"i started taking lexapro 2 years ago. i have always had bad nerves , but when my daughter graduated high school, i was suffering from the &quot;empty nest syndrome&quot;. lexapro really helped me alot and the only fall back for me was my weight gain. i went from size 10 to 16 . i am going off from the medicine now and i think that i will do okay and if i ever have to go back on something it would be this. good luck!"