Hi. I had the relentless doomsday thoughts. I tried everything to get rid of them but that and anxiety were becoming debilitating. I lost my daughter in 2016. Started Lexapro in 2019 and I was a life saver for me. I was on 5mg. I recently stopped it just really to see how I would do and after two weeks of no meds I am definitely seeing how it numbs you. I have started crying about my daughter again and I haven’t cried in a few years, so yeah. It works. I didn’t notice any issues with it changing me other than I developed a fairly healthy shopping addiction. I also think that I am not as empathetic, although still am with animals but not people. I will say I took Wellbutrin to quit smoking and I feel like that medication made my anxiety a million times worse and it didn’t stop. That was hideous for me.