![]() At least we have the Internet so we don’t have to suffer in silence. I wish I could go back to taking regular lexapro, but insurance won’t cover it (those snakey, money hungry bastards) and who has an extra $200 a month lying around to pay for the good stuff? It’s sad but the insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and doctors are all in bed with each other, pushing drugs that are cheaper to make but are less effective so we have to pay top dollar for stuff that works. Yes, the acne makes me super sad, but the foggy-headedness/spaceyness makes me feel wayyy more depressed. So whether I’m experiencing this foggy headed ness from less medication, or more gunk fillers, remains to be known. I’ve heard that as far as the generic stuff goes, manufactures are only obligated to make each pill 80% of the active ingredients, and the 20% (whatever that may be) are fillers. Not only that but some manufacturer’s of the generic stuff make my brain feel super tingley and foggy headed. I could see maybe a pubescent 17 year old, but a 30 year old? This medication is a curse. Who would have thought that acne would have caused these scares on a 30 year old…. ![]() It makes me really sad to look in the mirror and see those scares. The cysts have caused red blemishes all over my face and I have some deep scarring on my right cheek. The cystic acne is mainly on my chin, jawline, and cheeks. While I don’t have much acne on my forehead, I have severe acne on my cheeks, around my jawline, and around my mouth and chin. It’s extremely oily throughout the day, so I have to continually blot with toilet paper. These days I’m still on 20 mgs of escitalopram, and my skin is the worst it’s been ever. ![]() However, I always had a little acne do I never put two and two together. I started on 20 mgs regular lexapro in college, in 2004, was on that until about 2010.somewhere around that time I believe my health insurance carrier United Health care would no longer cover the regular Lexapro, only the generic stuff called escitalopram, and i believe that is when my skin started breaking out horribly. And even when my skin clears up and I feel beautiful I’ll still be crying and alone and struggling with college. I’m not even stressed because the lexapro keeps me calm and carefree. But I don’t have an appointment for months. I see a dermatologist for my skin as it is. I want to take a medicine that will help my depression but the acne is too much. I’m going to talk to a doctor about is asap. Lexapro has cured my every problem but made my skin look absolutely awful. But whenever I get off it time goes by and I go back to crying and thinking and over-thinking and thinking more and not being able to sleep at all I have terrible insomnia. I’ve taken lexapro on and off for years and that sounds bad but I’ve just wanted to get off it. I’m not going to cry because there’s not enough emotion available but why is the world so cruel to have made the perfect medicine for me, except my face is AWFUL. Now everyone on this page knows how lexapro makes you feel and I’m assuming everyone wasn’t exactly overwhelmingly depressed while reading this but I am near tears. ![]() I’ve had acne problems for over 6 years, which for me is unbelievable and sad to think about, but it has never been worse. I started lexapro 2 months ago and my skin is TERRIBLE. ![]()
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