Escitalopram (Lexapro), has anyone tried this?

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I have suffered from poor mental health for most of my life but I have never felt as bad as I have these last few years.

I have so much going on in my life and feel that if I continue propping up everyone else in my life I am soon going to have a breakdown. I also have so many physical issues from all of this stress including a bad tummy every day and despite endless tests and trying everything to calm my bad digestive system nothing is helping. I do need to try an antidepressant but I am petrified to do so. I tried Sertraline in the past and had awful diarrhoea as a result that experience has put me off antidepressants.

My doctor has suggested Escitalopram, starting with a 10mg tablet and she suggested halving it and going in low and slow in the first few weeks.

Does anyone have any experience of this drug? I truly need something before I go absolutely crazy, I am struggling to keep all of my plates spinning in the air right now.

I am on 20mg for anxiety and it has been brilliant for me, life changing.

I took it for two years for anxiety and it honestly saved me! That was ten years ago.

Good luck OP, it does get better.

I take it and have found it amazing, changed my life. I had previously tried Prozac and hated it. Escitalopram is completely different for me.

Thanks everyone, as scared as I am to try it I'm going to have to. I'll start in a couple of weeks when I have a week off work.

Fingers crossed.