I know depression triggers feelings of pending doom, even worst. But what a situation is causing feelings and the situation can not change? Since the situation is constant, the emotions are equally constant, months, years, ect. Can Lexapro stop the downward spiral of painful emotions of pending doom "responding" to a current unchanging situation? This is not a situation where depression existed before, and not a situation where depression will continue if the situation was unchangeable. It is a constant emotional state of pending doom, well almost constant because the situation is directly causing the person emotional hurt. The person has no control over this situation. Will Lexapro help?