lexapro and burning skin

Has anybody been on Lexapro, and dealt with  bouts of  burning / skin crawling / itchy skin?

[gyp5ym00n]

I get burning skin from anxiety itself, no meds.

[xckgirl]

Hi lou yes burning skin and burning in the head and chest pain and numbness and tingling starts in my face and continues through my body. My psy said give the medicine time 6 wks but I can't continue on this way it has to not be the right one for me. Been on it 3wks but weaned off of paxil and wasn't sure if it were paxil withdrawl (withdrawal) or the lexapro affects. Tonight I timed it took it earlier than I normally do and after an hour began the numbing sensation and burning it got stronger and stronger and now its not as bad 3 hrs later. How long have u been on it? How many mg?

[lou52]

I am on day 3 of 20mg. I started out on a lower dose and am working up. W hen I start to increase the strength, I have more anxiety and am more jumpy,  I will see the dr. in 10 days, and if it has not subsided by then, I'll tell him. He also switched me from xanax .5, to lorazepam .5 mg. Although I don't think it is the Lorazepam.
My burning only lasts about 15 min. so far.

[Piper222]

I have burning skin all over also from anxiety - Lyrica is really suppose to help with this also Cymbalta.  Have you tried either of these.  Lorazepam use to help but I became tolerant of it and am now weaning off.  It's hard I was on 5 mg a day and am now down to 2.5 mg.  Try not to use it if you don't have to as you do become tolerant and will need more.  Ativan (Lorazepam is short acting and doesn't stay in your system very long.  They say 6 hrs.  Sounds like your anxiety isn't too bad.  Mine started off very severe.

[lou52]

My neuro. had me try Lyrica, for my feet and palm pins and needle pain, but it made me too dizzy, so I am on neuronton for that. I went to the psyc. to get off xanax. I will do what he says, as far as new meds are concerned. He knows what I want to do, but he feels my anxiety has gone on for too many years, that I'll need to be on something, so we are trying Lexapro. I was just increased to 20mg. for 5 days, and had to call him , my skin was crawling and I was sooo ansey. He dropped me back down to 10 mg.   We'll keep trying! I don't know when we'll try to remove the lorazepam.

[bones522]

I have taken Lexapro, Paxil, and Pristiq for anxiety. I never experienced burning down my arms and in my chest and stomach until I tried these different meds. My doctor told me that the medications could have raised my serotonin level to high, and that could have contibuted to the burning. I have had many panic attack attacts in the past, but never experienced the burning sensations before. I'm still looking for the answer. I do alot of research on my own and have educated myself in this area. keep reading everything you can about anxiety. It helps to see that you are not alone.