I was on Lexapro to start with because of my anxiety. It wasn't until I saw a pdoc that I got diagnosed with bipolar as well as anxiety. He has kept me on Lexapro for now as I'm still gradually increasing my Lamictal dosage but I believe the plan is to slowly taper off the Lexapro once the Lamictal is at a level dose...but I'm really not sure of what the future holds. I also take klonopin daily to help with my obsessive thoughts that are either related to the anxiety or the bipolar or both.