Oct 9, 2009
(Started Sep 28, 2009)
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Effectiveness
Slight
(for depressed mood)
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Effectiveness
Slight
(for emotional lability)
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Effectiveness
None
(for anxious mood)
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Side effects
Severe
(for Overall)
(anxious mood, homicidal thoughts, agitation with irritability)
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-
Dosage:
5 mg
Daily
Advice & Tips:
After consulting my physician, I had to stop this medication due to agitation/irritability and the subsequent homicidal thoughts. I just got so incredibly pissed off by the least little thing....so the Lexapro had to go. Had I not stopped the medication, I fear I would have injured some one.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
Side effects:
agitation with irritability, paranoia, homicidal thoughts, anxious mood, anxious mood
Oct 6, 2009
(Started Sep 28, 2009)
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Effectiveness
Can't tell
(for depressed mood)
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Effectiveness
Can't tell
(for anxious mood)
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Effectiveness
Slight
(for emotional lability)
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Side effects
Severe
(for Overall)
(anxious mood, homicidal thoughts, agitation with irritability)
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-
Burden
Somewhat hard to take
Dosage:
5 mg
Daily
Advice & Tips:
I experienced a bad side effect transitioning from Fluvoxamine to Lexapro. I would have never started on the other medication, I would have just started with Lexapro, but my insurance, Blue Shield, didn't have it on the formulary so I had to start with another medication and go through the hell of the side effects. Anyway, now the side effects are over and I am taking 1/2 pill/day and things are okay.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
Side effects:
agitation with irritability, paranoia, homicidal thoughts, anxious mood, anxious mood