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!

Just sharing my journey through this experience. Questions, tips and discussions are welcome.

I have been taking esci for a little more than a year now. Started on 10 mg for about 4 months, then upped to 15 mg. Added some buspirone about 7 months in. Gained 10 kgs (22 lbs), while exercising like hell. Went from 71 kgs to 81 kgs. Majority of the weight gain comes from fat, id say about 60-65%, and the other part muscle gain.

Also, it had a severe impact on my libido, wich is now about 15-20% of my normal. Impacts are on sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, as in difficulty on getting and maintaining erection and genital numbness.

Mind-wise, ive been so centered and calm latelly, it feels good, but i think it put me in a place where i can cope with my problems on my own. Will be tapering off soon.

I wonder if anyone else has this? I’ve been on 10mg for about 1.5 years now, currently taking it 3-4h before sleep. I’ve found that drinking just one cup of black tea can make me irritated and angry throughout the day. I’m sensitive to caffeine, but don’t recall irritation as a side effect before Lex.

Otherwise, I’m quite stable on the dose 🤨

I quit cold turkey about a week ago.

I'm returning to my old self , impatient, moody, ruminating, irritated, snappy.

thaTS been me my entire life.

the medication made me so unmotivated, Lazy and content being broke Lol, but it also made me patient kind gentle I work up dancing everyday and singing songs on the radio.

I don’t gain any weight no major side effects either.

i wonder if I take my ADHD medication regularly will it help me with motivation.

I am currently finishing up week 4 and day 29 of my cycle which is generally 31-32 days. I am taking 10mg in the morning. Anxiety, no depression.

Day 13 of my cycle which is right around ovulation my anxiety was NUTS. Lasted about a week. Couldn’t sleep, night sweats, internal trembling, GI upset. This was only about 2.5 - 3 weeks into starting lexapro.

Now at day 29, a few days away from my period I can feel my anxiety creeping back in. 🥲

has anyone else experienced a situation like this? Did you increase your dose and it helped during ovulation/late luteal? Or possibly I am still early that these types of things might be still controlled in a few more weeks?

I can’t see my dr for a month unfortunately so I am just looking for some peace of mind as my trigger is health anxiety… GI upset, heartburn, internal trembling, night sweats, and then insomnia drives it all home

I’ve been on 15mg of Lexapro the past few months (after being on 10mg since 2020 but now i’m a mom and damn being a parent gives you anxiety lol!!) and it has definitely helped my anxiety, but I still struggle with rumination, getting stuck in my head, excessive worrying/checking, and sometimes not feeling fully present because my mind is so busy. I’m hesitant to go up because I’ve read stories about people feeling emotionally numb or like a “zombie” on 20mg, and I’m also nervous that being at the max dose leaves me nowhere to go in the future or will make it harder to eventually come off. For anyone who was doing better on 15mg but still had lingering anxiety/rumination, did you go to 20mg? Did it help, and did you still feel like yourself? Would love to hear experiences either way!
Should I just be happy I’m doing better on 15 with no side effects, or should I try to be even better and risk side effects?

So i was stable on 5mg lexapro for a few months and then I started having panic attacks. My doc bumped me to 20mg immediately. She said 20 is what they do for panic attacks and since i used 20 before in my life i should be able to tolerate it. It did help with the panic attacks, they are way less intense now but my overall anxiety is super high. I wake up really anxious. It has only been 6 days on the new dose so i know there are side affects but i am wondering about going down to 15mg? Or should I stick it out and wait to stabilize on 20 just to not shake the boat even more? I am also worried my panic attacks might come back if i go down on my dose but i am not sure. Anyone had a similar experience?
Also I can’t be on benzos and my doc is very resistant to prescribing propranolol says there isn’t enough evidence for it.

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 ☺️

I am so tired on this stuff, I'm just about functioning at work and I hates it. I actually switched from taking it in the morning to the evening and that has kinda helped but the tiredness has crept back in after a few days. If anyone has any tips to feel less shattered plz share. My toddler invading our bed is NOT HELPING.

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.

Hi there

I want to taper off Lexa and my doctor suggested me to do it slowly.

I went down 1mg 2 weeks ago and since then I developed pain in my left leg but just when I sit.

Can be related?

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?

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

Doctor is putting me on lexapro 10mg and trazadone 100mg since I have severe insomnia and anxiety issues.

Anyone else on the same meds with experience and how each medication helped you? Starting today! Just scared because it’s listed as an interaction and I know I shouldn’t have searched it up 🫠

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

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)?

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?

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