Hi, this is my first post as well, but I have 3 years of experience with Lexapro under my belt, and I have started on it 3 times. Each time I experienced the worst panic attacks I had ever had. The first time I went on it my pdoc told me to expect this, and the first two times I was in close proximity to xanax which I dissolved under my tongue (works faster, tastes gross). Eventually it did go away and I was completely panic free no matter what I did.
This pdoc told me to take a low dosage right after breakfast and that was supposed to help...but I noticed no difference.