"i&#039;m a college student, but ever since high school i&#039;ve been suffering from depression and anxiety. once i started taking lexapro my senior year of high school it immediately helped with the depression immensely. i was less irritable and not so emotional all the time but as for the anxiety, it only helped very little. right now, my anxiety is through the roof and i find myself stressing over every little thing. a lot of the times on the verge of tears. so for depression, lexapro&#039;s an 8, but for anxiety i can only rank it about a 4."