"i am a 27 yr old, 5&#039;5&quot;, 105 lbs female. i started taking escitalopram a month back for my panic attacks due to agoraphobia. at first started with 5 mg a day along with 0.5mg etizolam for 2 weeks which didn&#039;t make any difference. then my psychiatrist increased the dosage to 10mg a day along with 2.5mg clobazam (frisium). i can now go out of my house without having a panic attack but a slight anxiety is still there. once by mistake i took two 10mg tablets (i thought i was taking two 5mg tablets from the older strip) and when i went out that day i didn&#039;t feel even the slightest bit of anxiety. later i realized i had taken 20mg. it&#039;s been 2 weeks now on the 10mg dosage and no weight gain. in fact i lost 2lbs. just need to ask for higher dose."