"lexapro saved my life and saved my mind.  i have pure ocd and anxiety.  i tried other anxiety medications before and was ready to give up.  my primary doctor recommended i try lexapro. i started off at 10mg and started to feel better after a month or two but was still having compulsions from my ocd (although much fewer) so i asked my doctor to up my medication.  she put me on 20mg and i have been on 20mg for more than six months now.  my life has changed.  i have never felt so alive and so real.  i have never felt so sane.  i can function for the first time in ten years at the degree someone &quot;normal&quot; functions act."