Lexapro saved my life

aaronbrethorst 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can't go so far as to say it saved my life, but I'm part of that cohort of 10% of men who develop postpartum depression. Taking a small dosage of Lexapro had zero side effects for me and helped me deal with not just the anxiety and depression I was experiencing but also a lot of pre-existing anxious behavior that I didn't even realize was abnormal.

Huge quality of life improvement. 10/10 would medicate again.

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wincy 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lexapro made me feel like I was randomly being dropped down an elevator shaft for 6 months after I stopped taking it. I’m glad it worked for you, and am not minimizing that, but these medications have a side effects profile a mile long and should be a therapy of last resort in my opinion.

	▲	avipars 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They have a half life and you cannot stop taking them cold turkey without these symptoms, your psychiatrist should help you ween off of it slowly.
	▲	htek 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The problem with antidepressants are that while we know, more or less, what they do, we don't know why they work for some and not for others. Escitalopram (Lexapro) was a vast improvement for me over Citalopram. Then it plateaued and a year later, left me anhedonic. Tried an SNRI that would give me brain zaps every day a few hours before my next dose and it was horrendous to quit using. It also messed with my ability to meditate for a long while. Basically, I could put myself in a mental state that would trigger the same kind of painful brain zaps that withdrawal from the SNRI caused.