I have been perscribed to lexapro and havent taken it yet. how serious are the sexual side effects?

Answer 1

What are Lexapro's Typical Side Effects:

Pretty much the usual for SSRIs

* headache
* nausea
* dry mouth
* sweating
* sleepiness or insomnia
* diarrhea or constipation
* weight gain
* loss of libido

Most everything but the weight gain and loss of libido usually goes away within a couple of weeks. The odds are just lower than the other SSRIs and the effects less severe, even the weight gain and sexual problems tend to be not as bad with Lexapro . When Lexapro does hit you sexually it tends to be anorgasmia, i.e. you can't orgasm, no matter how much romance and/or porn is involved. In the prudish language of PI sheets and clinical trials, anorgasmia affects only women. With men the problem is listed as an "ejaculation disorder."

Answer 2

ejaculation disorder, impotence, anorgasmia and decreased libido...so basically you might not get it up...if you do it might take you a long time to get back down... and thats if you get in the mood. The real question here is about the other side effects. This can give you sinus troubles, sleeping problems, extreme weight lose or gain, lots of muscle pain, rash and SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR. Please be careful...every side effect doesnt happen with all patients...but it could happen! (this includes the sexual side effects as well) Be careful ok? if you start to feel like its too much...stop and call the doctor! and ask a family to help monitor your behaviors...sometimes we dont see our own depression getting worse. so it is good to have a "sponser" if you will, to help "keep an eye out"

good luck!

Answer 3

I do not want ot scare you , but this drug, out of all of the SSRI"s that I took over a 15 year period was the strangest one. On thing that you should know about it is this. It will stay in your body for up to two years after you stop taking it. It had side effects on me that included, sleep at the drop of a hat, streamers in my vision, sexual side effects that I do believe carry on till this day (Three years later), loss of memory, (again, I think that this still persists) sleep rhythm problems. I would not take it again unless I had someone to drive me everywhere I went. I was menace on the road. I could not see things right. Spacial deformation. It effects your judgment in derogatory ways.
Good luck with this.

Answer 4

I've taken Lexapro earlier than with out a sexual part results. I've not ever had a cut down in intercourse force because of any healing. It probably a traditional part end result, however it is all involving the character's tolerance to the drug.

Answer 5

Lexapro's Not So Common Side Effects include:

lethargy
apathy
generally not giving a damn
The above may all read as interchangeable, but there are subtle differences. And while they are also common to other SSRIs, with Lexapro these tend to be less common, but when they do hit they hit hard. I'm talking antipsychotic hard. Rarely have I read complaints of the zombification effect with other antidepressants, except the usual whining of the bipolar who miss their manias. Fortunately, just as with the antipsychotics, the zombie-like feeling passes within a couple weeks, at most.

I've also read several accounts of jaw tightening and clenching. To the point of temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ). Sometimes dental appliance intervention is required (e.g. wearing a mouth guard at night).
These may or may not happen to you don't, so don't be surprised one way or the other.



Lexapro's Freaky Rare Side Effects: Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) hasn't been on the market long enough for the really freaky side effects to come out, so we're stuck with uncontrolled eye movement and excessive discharge of breast milk when there shouldn't be any breast milk at all. As in for both men and women. It's noted that in the clinical trials someone on Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) complained that their muscle tone increased. There's no pleasing some people. The Israeli package insert warns of "exaggerated gaiety." But I thought one was either born flaming or it came from watching too many episodes of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and getting a Carmen Miranda toaster oven during the recruitment period. Or something like that.
You aren't going to get these. I promise.

For all side effects, read the PI sheet. Hell, read all of them below and really indulge your cyberchondria.



Interesting Stuff About Lexapro Your Doctor Probably Won't Tell You: Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) hasn't been on the market long enough for anything really interesting to come to the surface yet. Again, in spite of it being much more potent and selective than Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) , PubMed keeps returning Celexa for all my searches. Even the PI sheet points out stuff on Celexa. Probably for good reason, as this pooled analysis of over 1,600 people in double-blind studies comparing Lexapro with either placebo or Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) concludes. The hypothesis: "Escitalopram is the active isomer of the antidepressant citalopram. In theory single-isomer drugs may be superior but few have been found to have clinically significant advantages." And what did they find? "On the evidence available to us the manufacturer's claims of superiority for escitalopram over citalopram are unwarranted. The Swedish and Danish drug regulatory authorities reached similar conclusions." So if you're paying full retail for Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) and Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) is cheaper, you may want to try the Celexa first.

One thing I did find, which makes Lexapro stand out among all the meds we discuss here: if the early side effects suck, just move on. Really, don't stick it out. Apparently Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) turns out to be no better than placebo with bad side effects. Not mild side effects, just really suck-*** ones.

Answer 6

All of them have some sexual side effects but after taking them a while your body adjust.

Answer 7

another money making drug u have to force yourself into believing works. get a new doc that will prescribe something that works like avian,Librium,Valium, etc. some pain killers do justice to. anyway shows how much your doc values u as a patient.taking lexapro is like taking nothing at all.

Answer 8

Everyone responds to meds differently, but usually the side affects do go away.