Something is starting to make sense. When I started drinking more than normal because of stess issues regarding my mother and my step-daughter, I started having anxiety attacks. I am a runner and I work out everyday but these attacks had control over me and they kept getting worse and worse and more frequent. They seemed to always hit me around the same time everyday. (11:00 ish) I went to a psychiatrist and she prescribed me lexapro. Of course I wasn't honest with my alcohol consumption because I was not honest with myself at that time. Now that I have faced myself it makes me wonder if the drinking causes panick attacks? Or is common knowledge. I am really struggling with taking lexapro every day.