"i encountered a bout of hypochondria when doctors couldn%u2019t diagnose some pain i was having.  slight worry turned into full-blown panic attacks and daylong anxiety.  with anxiety comes a bunch of physical symptoms and i was certain each one of those symptoms was more proof of me having some sort of undiscovered health condition, feeding into the anxiety.  my physician suggested i try going on lexapro for 6 months and i was at the end of my rope so i reluctantly agreed.  side effects were horrible but they went away and within 1 month of my first dose i was completley back to normal.  i&#039;ve now been off it for 6 months and its like my entire episode never happened.  lexapro saved my life."