HELP! Enlarged Pupils from Lexapro!

hry33

see a doc or pharmacist , ask him to look at your eyes and see if he agrees with you, if so stop the lexapro and try some other med

bobafett573

do you notice your pupils somewhat "throb" a little? this is really the first time i looked at my eyes closely in the mirror. i just am really nervous and if someone could just go run to their bathroom or bedroom mirror real quick and tell me if yours do that i'd be much calmer. i have enough anxiety right now and i'm starting to feel an attack coming on. can someone just please check real quick!?!?

OtakuTess

first of all, call your doctor if it really seems a huge problem. But to maybe calm you a little in the mean time... I have felt the same concern. I will look in the mirror and think "God, my pupils look huge. Maybe I am going crazy. Cause if you do psychadellic drugs your pupils dialate... I wonder if they will get stuck like that. Am I hallucinating RIGHT NOW?" General worry, you know. Personally, if there's no mention of that as a side effect, then you could just be letting the whole thing get to you... Because when I've experienced the exact same fear you seem to be having, well, it really turns out to be nothing. It's possible that the mirrors you are looking at have different lighting at different times... simply being in a dim room can make your pupils look huge when there's really nothing wrong with you.

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Soulcatcher

My personal opinion is you need to relax. I am on 30mgs of Lexapro and I don't think I have ever thought about looking at my eyes. If your newly on Lexapro you may wake up early at first until it is fully in your system. I personally don't think it's that strong of a drug. I did have a side effect from Effexor and that was severe sweating and out of breath easily. But nothing with Lexapro. You may just find out that without so much anxiety and stress that was a bit relieved from the Lexapro that your body just doesn't need as much sleep as it once did. Your body goes off of what you train it to do. You have to go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time. If you fluxuate then it will change. You sound like you might be causing yourself undue stress worrying about nothing. Do call your doctor about it but your on such a low low dose that side effects like that are probably slim to none. Good luck.

bobafett573

thanks for all your replies. this morning is seems like my pupils are a bit better (it's only day 3 though on the drugs). this is my first SSRI drug. i'm only 17 so i haven't lived long enough to try different things. i read one post in another thread that just said to ignore ALL side effects for the first 1-2 weeks and then see how you are. i think i'm gonna try that. i think i'm feeling more side effects from my increased anxiety over taking the meds rather than side effects from the medicine itself. i'll repost here if it doesn't go away or bothers me a ton. probably wouldn't hurt to call a pharmacist too.