I hope you got some sleep Sandy. I went to my doc back in January specifically to ask about trying Lexapro. I had been talking to a friend in the U.S. about some of the stuff I was going through and all the ADs that hadn't worked for me. Her FIL is a pdoc and he suggested Lexapro. That was the first time I had heard of it. So, I asked my doc about it and she said it's called Cipralex here and it is quite new. She thought it might work well for me because I had done quite well on Celexa and Cipralex/Lexapro is a derivative of Celexa.

Lexapro is supposed to give similar effects to Celexa but at a lower dose... so, fewer side effects. I have found that to be true so far. The lethargy side effect on Lexapro isn't nearly as bad as what I experienced on Celexa... and I'm also not gaining weight like I did on Celexa (in fact, I'm losing weight).

P.S. You mentioned you were on Prozac. That's one of the ADs I have never tried. My sister has been on Prozac off and on for many years and I don't like the way I see it affecting her personality. She is much more temperamental and argumentative and unpredicatable when she's on Prozac. Sometimes, she's her usual self (thoughtful and real and lovely) but other times... OMG! She's so sensitive and easily offended and she responds to those feelings with aggression... going on the attack... being rude to salespeople and waitstaff, etc. She spends a lot of time being SO angry at everyone, but she doesn't realize it's out of character for her and that it only happens when she's on Prozac. She also goes on wild spending sprees and then gets depressed afterwards. Fortunately, she's quite well off financially, so she's not risking financial ruin for her family, but it is a problem that she gets upset about. So, all that behaviour scares me. I didn't want to try Prozac myself because I was afraid it would affect me in the same way. I know it works very well for some people, though.