Hi Blossom,

It wasn't for me as I reacted badly and had quite nasty side-effects, although that doesn't mean it will for you.

Loads of people swear by it and say that it it gave them the strength to progress. Loads of research and studies show that apart from Prozac, Escitalopram is the most tolerable SSRI available.

Did they put you on 10mg?

There is a few posts already on here about it, but don't take too much notice of my one about a week ago.

Most people tolerate is very well. I'm just one of the few that it didn't help.

By the way...it takes quite a while for your body to build up on the drug before you start seeing any benefits.

My side effects were insomnia, loss of apetite and jaw clenching/teeth grinding and at that particular time, my mum was ill, so I needed sleep and food for the energy to look after her so my doc said to stop taking them after a week.

Hope all goes well for you and please keep us all updated.

Speak soon... Stu

cipralex works well for me. I had no side effects. I think it is wearing off a bit now, and my anxiety is getting worse, but not my depression.

I've looked into this a bit today-and a lot of people have mentioned how it does work for them, but the it gradually wears off-on average how long does it work for people, before it seems to get ineffective??

I hope it doesn't wear off because it's just barely starting to help me - I have no side effects except maybe incrased anxiety and insomnia unless I drink wine or take something to sleep - ARGH - I just started taking 20mg

Not all patients react to benzodiazapines the same way. Are you on 20 of cipralex??? Adjunctively, perhaps another from such as alprazolam, rather that diazepam , will work for you. I did for me.

it is working for me 5mg for 8 months now.
my anxiety and depression are under control though I
feel spaced out sometimes and also feel hungry and have a dry mouth.

i have been on 10mg of cipralex for almost 3years now.it is still helping me with my anxiety and depression. A lot of the side effects go away after about 3 weeks of taking it except for the sexual ones. That really sucks!

Lexapro has been working for me, better than several alternatives I have tried for depression. But this summer depression has gotten worse and will talk to dr. about increasing dose to 20, but am afraid of possible side effects. Any experience ?

I am on day two of taking cipralex. I have been prescribed it for anxiety as a primary and depression as a secondary.

So far i have not experienced any negative side effects. A little bit of restlessness trying to sleep though. I have experienced good side effects which include calmness, and decrease of anxiety. I am very excited about this so far because when i tried effexor ( a common anti depressant ), i was nauseous and jittery within an a couple hours. After four days it was so bad i had to stop. I am very surprised (up to this day 2 point lol) with the outcome.

Even though anti depressants in general start of with negative side effects, it is important to remember a couple things. After a few weeks, the negativeness will turn into positive. Another thing is to mentally tell yourself that your excited and want to be better. With this attitude you will eliminate a lot of anxiety knowing that you as person are going to change. People who are anxious tend to be nervous about change, this will help.

Good luck everyone

I think that everyone reacts different to meds. i had horrible side effects from cipralex..muscle stiffness and spasms,,this is listed in the phamacits book muscular sceletal problems. terrible heartburn, constipation, sexual side effects. headaches and thats after taking it for a long period of time. I didn't realize that it was the meds that where doing this. I just thought that I was going crazy. yet I know other people on it that have very little side effects. you just have to try it to see how you react

I was prescribed Cipralex as well, my doc had me on 10mg for anxiety. I reacted very badly to it. My blood pressure went as high 200 over 116...usually my blood pressure is normal. After I stopped taking it, it took a good week for my blood pressure to stabilize. At the moment, I'm taking Xanax 0.25 mg for anxiety. Good luck! Hope it works for you since living with anxiety is really tough!

Been on escitalopram for a couple years now, it is a wonder drug, life is good, still compete in sport, go to the gym, still have sex.