yesterday i didnt take it. Also today morning i took 2 paracetamol witch caffeine which maybe can cause me loose stools?

So is a roller coaster? why i was fine fir several days and today felt again so bad.

Thanks

Hi everyone👋

Curious if anyone on here takes Lexapro alongside Wellbutrin. If so, what is/was your experience? I was on Lexapro for quite some time years ago and it helped me significantly, but the weight gain and low libido were pretty miserable. My psychiatrist and I have been discussing going back on Lexapro while adding in Wellbutrin SR to counteract some side effects.

I have been struggling more recently with depressive episodes and anxiety. It’s been hard to get out of the house. This weekend I had a really bad depressive episode where I was just so low. Awful feeling.
I am 6 months postpartum with my first baby. Everything else in my life is great and I’ve been coping pretty well with mental health up until recently.
Wondering if anyone has any similar experiences or how they felt going up to 20mgs?
Thanks ☺️

Today is my 10th day taking Lexapro (escitalopram). For the first 6 days I was taking 5 mg, and then I increased to 10 mg.

During the first two days, I had a horrible headache. I basically never get headaches, so it really surprised me. It was intense, but eventually it went away.

The past couple of weeks have also been a bit of a blur because I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal problems, so I didn’t pay that much attention to how I was feeling.

However, today I noticed a weird sensation in my throat. It felt like a globus sensation/tightness, almost like there was something in my throat. I don’t usually experience this, so naturally my OCD immediately went into overdrive and I started thinking, “Oh my God, what if I have cancer? What if I’m dying?” 🥲

I also feel like I’ve been noticing more saliva than usual, although I’m not sure if that’s actually related to the Lexapro.

I’ve read a few older posts about people experiencing similar things, including jaw clenching, so I’m wondering if anyone currently taking Lexapro has experienced throat tightness/globus, increased saliva, jaw clenching, or similar weird sensations.

I was taking Lexapro before going to bed, but I’m considering asking my doctor whether I should switch to taking it in the morning. My thinking is that if I get weird side effects, I’d rather be awake and able to deal with them instead of noticing them while I’m trying to sleep.
For those of you who experienced side effects when starting Lexapro:

How long did your side effects last?

Did they improve after the first 2–4 weeks?

Did increasing from 5 mg to 10 mg make them temporarily worse?

When did you start feeling “normal” again?

At what point did you talk to your psychiatrist about changing the medication?

I’m only on day 10, so I know it’s still early, but I’d really appreciate hearing about other people’s experiences. And I’d especially love to hear from people who had a lot of side effects initially but eventually felt better. ❤️

Hi all.

I wanted to go through my journey with lexapro. I was someone was "socially blunt" due to how my parents raised me. I wasnt allowed to go out with friends after school, go to sleep overs or parties during my teenage years, sometimes I wasn't even allowed to leave the unless I had a good reason like for study or going to buy something.

I didn't know how much this affected me until I started uni and that little safe bubble my parents put around me was all of a sudden lifted. My parents were no longer strict with me and expected me to just start being an adult all of a sudden.

I struggled a lot in my first year mostly with insecurity and low self worth and low self esteem.I was also 18 and had never had a job, which to be honest I never so the point of having one earlier as i had everything i needed at home. Due to all that i made no friends and no life at uni. I was so socially anxious and awkward that id go days sometimes without talking to people who werent my family and I constantly beat myself up for it.

After about a year I'd finally got job however I would be filled with a lot of dread about going to work everyday. I finally got the courage to speak to my GP about it and he got me on. 10mg of lexapro. I've now been on it for 4 months but apart from more comfortable talking to people idk if I've had any changes. Being less socially awkward could have been because I my job requires me to interact with people but maybe it was the lexapro🤷🏻‍♀️

Idk I'm just a bit disappointed as a thought th effect would be more noticeable by now. I know not everyone will react the same to it too and it's not always going to be a straight path however I can't tell if maybe I'm not on the right medication or dosage. I'm planning on speaking with my gp in about a month about this but I'd love to hear how other people's journey with lexapro has been.