I was in a mixed state when I tried it. I didn't have a bipolar diagnosis at the time, so no mood stabilizer, AP, etc.

Welp, 2 weeks after being on it, I went totally manic.

I'm still on the med, but that's because I can't get off it! I get severely depressed and suicidal every time I try to go off. EVERY TIME. Tried 3 times in the span of 1.5 years... Still can't get off it.

My pdoc actually took me OFF the lexapro when he found it made me manic, and that just made the crash EVEN WORSE. Had to go back on it ASAP. (Though sometimes I wonder if I should have just said 'no' to going back on it... because the withdrawal each time gets worse and worse.)

So anyway, now I take a subtherapuetic dose with a mood stabilizer and AP. Even the subtherapuetic dose helps a bit, but I still would like to be off it.