I have been taking Lexapro 10mg for 8 years now due to severe panic attacks. As a male at 55 years old when first taking this drug. It has been very effective in my case. Recently when visiting a doctor they noticed my blood pressure was higher than normal around 150 or so at the doctors office or dentist. I had a heart sonogram which turned out to be normal. Doctor A put me on 15mg of blood pressure medication. I went for a second opinion and Doctor B took my blood pressure 150 at the beginning and 130 a few minutes later. Doctor B took me off the blood pressure meds and increased my Lexapro to 20 milligrams saying that it was my anxiety causing this in blood pressure. I took her advice however, just wanted others to chime in that have experience with this type of condition to see maybe a third opinion.
@@mikeyoung7022 Thanks that's good advice, I also had very high blood pressure (200/120 at its worse) when I first had a panic attack, it's a little complicated, panic attacks definitely cause elevated blood pressure but some people also get panic attacks or elevated anxiety triggered by their high blood pressure although this is less common. It's important to understand this in your own case so that the two conditions are medicated correctly or not unnecessarily medicated in the case of high blood pressure caused by panic attacks.
God, thank you for medications for depression and anxiety. I pray for healing for the times that people had side effects, reactions, overdoses and death from them. I pray that people are healthy and healed how you decide to heal them and if they are not to take something, God, please deliver them. In Jesus name. Amen 🙏Thank you for resurrection power that is only yours God. 😊
7 months of taking Lexapro resulted in distressing chronic night time RSL, and it's diuretic action = no sleep, from day 1. How does that improve depression, and anxiety? Interestingly, when Lexapro was stopped, RSL and diuretic activity ceased to be a problem = best sleep ever!.🤔
Hello Dr, I took escitalopram 5 mg because of anxiety. The treatment quickly worked and I felt revived. Then, after 6 months of treatment, I began a period of withdrawal. I went down to 5 mg once every two days, but after 2 months anxiety was back again. We then increased the dosage, first to 5 mg a day (3 weeks) then to 10 mg a day (for the last 3 weeks). I've been back on the drug for 6 weeks now, but I'm not feeling the effects. Have you already experienced something like that? Does the relapse cause me to take longer to recover than when I first took the medication? The first time i felt fine in 3 weeks...
Lexapro fucking near killed me, i went on Lexapro due to generalised anxiety disorder which was uncomfortable but manageable, 3 days into 10mg of Lexapro i went into a non stop 24/7 hell level anxiety and permanent panic attacks, even xanax and ativan wouldn't touch the anxiety and panic, i was so close to suicide it was the most terrible thing ive ever experienced. I stopped taking the lexapro after 8 days and within 36 hours the panic attack stopped and my anxiety subsided again, no way am i ever taking ssri's again.
I am taking 20 mg lexapro from last 3 weeks but seems like not working better than 10 mg. Should I wait for more weeks to start working? Please advise. Thanks
Lexapro made me feel nothing. By that I mean my emotions were non-existent. No what matter I did I felt no pleasure, no anxiety, no depression but just like a zombie. I hated it. I started having horrible violent thoughts just to feel something. It was just weird and I would not recommend it. It destroyed my sex life and my sex life has never been the same. The withdrawals were the worst thing I have ever gone through. It is not just 2 days of withdrawals but months. My skin was burning and it has never felt the same. It is just a horrible uncomfortable sensation. While on the medicine I blinked my eyes excessively. It has never gone away. My doctor never called me once to follow up. I went to other doctors and all they would say is there are no withdrawals and it must be something else. Now this was a long time ago but the amount of ignorance, denial and poor care in the medical community was astonishing. How is this "SAFE and EFFECTIVE?"
I increased my Lexapro dose from 10 to 20mg it hasn’t taken affect. Is this normal or how many weeks does it take when you increase your dose of antidepressant?
Lexapro often takes 4-8 weeks to have full effect. I recommend discussing your response with your provider, but it is important for individuals to know the above, before assuming that a medication will not help them. It is also important so that someone doesn't increase a dose too quickly, and then end up being on more medication than they need (and being exposed to more side effects). Best Wishes, - Dr. Pagnani
You're very calming
I have been taking Lexapro 10mg for 8 years now due to severe panic attacks. As a male at 55 years old when first taking this drug. It has been very effective in my case. Recently when visiting a doctor they noticed my blood pressure was higher than normal around 150 or so at the doctors office or dentist. I had a heart sonogram which turned out to be normal. Doctor A put me on 15mg of blood pressure medication. I went for a second opinion and Doctor B took my blood pressure 150 at the beginning and 130 a few minutes later. Doctor B took me off the blood pressure meds and increased my Lexapro to 20 milligrams saying that it was my anxiety causing this in blood pressure. I took her advice however, just wanted others to chime in that have experience with this type of condition to see maybe a third opinion.
