"so basically since i was around 20 (i&#039;m 36 now) i&#039;ve suffered from general anxiety and horrible panic attacks, really bad hypochondria. i&#039;ve gone to the hospital thinking i was dying of everything. i graduated from an ivy league college and suffered the entire time. finally i decided to bite the billet and try lexapro (brand name not generic). i started at 10mg and had a week of terrible side effects including: depression, couldn&#039;t cry, weird feelings hard to describe, insomnia, increased anxiety, fatigue, all around shaky feeling. i couldn&#039;t deal with it so i started to cut the pills in half to 5 mg- side effects went away except i have increased libido (it gets annoying). no panic attacks. still have anxiety a little tiny bit."