I have been taking lexapro for a whole year now. I am lucky to have just minor side effects and it helped me a lot. But I am starting to think I have been taking it for too long. I know I should ask a doctor to know understand it better but I want to know from somebody who was going through the same as me. Actually, the only thing I fear is that my constipation will come back if I quit taking meds. This was the reasong why I started taking them. Anxiety made me really constipated and I hated it too much.