30 Days of Lexapro For Anxiety Review
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This week I get a little personal with a lexapro review after 30 days of using it for anxiety and depression. I talk about the side effects and positive effects lexapro has had on me so far.
I'm only 10 days in and I am finally beginning to start to see some positive things from it. The initial increased anxiety was almost a deal breaker for me, but I genuinely wanted to push through and give this drug a fair shake. I sincerely appreciate your insight and the detail. Your video is one of the best personal accounts for Lexapro on UA-cam. I'm happy and proud of you, life isn't easy, ESPECIALLY now a days. Good luck, I wish you further success.
Thanks so much 😊
i just started and it makes me sleepy is that normal
@@jonmcmann6811 yes unfortunately, it lasted about a week, maybe close two. It works well for me, the beginning was rough, but I made it through it and I'm honestly so much better. 😊
Dealing with the heightened anxiety now & it’s TERRIBLE 😭 praying this passes soon !!
You can ask your doctor for hydroxyzine, that works insanely well for anxiety. For myself it does anyway.
I am on my 7 th day 5 mg daily, lots of side effects, dizzy, loss of appetite, body chill, will keep going, your video motivate me
update pls?
@AShakur035 I stopped taking the medication after 2 weeks because of the side effects, I drive daily 200 km for living
Me too loss of appetite. More anxiety.
Me too I don't like it
How u feeling now?
you look happy and calm. Thanks for this honest video
I just started lexapro 3 weeks ago and today was the first time in a very long time (years) that I was able to just get up as soon as I woke up, & I wasn’t exhausted.. it was the first day in years that I didn’t feel that sense of doom I usually feel everyday that’s (obviously) very hard to navigate & deal with.. curious where you are now with your journey. Thanks for posting 🙏
This was a good video. Journaling can help in so many ways. I get what you’re saying about journaling. Have a great week
Could you please tell me how journaling can help? Thanks
I look forward to seeing your upcoming project Kate and glad lexapro is working out for you hopefully you can find the solution one day to enjoy this Blessed life without long term usage of it✌️
8:49 same thing with me! I’m so glad to hear someone else talk about this because I thought it was just me. I used to have huge tomato sized spots on my face and now a month in they’ve all just vanished.
You have such a pretty smile!
Im starting next week. This was super helpful. I hope youre doing well still!
I already have crazy dreams so im interested to see what happens haha. Ill be starting in a couple days!
How you feeling now?
Wow. I’ve had the ‘electric light floater’ vision thing. I know exactly what you are talking about. It never occurred to me that it might be lexapro. My experience, 2 yrs out is overwhelmingly positive. Sleep regulated, reduced anxiety. Over all it’s pretty mild. Still hard to get motivated to do a lot of tasks. I can get overwhelmed and don’t know where to start sometimes. Once I get moving I’m fine. I have had some sex issues. It’s not reduced drive or ability to get wood. It’s just really difficult to climax. I guess some guys might think this is a plus, but it’s kinda frustrating for me.
Did you had hard time to think too? Like brain fog?
@@youregirlbecky7193 - hard to tell because depression presents like that too. I will say that it did take about a full month on it to really feel a benefit. I’m still on it and feeling fine. No side effects except those I felt ramping up that first month.
I see my psychiatrist tomorrow… I’m a bit scared bc my anxiety about feeling too much freaks me out…but I’m just desperate to get out of this rut and get into a better place where u can be productive
Did you have any relief?
@ yes. But I also had to help myself with other areas of life even more at first… more nature time, breath work, a lot of guided meditations I love Jasón stephenson Linda hall and Michael seleay….just trying to nurture myself in as many ways as possible. A good routine exercise good food nice people… it was a mix but it has helped so much
Thanks for sharing. I'm coming up on my first week on Lexapro and haven't really noticed any improvement. I'm really worried.
How are you feeling now a month later?
Thanks for the video!❤ I have been putting off medication for a decade now. But i am at the same stage, i cant go on like this. Need something to work.
Can you please tell us if you found a solution for hair loss? I already have a huge problem with hair loss.
Also would love to know the best way to journal.
The idea of having scary side effects is worrying because I feel on the edge anyway. Not sure I’m mentally strong enough to feel worse
Thanks for your insight. Doc prescribed me Lexapro but hesitant to take it due to side effects..
i look forward to your updates!
Thank you for making this video
Just started it..thanks for the review
I've had issues with generalised anxiety my whole life (I'm 54 now), a couple of months ago I was going through a particularly bad episode of anxiety and had a few panic attacks which I've never had before. So I went and talked to a psychiatrist and she put me on me 10mg per day lexapro, well after 3 days taking lexapro my anxiety went higher than I've ever felt in my life before and I had a huge panic attack that lasted days, I couldn't eat or sleep or even think straight I basically felt terrified 24/7, after 5 days of this panic attack I just couldn't take it anymore I was getting suicidal it was so horrible, so I stopped taking the lexapro and the panic and anxiety faded away over the next 24 to 36 hours. I have no idea if it would have got better if I had of stuck with it and continued taking the lexapro but at the time it really didn't seem that was the case it felt like it was destroying my mind.
