"i am a 35 yr old female living with depression since 1989, taking medicines off and on since 1995- faithfully since 2007. lexapro has given me my life back. i am pursuing my personal interests again and have a better attention span. i am easier to deal with although i still have occasional outbursts of anger. i can leave the house, enjoy my family and friends 99.99% of the rest of the time. the breaking in period was difficult - i had diarrhea at 10 mg and when they upped my dose to 20mg i had vomiting too (so i took 10mg one day and 20mg the next for a week). no biggie-  side effects are temporary and the price of admission to my improved life."