Anyone completly just got over this and still stayed on the medication?? If so how long did it take for you?
2007-04-02 00:20:35 · 4 answers · asked by Huggie Bear 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
I had the loss of libido for close to 2 months after starting Lexapro. BUT, I had already lost most of it anyway due to the insane depression I fell into in the 4 months before I got on the meds. My dosage was raised to 20 mgs around the 6 week mark, I began to feel better with in 2 weeks and my libido began to feel more normal again. Possibly because I was finally feeling better. I haven't had much of a problem since although I have that feeling like I can go without sex for a long time but once it's initiated, I have no problems with orgasms or anything.
Zoloft was the antidepressant that killed my libido in a very annoying way. I wanted to have sex a lot but had such a difficult time having an orgasm that I 'gave up' a lot and got angry. It also wasn't helping much with my depression and it certainly did nothing for my anxiety.
2007-04-03 06:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 06:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I had a loss of libido while on lexapro. It's a common side effect and it was one of the reasons I stopped taking it. If you like the lexapro, try adding wellbutrin to it. Or you could just take wellbutrin on its own, but lexapro is a better antidepresant. Wellbutrin is good for giving you energy.
Some people take a pill holiday on the weekends. They stop the lexapro on thursday/friday and start it again on sunday so they can have sex on the weekend. This doesn't lessen the antidepressant effect.
2007-04-02 14:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Rockford 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does? Excuse my ignorance, but my wife has been on Lexapro for a year, but we don't have sex anymore, so I never knew.
2007-04-02 01:30:49 · answer #4 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a common side effect of anti-depressants, it may take a little time but hang in there, i know it took me a while, if the drug is working then be patient because half the battle is finding one that works for you
2007-04-02 01:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by Krystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your Doctor to switch you to the antidepressant, Wellbutrin. The ads for it on tv claim to have no sexual side effects.
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2016-04-01 12:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