I AM NEW TO PROGRAM AND HAVE BEEN TAKING LEXAPRO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND IT HAS BEEN GREAT AS FAR AS THE DEPRESSION. I STILL HAD MANIC EPISODES AND MY MIND WOULD NEVER STOP RACING AND WAS IN A SENSE VERY LOUD ALL THE TIME, SO TO SPEAK AND MOSTLY AT NIGHT. MY DOCTOR PUT ME ON A MOOD STABLEIZER ...