Talk to your Doc , she might prescribe some other medications to you . Lexapro doesn't suits everyone.
@@vratysanu Yeah I'm trying to find a med that works for me, after lexapro I tried Cymbalta that was even worse it made me feel totally crazy I couldn't even leave my home I only took it for 2 days. I'm now trying zoloft today is day 7 on 25mg, it's making me feel a bit weird, kind of hot and amped up, nauseous, and a bit more anxious than usual but nothing horrific, I'm going to stick with it and see how it goes, going to see my doc this afternoon to discuss whether I jump up to 50mg now or do another week on 25mg, I'm a bit nervous so I think I'll stay on 25 for another week to let the startup side effects settle some more.
Suicidal thoughts is one of the side effects of Lexapro in the start
It would have got better after a couple of weeks, same thing happened to me
Try Paxil it worked great at a low dose
I started on 5 mg 2 months ago. Then a couple of weeks later I was upped to 15 mg. At first I almost stopped because it triggered depression and crying but my anxiety/panic improved. So I kept taking it and she said I could take my xanax if I needed to. I did that and sometimes still need too. But my situation is, my husband died 2 days after testing positive for covid. So my grief, anxiety and panic were off the rails.
So you only feel tired. So blessed.
Thanks for this video
Thanks for the video any updates on Lexapro
Hey! Just updated 😊
I had trouble sleeping with it can anyone help me please 🙏
reduce the dosage
Lexapro makes me fart a lot. Have you had similar side effect?
I love smelling my own farts
I thought it was just me. I'm farting like a chainsaw!
Same
I like to fart 🎉
Can you give us an update? This gave me hope.
Just updated, sorry it took so long!
Week 3 and it’s getting so worse for me… anxiety and overthinking came back and now I’m having relentless nightmares or irritating dreams. Feel like I’m loosing my mind. Why was week 2 ok and week 3 isn’t?
How are you doing now?
@@ashessmith8635 I can only speak for myself as this stuff affects people differently but, personally, I will never; ever go anywhere near ssris again. I was and still am dealing with a myriad of stresses that I won't go into now, and these "meds" made it ten times worse. I was on them for about 5-6 weeks in total; so you think the side effects would begin to wane a bit. Not in my case. I could deal with them turning me into a zombified eunuch; temporarily, you know, the usual stuff, but the dreams that plagued me every night, we're intolerable. I felt like I was losing my mind. They were so vivid and disturbing that I was literally afraid to sleep. Not to perturb anyone else, but that's been my journey.
@@ashessmith8635 i just wrote out a response, and the thing was deleted? Ill give you the short version. I came off the stuff and doing so much better, ;) thanks for asking.
@@ashessmith8635 my comments keep getting deleted
Hey..how are u? 😊
Have you gained any weight? I was taking Sertraline (zoloft) but gained alot of weight almost 30 pounds over the course of 6 months. She switched me to Lexapro to see if that helps.
I am on lexapro and my apettite has been a bit improved but I haven't gained any weight. I tend to crave sugar for a bit higher than I used to.
@@faysalarabwhat dose are you in .
I think when your depressed you may not have an appetite, some people may over eat when depressed. When I had anxiety & panic I just had no appetite at all. Then I feel that after taking antidepressants once you start feeling less depressed & no panic you may want to eat because you're happy & life is good. It just depends how it effects each individual .
I have the same issue as yours and I am also 33! cheers!
Did you get hand tremors last night?
I am on 5mg , so far I have done 1 week.
Tiredness and slight internal shaking I experienced so far.
Don't go higher than 5mg.
For men it's different bc im scared of not getting erections, i already have a problem with that. I also am afraid of balding and it turning me into a robot.
Thank tou
do u think u could have add adhd? (anxietyy is not laziness liek over active mind) if u thin u have add adhd u might wanna try welbutrin, in addition to lexapro 150mg a day, or evn swtic it sowly if its better
Updateeee
Just updated!
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Hello- I have been on Lexapro for awhile and have Gained Weight!!!! I’m so upset by all the weight gain!!!! I’m calling doctor next week? Anyone else gain weight??? Thank you for feedback-M
Me. Eating like a crazy person
ur anxiety, depresion, etc could be just side effeectcts of, ADD/ADHD, so u treatinf symptoms no the root couse, and dos and big pharma love treaating symptoms, keep that in mind, ftw, aldo i could be way off in ur case but in geenral its true
Side effects for me: weight gain
Me tooo- I’m so upset by the amount of weight I’ve gained 😞
I am on day 5...I am a damn mess.
How are you now?
Learn about SSRI's and *P S S D* You truly do not want that.
Your cute
U too ❤
Sigh.........sigh.........👎
Fine as all get out
omg lamost ghtought u gonna say this video is sposored by Phizer lol, yeah jurneling is awsome, stattistics is the key to all scuucess liek the jewpakabra says
Sorry you speak to. Much
Lol tard clicks on a testimonial to say this 😂. You sir are an idiota.
*too, keep scrolling
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