Lexapro
depression
"I have anxiety and depression. 43yr old white male, healthy. I was hesitant to take any medication but having lived with low>mid level generalized anxiety disorder my whole life, I was tired of it and the ways that anxiety compromised my life and created depression.  Take 10mg.  Took a few weeks for it to work but has made a real positive difference.  It's like the anxiety gas-pedal which was usually pressed ON has been reduced significantly, but very subtle.  I still feel the full range of emotions. Just the background anxiety "hum" and the bad habits and destructive thinking that anxiety creates has been lessened.  Very few side effects-delayed ejaculation (not a bad thing), vivid dreams (fine with that).  Work in creative field, worried about getting numbed out, but that doesn't happen."