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A 57-year-old male asked:
Why would lexapro (escitalopram) after 10 weeks make you feel so irritable and aggressive?
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Dr. Dariush Saghafianswered
Neurology 35 years experience
Side effects: Irritability and aggressivity are known side effects of this medication....why does it happen? Nobody knows the exact mechanism other than to say that the drug may cause imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain and this could be related to the range of psychiatric (and non-psychiatric) manifestations of the drug that we describe as side effects. Here is a link:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm088620.pdf
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Ireland
A 57-year-old male asked:
Why does Lexapro (escitalopram) make you feel irritable and aggressive?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Kaveh Karandishanswered
Internal Medicine 18 years experience
SSRI: This medication belongs to the SSRI family which functions as changing specific chemicals in the brain such as serotonin ... In some folks it causes irritability but in general the symptoms are not very significant and this class of medication is well tolerated overall ...
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