Lexapro And Its Long-Term Use Explained

00:00 - Intro
00:17 - What Are The Side Effects Of Lexapro?
01:30 - Will I Gain Weight On Lexapro?
02:15 - What Are The Mental Side Effects Of Lexapro?
03:15 - What Should I Avoid While Taking Lexapro?
05:28 - Can You Take Lexapro For Years?
05:55 - Does Lexapro Damage The Brain?

( Study Mentioned: https://www.mpg.de/8426203/escitalopr...)

06:36 - What Are The Bad Side Effects Of Lexapro?
07:26 - How Long Can I Stay On Lexapro?
08:23 - How Can I Get Off Lexapro Naturally?
09:22 - Can Lexapro Cause Permanent Damage?
10:06 - Can Lexapro Cause Brain Fog?
11:00 - Is Lexapro Hard On the Liver?
11:42 - Can Lexapro Change Your Personality?
12:59 - Is Lexapro Linked To Dementia?
13:52 - Outro

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What is Lexapro?
Lexapro© or escitalopram is a widely used selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug FDA-approved to be prescribed for the treatment of MDD (major depressive disorder) and GAD (generalized anxiety disorder). SSRIs are also prescribed off-label for a wide variety of conditions such as OCD, PTSD, panic attacks, premenstrual dysphoria, hot flashes of menopause, premature ejaculation, and a host of others, even in children. The effects of long-term use (and subsequent withdrawal) are poorly understood and can be potentially serious, as will be discussed below.

One of the more concerning facts about drug-based mental health treatment is that while pharmaceutical companies have proposed theories to explain that SSRIs can help combat the symptoms of depression in some people, drug manufacturers and regulators say they have a very limited understanding of how exactly this mechanism works. The hypothesis of alleviating depression by making serotonin more available through SSRI drug therapy has influenced prescribers for decades but remains highly contested, according to studies like the 2022 scoping review authored by Moncreiff et al, published in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry.

Whether a person in a depressed state does or does not have a “serotonin deficiency” before commencing drug therapy, what we do know is that serotonin suspended outside the synapse metabolizes quickly, and it is therefore likely that long-term use of SSRIs depletes the store of available neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are natural chemicals that are meant to be transported out of the synapse, so they can be reused. Once a neurotransmitter is artificially suspended (blocked from reuptake), these molecules become subject to degradation and become a waste product. The neuroplasticity of the brain is a highly complex mechanism that challenges the most brilliant minds to fully understand. Lexapro is one of a long string of serotonin-targeting medications, whose mechanism of action as yet has not been demonstrated despite thousands of clinical trials. The chemical imbalance theory that forms the basis for prescribing SSRIs simply has not been proven.

Long-Term SSRI Use
So, can you take Lexapro for years? Certainly, some people do, with varying degrees of success, and the typically short-term pharmaceutical company-sponsored drug trials will tell you it’s perfectly safe. The reality, however, is that we just don’t know everything there is to know about the long-term consequences of daily Lexapro use. As of now, we can’t definitively say whether Lexapro can cause permanent damage to a particular person’s mental or physical health.

SSRIs like Lexapro are not expected to start working in any tangible way until the medicine has built up in your body over time, often as your doctor continuously increases the dosage to reach a therapeutic level. Once that level is reached, it is hoped that the patient experiences relief from depression symptoms.
However, the changes these powerful drugs can inflict on your system can be hard to predict. Clinical research and anecdotal evidence collected to date have revealed disturbing trends.
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