Like many of you, I've always dealt with some form of anxiety. As I've gotten older, it's only become worse. It typically revolves around my health, so when I had a minor (in retrospect) health scare earlier this year it sent me into a tailspin. I was in a really bad place for a while and I made an appointment to see a psychiatrist.

After we determined that I indeed have anxiety issues as well as a light sprinkling of depression and OCD-related symptoms, I was prescribed 5 mg of Lexapro. I took my first dose a few hours ago, and so far so good.

I'm hoping that the Lexapro will have an ancillary benefit of making me a bit more comfortable in social situations. I imagine feeling less anxiety in general will help significantly with this, despite the fact that social anxiety is not what sent me to the doctor in the first place.

Are any of you taking SSRIs? Care to share your experiences?