@@mikeyoung7022 Thanks that's good advice, I also had very high blood pressure (200/120 at its worse) when I first had a panic attack, it's a little complicated, panic attacks definitely cause elevated blood pressure but some people also get panic attacks or elevated anxiety triggered by their high blood pressure although this is less common. It's important to understand this in your own case so that the two conditions are medicated correctly or not unnecessarily medicated in the case of high blood pressure caused by panic attacks.
You’ve thoroughly confused me
God, thank you for medications for depression and anxiety. I pray for healing for the times that people had side effects, reactions, overdoses and death from them. I pray that people are healthy and healed how you decide to heal them and if they are not to take something, God, please deliver them. In Jesus name. Amen 🙏Thank you for resurrection power that is only yours God. 😊
Amen
How do they heal from the death?
Thank you very informative
I take this 20 mg a day. I have ahdh and bipolar 2 disorder. Didn’t really do anything until I started taking 5 other medications
7 months of taking Lexapro resulted in distressing chronic night time RSL, and it's diuretic action = no sleep, from day 1.
How does that improve depression, and anxiety?
Interestingly, when Lexapro was stopped, RSL and diuretic activity ceased to be a problem = best sleep ever!.🤔
Hello Dr,
I took escitalopram 5 mg because of anxiety. The treatment quickly worked and I felt revived. Then, after 6 months of treatment, I began a period of withdrawal. I went down to 5 mg once every two days, but after 2 months anxiety was back again. We then increased the dosage, first to 5 mg a day (3 weeks) then to 10 mg a day (for the last 3 weeks). I've been back on the drug for 6 weeks now, but I'm not feeling the effects.
Have you already experienced something like that? Does the relapse cause me to take longer to recover than when I first took the medication? The first time i felt fine in 3 weeks...
This drug made me super anxious. Super high anxiety all day. Like super tense all day
It does that initially, it can make anxiety worse before it gets better. Wait 6-8 weeks, then taper and discontinue if you see no improvement
For me too gave me super anxiety now it is setting in
@@deepthi29786how do you feel now that it’s been some time?
The doctor prescribed it to me for chronic anxiety. I haven’t taken it yet.
❤Sir if normal people take ssri escitaloprám .
I feel iam normal but my gastroenterologist prescribe it.
So, what should i do??
Lexapro fucking near killed me, i went on Lexapro due to generalised anxiety disorder which was uncomfortable but manageable, 3 days into 10mg of Lexapro i went into a non stop 24/7 hell level anxiety and permanent panic attacks, even xanax and ativan wouldn't touch the anxiety and panic, i was so close to suicide it was the most terrible thing ive ever experienced. I stopped taking the lexapro after 8 days and within 36 hours the panic attack stopped and my anxiety subsided again, no way am i ever taking ssri's again.
You start on 5mg for two weeks then 7.5mg for 2 weeks then 10mg you did it wrong.
@@jonharry6293 Yeah but I'm fine now I figured out how to get past the anxiety without using an SSRI, so ultimately I did it right.
What idiot told you to start with 10 mg???
Same. SSRIs are poison i don't think they fully understand how they work in the brain. Hope you're feeling better
I had a similar effect. I'ma recovering fentanyl addict
Prolonged use of SSRI also weakens the bones and increases risk of bone fractures.
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I am taking 20 mg lexapro from last 3 weeks but seems like not working better than 10 mg. Should I wait for more weeks to start working? Please advise. Thanks
Why is this lexapro very popular still?? Must work well.
Been on 10mg. Going up to 20... can i split 10 in morning 10 at night
Lexapro made me feel nothing. By that I mean my emotions were non-existent. No what matter I did I felt no pleasure, no anxiety, no depression but just like a zombie. I hated it. I started having horrible violent thoughts just to feel something. It was just weird and I would not recommend it. It destroyed my sex life and my sex life has never been the same. The withdrawals were the worst thing I have ever gone through. It is not just 2 days of withdrawals but months. My skin was burning and it has never felt the same. It is just a horrible uncomfortable sensation. While on the medicine I blinked my eyes excessively. It has never gone away. My doctor never called me once to follow up. I went to other doctors and all they would say is there are no withdrawals and it must be something else. Now this was a long time ago but the amount of ignorance, denial and poor care in the medical community was astonishing. How is this "SAFE and EFFECTIVE?"
I increased my Lexapro dose from 10 to 20mg it hasn’t taken affect. Is this normal or how many weeks does it take when you increase your dose of antidepressant?
Lexapro often takes 4-8 weeks to have full effect. I recommend discussing your response with your provider, but it is important for individuals to know the above, before assuming that a medication will not help them. It is also important so that someone doesn't increase a dose too quickly, and then end up being on more medication than they need (and being exposed to more side effects). Best Wishes, - Dr. Pagnani
Thanks. I tend to overtake my meds. I'll go easy on this one.