Lexapro and sweating

I have been searching for any information on Lexapro. What I am concerned about is the night sweats I am having. I am taking 20mg, for 6 months and I experience night sweats every night. Last night I got up and realized my t-shirt was drenched. I usually just go back to sleep, but last night scared me. If anyone else experiences this from Lexapro please let me know. I am just about to lose all faith in anti-anxiety. I mean lexapro might be doing me more harm than good.

I have been taking 15 mg of Lexapro per day and have never experienced the type of night sweats I am now getting. They occur almost nightly and completely drench the sheets. I know that I definitely get them from the neck down because my chest is soaked and I become chilled and don't recall if my legs are sweating as well. Since night sweats wasn't listed as a side effect for Lexapro, I brushed it off as the beginning stages of my change. In addition to the night sweats, I do have increased sweating and hot flashes that pop up often as well as nausea and dizziness. I was relieved to hear that many others taking Lexapro are experiencing some of the same things.

Hello,
I know its been a while since you posted your comments but I must answer now. I was on Effexor and started having hot flashes so switched to Lexapro...still hot flashes. So, as I am female in my 40's, I also had quit having a cycle every month. I went to get a blood test done and the results showed I was right smack in the middle of menopause. That was what was causing my sweating because now I take Premarin also and the flashes have quit...what a relief!

I have been on lexapro for almost 2 years. I have had night sweats off and on (mostly on) for the entire time. I just got used to it, and drink a lot of water when I wake up. Otherwise I have had really great success with this anti anxiety drug.

I have this same problem! I ended up stopping the medication because it was causing me to lose weight! I cannot afford to lose any weight! Don't be scared though! It is a problem with that medication!

overbaugh wrote:

I have been searching for any information on Lexapro. What I am concerned about is the night sweats I am having. I am taking 20mg, for 6 months and I experience night sweats every night. Last night I got up and realized my t-shirt was drenched. I usually just go back to sleep, but last night scared me. If anyone else experiences this from Lexapro please let me know. I am just about to lose all faith in anti-anxiety. I mean lexapro might be doing me more harm than good.

I've had the exact opposite experience with Lexapro. I am in the change and was having horrible hot flashes before using Lexapro. I tried both hormonal and non-hormonal treatments. The worst was black cohosh!!! Shortly after that I was having problems with depression and my doctor put me on Lexapro. I use 20 mg. Lexapro once a day (at night) and I take one 560mg Dong Quai (a Chinese herbal supplement). I went from having hot flashes every 10-20 minutes to none at all. I mentioned this to a co-worker this morning and she said, "come to think of it, I didn't have hot flashes when I was on Lexapro either." She's not on it now, and her hot flashes have come back. Anybody else have this experience?

i suffered really bad hot flushes, they were getting me down and making me feel very nauseous, i started taking black cohosh and they are not completly gone but they are much better now.

personally i think it suits some people but not others

overbaugh wrote:

I have been searching for any information on Lexapro. What I am concerned about is the night sweats I am having. I am taking 20mg, for 6 months and I experience night sweats every night. Last night I got up and realized my t-shirt was drenched. I usually just go back to sleep, but last night scared me. If anyone else experiences this from Lexapro please let me know. I am just about to lose all faith in anti-anxiety. I mean lexapro might be doing me more harm than good.

i HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS i SWEAT FROM HEAD TO TOE. i WAS HOPING THAT OTHER HAD SOME ANSWERS. i ALWAYS FEEL SO EMBARASSED WITH MY SWEATING

I took Lexapro for 4 nights. I had a sever hot flashes resulting in nausea and light headiness. I even fainted on day 3. These flashes came when I got up in the morning. I stopped the medication. I just can't do it.

I have been on Lexapro for a couple years, and I have severe night sweats, probably 3 or 4 nights a week. I'll wake up several times with my T-shirt absolutely drenched, freezing and sticking to me. A severe annoyance to be sure, but it's all about the cost-benefit analysis. If the drug makes an immense difference in your mood, I'd say change your T-shirt and be grateful you found an effective treatment. But don't be scared by this, even if they don't list it - my Dr. has treated thousands of patients with it and it's fairly common. Nothing to worry about medically, it's just a quality-of-life issue.

Also, some of you referred to Lexapro as an anti-anxiety drug - it's actually an SSRI, a common variant of anti-depressants.