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Escitalopram for Bipolar Disorder User Reviews (Page 3)

Brand names: Lexapro

Escitalopram has an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from a total of 57 reviews for the off-label treatment of Bipolar Disorder. 53% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 30% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Escitalopram

  • m1106
  • June 2, 2009

Lexapro (escitalopram) "I liked this medication for a while and then it seemed to increase my anxiety rather than reduce it. I even tried going up in dosage with no effect."

5 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • July 10, 2010

Lexapro (escitalopram) "Lexapro endlessly gave me the diarrhea."

3 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • November 16, 2009

Lexapro (escitalopram) "I was on Celexa and the Lexapro seems to be better."

7 / 10
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  • cw33
  • December 19, 2016

"Didn't work for me (4weeks) and made me tired"

1 / 10
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  • LOL
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • June 25, 2019

"Escitalopram was good for bipolar until it stopped to work after 3 years"

9 / 10
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Are you taking this medicine?

  • tomnik
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • February 25, 2019

"Had to stop it because of loss of libido"

7 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • April 25, 2009

Lexapro (escitalopram) "Lexapro really works for the anxiety and as a mood stabilizer although I still have rough times and feel I need something stronger or with less of the sleep disturbances."

3 / 10
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  • Luke
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 2, 2019

"It didn’t really help me at all, it only minorly helped my OCD."

1 / 10
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  • Jkano
  • Taken for 5 to 10 years
  • November 28, 2019

"6 year use stalopam (escitalopram brand Lupin) 10 mg medicine good experience"

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  • saint...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 28, 2021

"Caused rapid cycling between manic and depressive episodes as well as black outs"

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  • JMurom
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • December 14, 2022

"Decent adjunct to mood stabilizer and AP therapy for some bipolar patients. I've varied from 10-20mg on this drug. Depends upon the balance I'm needing."

7 / 10
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