Side effects

So, in my recent searches for all things Lexapro related, I have come across some pretty shady stuff, some of which was positively shocking to me.  The main thing I found so shocking was the side effect list I found here: http://www.theroadback.org/lexapro_side_effects.aspx

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!  Okay, now whatever this "The Road Back" program is, I have no idea, nor do I intend to buy their book or anything to do with it, however, this list of side effects is amazing to me, and here's why:

1. Excessive sweating/night sweats.  Are you kidding me????  I get major night sweats and have since I was in my early twenties.  Hmmmm......started taking it at age 22.  Interesting.  I have always wondered about that, because I also tend to sweat a lot when I get hot (I get hot very easily).  I never used to sweat like that.  But again, this has been ten years--I just never thought about it.
2. Irregular heartbeat.  I have been told by doctors that I have an irregular heartbeat.
3. Carpal tunnel symdrome.  This is a BIG one!  I had bilateral carpal tunnel surgery in 2007.  In my former life I groomed dogs, and figured my carpal tunnel syndrome to be a result of that (gripping clippers and brushes (left hand), scissoring (right hand), squeezing nail clippers).  My five year career came to an end because of it (I hated it anyway, but still.....) and I tried everything before I finally got surgery.  It was awful.
4. Migraines.  I get those too--ouch.
5. Restless legs syndrome.  Okay, now I have literally never told anyone about this--not even my husband--because I feel like it's so ridiculous.  Everyone (including my husband and myself) makes fun of those commercials so bad--it's like "get some excercise!  Stretch your legs!  Damn!  They have a pill and a 'syndrome' for everything!"  But at night sometimes, no matter how much I have or have not walked, stretched or exercised, I get this feeling like I have to move my legs and stretch them when I am sitting on the couch.  It's a feeling I can't really explain, and nothing seems to help until I lay flat and stretch out and go to sleep.  I never say anything, because it's not all that bad--but still!!!
6. Weight gain.  I'm fat.  The end.
7. Nighttime teeth clenching/grinding.  Another thing I've been doing since my early twenties.  At times it was so bad that I had to wear a hockey guard to bed.

Okay.  Now, could most of these symptoms have been caused by other things?  Perhaps.  I guess I will find out if they stop or go away after I have it completely out of my system.  Interesting.