"over a year ago, i was plagued by a 3 month bout of depression along with my daily battles with gad. by the end of the summer, i finally went to a psychiatrist. at first he put me on lexapro, which i thought would help because by boyfriend had been taking it. i immediately gained ten pounds in 2 months... with my history of an eating disorder in my childhood, this worsened my anxiety and also the lexapro wasn&#039;t really working well anyways. i finally switched to cymbalta. i began with a 30 mg dosage which began to put a smile on my face. its effect was subtle for about a month so we decided to up the dosage to 60mg. it was night and day. i was finally able to relax and i genuinely felt happy, almost like i could finally smell the roses."