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Mar 13, 2015, 11:43 AM
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Hi, been taking escitalopram 5mg since monday, upped to 10mg today. i had sleeping problems so at night i take also quetiapine 25mg which helped me good to fall asleep. but since yesterday i get enormous restless legs and cant fall asleep anymore. can escitalopram cause restless legs or is it the combination with quetiapine? i hope the escitalopram soon starts to work against my stress and depression so i can put aside the quetiapine anyway.
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Mar 13, 2015, 11:51 PM
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Some other people described restless legs - I have no experience with that.
Here are the links to Psych Central posts or blogs. Psych Central - Search results for Escitalopram cause restless legs
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Mar 14, 2015, 12:21 AM
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I have never never experienced that as a symptom before, but of course, everyone is different.
I hope this med starts working well for you! (It's been a great one for me with little side effects compared to some others.)
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