I don't have severe depression but I've always had anxiety so thought I needed a pill since almost everyone I know is on something. Lexapro helped me also but I gained more weight on it, also, just with every medication, the dose will have to eventually increase throughout the years. Then another medication will prob be introduced. Where does that end? That's what scared me. After my traumatic experience in the last month with several different medications prescribed to me and me having adverse reactions, I don't want to run to a pill ever again. My anxiety was nothing compared to the reaction I just had to Zoloft. I've never had panic attacks, major heart palpations, high blood pressure, uncontrolled body jerking, inability to transition into sleep, numbness/tingling, body spasms, inability to walk like I did on Zoloft. I look back and realize that I can manage my anxiety in other ways and I refuse to be another victim/customer of the pharmaceutical companies. We need to take back the control and realize that we have the power to change our own mental health through exercise, nutrition, natural remedies, supplements and counseling. We also need a good support group around us, even if it's just a spouse or a close friend. I'm learning this more and more. The doctors will give you a pill and call it a day but you can give yourself way more than that.