"i&#039;m a 30 yr old female. recently i got promoted at work to a more stressful and pressured role, i also found out that my partner of 12yrs has been having an affair. i&#039;ve turned to therapy and lexapro to help me through this time. i&#039;ve only been on it for a week and have already experienced an improvement. i started with 5mg, will move up to 10mg in a week. my issues were-social anxiety and mild depression, i&#039;d say my anxiety has decreased by 60%, psych said that i takes 3-6weeks for it to really kick in, so can&#039;t wait. the worst part for me was my doctor started me off on 20mg and for 2 days i had extreme anxiety and moderate depression, but i read through some positive posts and decided to soldier on with it and am so happy that i did."