Starting Lexapro - Looking for Experiences

I genuinely feel it has helped me deal with things a lot better! It wasn’t like a noticeable 360. More like as time went on I would think “oh I’m not spiraling like I used to”. So that’s great imo.

For me it was great. I tried it after prozac and Paxil. It’s been the best so far and this is after having years of constant suicidal thoughts. I do take in now in combination with abilify but I have minimal side effects and the positives are definitely worth it for me.

Dry mouth is a necessary evil in my case. I have treatment resistant depression unless I'm hypomanic or manic...it's literally the only antidepressant I've been able to keep in rotation since I was 10. Or 21 years ago.

i absolutely hate lexapro. it sent me to the hospital although everyone’s different & it might work great for you

I was on Lexapro it helped yes but my sex drive was gone and all it did was make me sit on the couch and do nothing

lexapro works great for me. it disrupted my sleep schedule for the first couple weeks when i started taking it, but aside from that, it’s been really helpful

Iam on lexapro 👍

It gave me gory nightmares I couldn’t stay on it. Hoping you have a better experience!

Funny enough I feel like it don’t do anything for me! Idk why, I didn’t get neither positive or negative side effects. I stayed the same for some reason it was weird

I love lexapro. After sertraline, Prozac, fluoxetine, quilivant, etc lexapro is my dream come true. It makes me really drowsy so I take it at night with my melatonin. And for the first 5-6 months it really crushed my sex-drive…but that came back as I got more used to my dosage. Currently on 20mg, very happy :) It has helped with my GAD, and depression.

I couldn’t sleep on it, so I had to switch.

I am on lexapro and it has done wonders not only in the anxiety but also depressive state. It helps get rid of the feeling of extreme weight and unwillingness to do anything

lexapro definitely helped my anxiety a lot!! be careful that if you’re on it for multiple years, you could have side effects such as lack of motivation and trouble getting out of bed in the morning. worked wonders on my anxiety

i haven’t found it to be much help but meds work different for everyone! i went up to a higher dose and it made it nearly impossible to focus on anything. but again, it works differently for everyone. i hope it goes well!

i took lexapro for awhile and i didnt experience any negative effects! but i also didnt have any postive effects either. i felt generally the same, maybe just a little bit less anxious.

I’ve been taking lexapro and as someone with an extremely sensitive system I can say that I love it. I’ve had little to no problems since taking it and while it’s taken a bit of time to take effect, I think I’m starting to feel a difference.

Only antidepressant I've been able to O on, def grateful for that :D

I had amazing results with lexapro, but make sure you always have access to water and a bathroom

i am SO grateful to lexapro. i went from not being able to even say "hi", to making friends and actually having fun! it decreased my social anxiety by a ton.

You will definitely get the side effects of dry mouth, that was the first side effect I got! And being hungry and not having an appetite is a new thing for me. And for the drowsy part, if it makes you drowsy take it at night before bed! Mine kept me up all night so I have to take it in the morning. I have a combination of pills so one might effect the other differently.