Mars:

My mother takes Lexapro and my sister did take Lexapro but stopped because she could no longer afford it. Both say nothing but good things about it. Well my mother I do not trust, but my sister says good things about it. My sister-in-law also took it and it helped her tremendously. I am currently taking my second anti-depressant (Prozac) and Xanax for anxiety but I take .5 mg once a day, but I take them in halves. 1/2 at around 6 pm and then the other 1/2 at bedtime. Sometimes I need it more, like when I have panic attacks but my doc, unfortunately, has not allowed for that, so I get 30 pills a month and hope they last So far, so good.

Hope it works out for you. Usually the side effects, if there are any, and I had quite a few with the Prozac and ALOT with Wellbutrin, tend to go away around the 3rd week. Some of them lingered until the 4th, but now I'm right as rain

Take Care of yourself,
Kimberly.