Anyone taken Cipralex/Lexapro for anxiety? what were the results?

[arijones1]

DR has prescribed Cipralex/lexapro for anxiety, has anyone had experience with it?
Thanks...

[shrublet]

I've never personally used either of these, but they're pretty common. If you don't get responses you find useful right away, you could use the search function to type in the name of the medication you're wondering about. You'll probably come up with a few hundred past posts.

[tacodome]

I've just started Lexapro a little over 3 weeks ago, so I can't say how it works long-term for anxiety, but I know after about a week and a half of taking it, I felt better than I can remember.  I didn't realize how anxious I had been, but on lexapro, I don't feel nearly as keyed up all the times.  It hasn't totally removed anxiety, and I've still had a panic attack this last week, but I feel much more able to handle situations now.

As for side effects, after about 4 days on lexapro, my jaw started clinching and would be sore.  I was worried I would develop TMJ.  But the jaw thing only lasted for about a week and it seems to be gone.  Also, it kind of numbed me mentally a bit (if that makes sense) where I didn't seem to experience any extreme emotions, good or bad.  But that seems to be levelling out and getting better also.

Overall, lexapro has been a good experience so far.  But like I said, I just started.  I'm also starting therapy, so for me, lexapro alone is not enough to treat my GAD and Panic Disorder.

[OhmeohmyPunk]

I've just started taking lexapro again for my anxiety a little over a week ago. It hasn't had any effect yet. However, before I lost my medical insurance for while (  ) I was on lexapro for depression for a long time and in that time I never had any anxiety or panic attacks.

[arijones1]

thanks you all for your replies

[mom2boys]

I had a hard time starting and stopping Lexapro. I have been on it twice. Each time I start up I end up with headaches and anxiety. Last time I ended up n the ER for headache and tingling all through my body. But once I got used to it , it did work for me. I always stop because I dont like daily meds.

[southpaw]

I just finished a trial run of Lexapro for anxiety. Didn't work for me, and the constant jaw clenching caused me more anxiety. Luckily, it's been extremely easy for me to wean off of it - no withdrawal side effects. I'm still doing the jaw clenching, but I hear that it can take some time for that to go away.

I have never had any luck with SSRIs though, so I'm maybe a bit unusual.