Reviewer: mhg123, 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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So I became depressed after a traumatic death of my only sibling. I'm not a fan of taking drugs to "fix" a symptom (I consider depression to be a symptom of a larger problem) but I was so behind in everything and I needed to get myself up to speed again so my doctor prescribed 10mg of Lexapro and told me to take it at night. It was horrible. The first night, I took the drug and went ... Show Full Comment

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So I became depressed after a traumatic death of my only sibling. I'm not a fan of taking drugs to "fix" a symptom (I consider depression to be a symptom of a larger problem) but I was so behind in everything and I needed to get myself up to speed again so my doctor prescribed 10mg of Lexapro and told me to take it at night. It was horrible. The first night, I took the drug and went to sleep. About an hour later, I woke up and threw up violently then proceeded to have wave after wave of panic attacks for the next 5-6 hours. The next night, I took the drug and told myself that the first night was probably just my body adjusting to the new medication and that I would be fine and it wouldn't happen again. But it happened again. And again. And again. I had constant panic attacks for about 2 weeks before I just stopped taking the drug. I couldn't handle it. I wasn't sleeping at all. And my doctor had the nerve to tell me that I caused the panic attacks - but I wasn't causing them - I'm well versed in panic attacks and I know when I'm causing them and when they just happen. I don't recommend just stopping the drug like I did because that could REALLY MESS YOU UP but I made sure I was watched for a couple days after I stopped taking it in case something happened. The antidepressant part actually did work - I felt a lot better and that "heavy cloud" feeling was gone but I just couldn't handle the panic attacks so I decided to deal with the depression on my own and it took longer than I wanted but it's gone now and I didn't ever go back on a drug to do it.
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Reviewer: BlueLady, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I get seasonal depression. I begin taking Lexapro in September and can usually wean myself off of it in March, but I just lost my beloved dog of 8.8 years to cancer and so I will take the Lexapro for another few weeks since I was crying uncontrollably UNTIL I increased my dosage from .025 mg to .05 mg I found taking .05 makes me a bit tired, but its better to be tired than depressed.

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I get seasonal depression. I begin taking Lexapro in September and can usually wean myself off of it in March, but I just lost my beloved dog of 8.8 years to cancer and so I will take the Lexapro for another few weeks since I was crying uncontrollably UNTIL I increased my dosage from .025 mg to .05 mg I found taking .05 makes me a bit tired, but its better to be tired than depressed.
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Reviewer: feeling better, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Been taken 10 mg. for the last 5 years. no side effects . this drug does work if you take it daily. it well help your depression.

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Been taken 10 mg. for the last 5 years. no side effects . this drug does work if you take it daily. it well help your depression.
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Reviewer: happyrabbit, 65-74 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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Have been taking for over 10 years. Helps me stay calm, not get upset easily, and deal with problems in a rational manner. Saved my life!

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Have been taking for over 10 years. Helps me stay calm, not get upset easily, and deal with problems in a rational manner. Saved my life!
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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I have been on this for 10 years now. It changed my life !

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I have been on this for 10 years now. It changed my life !
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