I've been on Lexapro since February. I started off on 5mg and worked my way up to 10mg over a 3 or 4 week period. I felt very nauseous and had acid reflux and headaches for the first couple of weeks, but within a few weeks those side effects went away. It has worked extremely well on my anxiety. I haven't had a panic attack since I started taking it and I've been able to almost completely give up the Clonazepam I was taking for anxiety. I'm getting out socially a lot more, have been dating, and have had no problems handling a new, much more demanding job. My depression has also lifted. I've been losing weight since I started taking it too. I'm 12 pounds lighter than I was in February... and that's a good thing.

My only complaint about it is that I feel more brain-foggy and have more trouble concentrating and am even more disorganized and forgetful than usual. I seem to have that reaction to just about every SSRI, though... I think I might have ADD and SSRIs just exacerbate the symptoms so I'm going to talk to my doc about that. Over all, though, Lexapro has been the best SSRI I've tried.

Good luck! I hope it works well for you.