"i personally had a horrible experience with escitalopram. i was admitted to a hospital  because of a severe depressive episode. i was feeling that i was in a very dark place where everyone is going to abandon me, on top of depression i also felt extreme anxiety. it was my first time in the hospital for depression and i have never tried antidepressants before. they game me escitalopram (10mg) and abilify (1mg). for about an hour after taking the pills i felt more apathetic - which was better than i felt before but after one hour passed, i started to feel very nauseous and my heart rate increases, i felt that i was going to have a panic attack. for several hours i felt extreme fear, worse than before and i threw up several times."