"250lbs, 6&#039;2, male.. am taking 5mg lexapro for about a week, and either it is this or the lamictal (100mg), but i&#039;ve experienced reduced anxiety, i was wondering if it just reduces the anxiety or also reduces the symptoms because i still get pounding  and increased heart beat, my blood pressure is usually 20 points high, i take lisinopril and used to get 120/80 , now i get 140/80 with the lisinopril, lexapro and lamictal. other things i&#039;ve heard is if you go off lamictal cold turkey, you&#039;ll get seizures. i&#039;m staying on 5mg, i figure if the dose is upped, it overloads the system and is maybe what leads to tolerance, so i&#039;m staying with a small dose until i feel ready to up it."