"i&#039;ve been on 10mg lexapro for a couple weeks now and feel much more capable of keeping myself in check during &quot;tough&quot; situations.  this is my second time on this lexapro.  the first was a few years ago in what ultimately became a failed marriage.  now, happily remarried, to a supportive woman with gad, i am on it again.  this time though it is not my wife causing the the stress (good thing) and i think because of that, the medicine is working much more effectively, which brings me to my point.  unless you change the things in your life, your life will not change."