"please, please give it a chance to work. the first week my anxiety ramped up. a few days in i was so sick in the morning i was concerned i may be pregnant (nope, the meds did it). but the nausea subsided and the anxiety slowed down and at about 5 weeks in it was basically gone. xanax helped, but i no longer need it now. prior to this i felt like the walls were closing in on me. i couldn&#039;t focus and i was filled with terror and unreality. lexapro made these symptoms go away. i don&#039;t have constant thoughts and i don&#039;t live &#039;in my head&#039;. please give it a chance. stick it out, i promise it worth it,  if you felt anything like i did you deserve to feel better and it saved me from the looney bin. i have my life back. 5 mgs. to start and now on 10"