User Reviews for Lexapro to treat Anxiety. The following information is NOT intended to endorse drugs or recommend therapy. While these reviews might be helpful, they are not a substitute for the expertise, skill, knowledge and judgement of healthcare practitioners in patient care. Lexapro received an overall rating of 7 out of 10 stars from 2842 reviews. See what others have said about Lexapro, including the effectiveness, ease of use and side effects. I have never been on it, but I have been on other SSRIs like Lexapro. I am big proponent of medications like these as long as you combine it with talk therapy. Remember, meds like these will not cure you of anything in the long term, but they are useful while you learn about your anxiety in my experience with this. For me, it did take about a month or so to kick in, and it did raise my. Anyway, I had a great reaction to Lexapro. They told me it would take a few weeks for it to get up to dose in my bloodstream, but I tend to be very sensitive to meds and I noticed a lot of good during the very first week. In fact, I started having awesome happy dreams that continued every night for the first couple weeks -it was like meeting an old, best friend -type dreams. Lexapro does a great job lifting depression and definitely helps with anxiety. I highly recommend this SSRI over Zoloft, which I was on for about 2 years. I also like the fact that the dosing of this med is much lower than that of Zoloft. Great experience with Lexapro. Helps with some of my anger too. It seems to slowly be getting better, but any advice from someone with Lexapro experience would be great. Hypertension is very uncomfortable, never thought I would get to experience this. Oh yeah, and the doctors told me that the symptoms I am experiencing are not possible. They really need to learn a little more. Not possible, more like Unlikely. Escitalopram, sold under the brand names Cipralex and Lexapro among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. Escitalopram is mainly used to treat major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. It is taken by mouth. Having said that, lexapro does have a reputation for both weight gain and sexual side effects. I took it briefly but had to stop after about a month because it gave me terrible insomnia. I took it briefly but had to stop after about a month because it gave me terrible insomnia.