Re: Lexapro for health anxiety
No AD is intrinsically better than the others, either generally, or for a specific condition (though clomipramine and fluvoxamine for OCD may be the exceptions), however, one or two are likely to be for an individual. Unfortunately, there are no reliable tests to determine which will be the most effective med for you Olivia except trial and error. There is a very good chance that escitalopram will work well and it and the chemically similar citalopram are generally the best tolerated SSRIs.
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