User Reviews for escitalopram oxalate oral

Taking Lexapro changed my life! Happy, energetic, lost unwanted pounds, no depression..... insurance company wouldn't pay for Lexapro anymore so had to switch to generic Lexapro. The generic put me in a downward spiral to horrible depression, anxiety, etc. I think the generic is a sugar pill!

Very Effective. I was diganosed with depression.I felt a difference on the second day.

Is Escitalopram a plecebo? It has no more effect than taking an asprin. Its cheeper than Lexapro but I guess you get what you pay for.

I was prescribed Cipralex, 5mg once a day to start and to work up from there. Since the pills come in 10mg or 20mg only, I had to cut the 10mg pills in half. I lasted FOUR days on this medication before I pulled myself off. Day 1, it felt like someone had hit me in the back of the head. Day 2 I developed a "travelling headache" where pain would alternate between a sharp, stabbing pain at the forehead, throbbing at the temples and throbbing at the nape of my neck. Day 3 the headache had changed to stabbing pain everywhere. Day 4 it felt like my head was splitting open. And you can't just pop an Advil because it stops Cipralex from working. Ontop of the headaches, during all 4 days I felt like I was buzzed; that's the best way to describe it. I definitely couldn't drive and sometimes had problems forming sentences. Since I work FT between the pain and the inability to function on a basic level I decided this drug was not for me and stopped taking it. Withdrawal has been tolerable I suppose. Definitely not as bad as when I stopped Sertraline. Switching between too hot and too cold, lost some coordination in my upper limbs for a breif period of time, very little sleep, and oh yes a headache still. Though minor compared to yesterday. Read More Read Less

the first 2 weeks had been rough due to side effects that included amplified anxiety, hot flashes, mild tremors and restlessness. they went away on the 3rd week and i've been better ever since. it's my 5th month on escitalopram. i suffered GAD for almost 2 years.

helps me with over-emotionality and inexpensive.

Have taken the brand name Lexapro for years and have had a dramatic improvement in my depression; the generic is not as effective after just a few days on the generic my mood deteriorates and my depression increases. It seems gradual at first but I notice a significant increase in my anxiety and anger.

loss bowels ,sluggish & tired

I have used this drug off and on for a period of 5 yrs and highly recommend it. It helped me get through the loss of two brothers within 5 months of each other and currently I started back taking them again as I decided to quit smoking and they have helped me (now 9 months) smoke-free with anxiety, depression, feeling like I lost my best friend. No side effects that I'm aware of but have experienced changes in my body from the quitting smoking. I was a smoker for 48 yrs. so it was the hardest thing I ever done but I remain positive that I will remain this way. Still have my down days but on the whole I feel great!!!!Read More Read Less

I have taken the brand name Lexapro for over 5 years and been in complete remission of Borderline Personality Disorder for 4 1/2 years. Once Lexapro went generic, I was excited for the cheaper copay, but within 3 weeks of taking it, I was depressed, underperforming at work, and suicidal. I thought this was stemming from PTSD from an attempted mugging I experienced about 2 months before, and continued to take the generic form for another two months. I ended up having to check myself into a psychiatric ward for four days. Once I was released, I talked with my doctor and he said he had at least 12 other patients that all "bottomed out" immediately after going on generic Lexapro and it just took him some time to "conenct the dots". It took only about a week of being switched back to the brand name and I began to feel "normal" again. Then it took about 2 months to get my insurance to cover the brand name without my pharmacy charging me anxillary charges, but approval finally came through, so it's definitely worth investigating if you're forced to take generics due to insurance. I am a big supporter of generic medications, but this generic certainly DOES NOT WORK.Read More Read Less

I feel happier with hardly no side affects. I don't eat very much. I feel a little tried sometimes. Overall, I'm satisfied with the drug.

i have been taking this medicine for months and now i feel relieved from my major depressive disorder.

My Dr. prescribed this medication for me at 10 mg a day. I only took it once and experienced high anxiety and had multiple panic attacks that day. I also experienced loss of appetite, sweating, increased heart rate. I have had panic attacks before, this was so severe I ended up at pompt care. This one dose took 3 days to get out of my system, very scary.

i feel relieved and my stomachache had stop.migrains have gone away...

Generic Lexapro. Teva brand from pharmacy. Had used brand name for years. switched to generic, found loss of effects, poor results, poor mood, very much more depressed. considering whether can afford to pay for name brand or will try a different generic or anti depressant.

generic lexapro did not help. Real Lexapro did adn I am so glad to be back on it. Yes, it is more expensive, but somehow I went down hill after going generic. Peace of mind is worth the cost. I will forgo other monetary things to have calmness and happiness.

It has been working well but has to be adjusted in the fall due to the SAD that goes along with the lack of winter day light.

I never wanted to do anything with my family that didn't involve being around a hospital. They like to do hikes, hunting and a lot of outdoor things which I wouldn't do. We own a boat and I was scared to go out in it. It was life altering so I changed doctors and he put me on this. What a god send I now do everything with them and and as a result lost 73 lbs because I began working out and living again. This is the drug for me tried many others but I'm a very happy woman now.

I was Taking Lexapro for 5 years and doing great, 2 months ago I was change to this egneric lexapro, and slowly I had becoming depress again. I can't find another reason?