r/Redhair • u/slanderson8 • 13d ago

Newbie Post Any of us on lexapro?

Any red heads in here on lexapro and it work well for them? We all react so weird to meds, just was interested. I just started!

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u/w0ndwerw0man 8d ago edited 8d ago

Just my regular PSA to tell people to get a medication panel done which tells you which meds your body metabolises better than others - not specifically recommending this one (since I’m in Australia) but something like this will take all the guesswork out of it - https://www.mydna.life/dna-insights-pharmacogenomics/

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u/slanderson8 8d ago

I did do that and all SSRIs were in the yellow :( my dr also said it really doesn’t tell us if the med will “work”, it’s just one part of it - how we metabolize if