"like many others i suffer from general anxiety on and off for 10 year and this past winter it got the best of me to the point that i couldn&#039;t function. i used xanax 0.5 up to 3 times per day for that episode but that is not the long term solution that i wanted. so i was put on escitalopram 10mg and holy crap it gave me my life back. the first 3 weeks were tough with the nausea, sweating, insomnia, mood swings. but if you can stick it out the 3-5th week i noticed a gradual and significant improvement in mood and ability to control thought.since week 5 i have been what i consider totally normal for the past 7 months.  i encourage anyone going through this to hang in there it will get better. listen to your doctors."