don't believe that about Lexapro and side effects. That's just pharmaceutical company hype. I read on one website about meds that Lexapro is tolerated pretty well by most, but when it isn't it's really really bad. I'm on Lexapro, and it's pretty easy on me, but then, it doesn't work, either, so it's probably not being metabolized that well. Paxil worked better, but with tons of side effects, and then when I quit it killed me dead.