Age: 36–45 · Duration of use: Less than 1 month · Current status: No, have stopped
Symptoms: Akathisia, Brain zaps, Emotional blunting, Cognitive impairment, Depersonalization/Derealization, Suicidal ideation, Tinnitus, Neuropathy, Severe anxiety/panic, Muscle/joint pain, Anhedonia
Symptoms: Akathisia, Brain zaps, Emotional blunting, Cognitive impairment, Depersonalization/Derealization, Suicidal ideation, Tinnitus, Neuropathy, Severe anxiety/panic, Muscle/joint pain, Anhedonia
I took one pill of Lexapro. I was a working mental health therapist, and the only reason I was prescribed it was because after Covid I felt slightly anxious going outside again.
The next morning I woke up, felt like my brain was swollen and burning, and over 56 neurological symptoms of what felt like severe brain damage. Years later I am still not fully healed.