I am wondering this because zoloft helped me a little bit but switched to lexapro because it made me full emotionally flat. has lexapro helped anyones social anxiety symptoms?

It worked well for me Street. After the 6-8 week build up period it got rid of my severe agoraphobia and OCD and made me able to do what I couldn't before - drive a car, talk to people outside my immediate family, go into stores (small and large). It GREATLY decreased my anxiety and panic attacks. It generally made me brave street. That's what it felt like. Brave and that things were easy to do that use to be impossible (like driving and talking to people).

thank you sooo much, that was the answer I was hoping for!!! ive only been taking it about 3 weeks, 20 mg a day, so im gonna give it some time. what is ur daily dose and how long did it take it to start workin for you? also, did u feel emotionally numb?

I was on 10 mgs a day for a while and that was when my symptoms I mentioned disappeared. I am now on 20 mgs a day just because a new psych I see to manage my meds changed it, I don't know why, I don't think she knows why. I've noticed no improvement from the increase.
It took the whole damn 8 weeks to kick in! And I am the MOST impatient person in the world so it was REALLY hard for me to wait, I was all whiney and complaining that I didn't feel any relief from day one. LOL! Poor E-boy. hehe
YES! I did feel emotionally numb for a while after it kicked in, which scared me too. But my body (or mind?) adjusted to it. Althought, I used to have one effect of being a basket case that I liked - I would have occasional moments of ridiculously insanely giddy moments, like I was super duper duper happy. They'd never last long because any little thing that hurt my feelings would burst them, and in that state I was extremely sensitive to getting my feelings hurt. So they'd never last more than 30 minutes before someone said something that hurt my feelings and sent me spiraling down from insane joy to very hurt depression. I really missed those happy giddy moments though, as I never could reach a very high happiness level in my life. I was told that with my chemical depression my Happy-O-Meter didn't go near as high as normal people's.
And that, my dear, is waaay more info than you asked for :D

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