r/lexapro

Hi all. I’ve been on Lexapro for a while now and i’ve been experiencing some weird side effects.

disclaimer: I do not plan on hurting myself or others. I am not going to hurt anybody or myself.

Since we got that part covered, here’s the gist:

I’ve been having suicidal and homicidal thoughts since of recent. This is really strange because i don’t *want* to hurt anyone, and im not going to, but sometimes i get the feeling that i want to. i also have been having severe thoughts of harming myself. Is this normal for long-term use of Lexapro or should I get my medication changed? If it helps, I am also on lamotrigine, so Im not sure if that is also contributing.

I have MDD, anxiety, suspected bipolar, and suspected ADHD for extra information if you needed it.

Please answer!! Google isn’t helping me at all.1

I’m on day 6, and I have never ever felt like this but has anyone had thoughts where they think it would be better off if they weren’t here? I know I would never action on these thoughts, but concerned as never had them before I’m only on 5mg

I am so restless finding it hard to even sit still until late afternoon, keep walking around my house or fidgeting. Anxiety feels intense, I need some reassurance I can barely eat I wake up all throughout the night. When is this going to end please? I can’t seriously cope I just want to be able to sit and relax

After the initial side effects I was feeling pretty good. More motivation and not a lot of racing thoughts. The past week or so I just feel like it’s not working as well, like I’m slipping back to my old self. Maybe I need an increase. Just venting

I am on day 20 on Lexapro 5mg.

I take it for constant anxiety, panic, health anxiety. But since my first intake my sleep got so bad.

I only sleep for 5 hours and often wake up in the middle of the night. Does this get better?

I’ll save the long post, but I’ve been on 10mg Lexapro for about 3 months now… gained 15 pounds smh I got on a glp-1 to assist with appetite. I’m just not happy like the commercials lol things still bother me and I still overthink. Should I get on 20mg?

I have two toddlers, one on the spectrum. A husband who I have to tell everything to and I feel like I carry the mental load, family who gets on my nerves both my family and his family. I’m actually happy we moved away that helped a bit with my anxiety. Anyway, so many other things to name. No sex drive (not sure if it’s the meds or the lack of emotional support), but idk what to do. I can’t focus and get things done, brain is still all over the place. I just want to be happy and I hate I have to rely on a medication to do that but I don’t care anymore. I want to be happy and I want my kids to have a happy mom.

Excuse the typos and grammatical errors

Hi all! First time posting here! So on Tuesday I started taking Lexapro for the first time. My doctor is starting me out on 10mg. Ever since I started taking the Lexapro on Tuesday i’ve been getting these crazy hiccup fits that are incredibly hard to stop. I’ve been getting them at least twice a day, yesterday was 3 times. I’m not normally one to get hiccups often, is this a side effect of the Lexapro? Has anyone else here experienced this? Or is it completely unrelated and the timing is a coincidence?

Are there any that dont cause weight gain that may be just as good?

Does it really cause weight gain?

EDIT: i meant to say psychiatrist not therapist oops

i'm not entirely sure that SSRIs are for me but I was struggling with depression/anxiety alongside my already medicated adhd (vyvanse 60mg daily). after going up to 10mg I said I wasn't feeling like it was really helping me and that my anxiety had worsened actually.

after that she bumped me up to 15 and said she would rather us go up to 20 and see how it works than start tapering me now because i'm not having any "extreme symptoms like s*icidal ideation" according to her...

i've been on 15 a couple weeks and my depression and anxiety and overall motivation is HORRIBLE!!! i'm meeting with her this next week and idk how to advocate for myself that I want to start going off them instead of trying the max dose??

it seemed kinda wild to me that i would have to be THAT impacted by the negative side effects for her to want to taper me off... also like if i told her that wouldn't she send me to the hospital anyway?!!? lol advice pls and thank you <3

Supposed to be starting at 5mg, but I’m going to start at 1.25mg. Terrified of the side effects, particularly the increased anxiety. I’m already so anxious as it is and suffering from bad dpdr. So scared. Surely the side effects can’t be that extreme at 1.25 right? ):

Hi

I started on 10mg on 19th June. So I am just at the end of 2 weeks.

First week was absolutely awful, anxiety went bezerk, I was having palpitation, crying, ended up having diazepam in addition to help me for 3 days

The second week has been less anxious than the first but still at the level it was before I started taking it.

I am seriously struggling with this anxiety, I have the same looping thought constantly and have done for over a week. It never stops, it’s 24 hours a day 7 days a week buzzing around in my head. I need to make a decision that is quite important and I just can’t. I flip from one decision to the other every couple of hours with no let up from thinking the looping thought. And it won’t stop. I feel like I’m losing my mind, seriously

Please tell me this drug will help me with getting some peace and ability to think clearly? How long before I see any improvement? I’m getting desperate here

Thanks

I got a bad mixture of side effects in the first week on 5mg a day.

-Complete lack of appetite
-Extreme dizzness
-Waking up in the middle of the night feeling some of the worst dread I’ve ever felt in my life
-Constant sweaty palms
-Twitching
-Nausea
-Feeling like my heart is pounding out of my chest

I had to drive to the ER at 1am because I genuinely thought I might have been having a heart attack I was shaking and extremely tense along with everything else that was happening and they told me to stop taking it until I could talk to my doctor.

My biggest issue is that I genuinely cant work with these side effects. I work a physical labor job and I just can’t operate normally.

Just curious if anyone else had these experiences and what they ended up doing? What should I ask my doctor when I bring this up next?

From first dose or from therapeutic dosage?

A few years ago I had a horrible reaction to compazine in the hospital and that made me scared of all medications. But I need to start taking lexapro.

I took a quarter of a 5mg pill and can't stop panicking.

Can anyone tell me about their first day or first time taking it? I'm scared out of my mind

Any advice?

Switched from Zoloft to lexapro and am still having this issue. So far only tried taking lexapro in the morning. Taking Zoloft at morning and night yielded the same result. I don’t have night sweats, more-so during the day. Seems like temperatures and activities that would make me sweat a little now make me sweat a lot .

I can barely walk to the bathroom I’m so tired. Why is this hitting so hard now?