Hi I male 20 years old, I was suffering from palpitations so I consulted a physician who prescribed me clonazepam &escitalopram oxalate, the very day when I took this medicine at night and went to sleep, then I woke up at 3: 30 at that time I was feeling heavy headed and weakness, is this side effects of medicine and I should stop taking it.

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