Posted by lil' jimi on June 2, 2003, at 1:56:31
In reply to Lexapro Update, posted by Bill L on June 1, 2003, at 11:16:38
hi Bill L !
thanks for posting your update! ... i've only used lex for 3 months .... hoping you won't mind a few question, please ... ?
Bill L writes:
>> Lil Jim asked for my lex experience so far. I started on 20 mg (since I was on 60 mg Celexa) when lex first came out about 8 months a go. I have been doing great on it. I feel a bit sharper mentally than I did on Celexa.
>may i ask a few details of your history, please?:
... what were the symptoms originally?
... when did you begin celexa?
... why did you switch to lexapro?Bill L continues:
>> As for the daytime tiredness, I had it both on Celexa and lex but it has been gone ever since I started my dark chocolate treatment 10 weeks a go. I eat one serving ( 1 ounce) a day around 10 am and I do not feel like sleeping at my desk anymore. I'll post something soon on dark chocolate. Mars has developed a dark chocolate with a gtd minimum amount of flavinoids. Dove dark chocolate bars is the only product currently using it. Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure and lowers bad cholesterol. I have good results with Dove, but also with Hersheys dark.
>thanks for this info! ..... this i got to try!
for blkvettes benefit: these beneficial flavinoids are found only in the dark chocolate, NOT in milk chocolate, right Bill L?
.... how many calories in an ounce, Bill?
.... cholesterol?more from Bill L:
>> As for the sexual side effects, they are less with lex than celex, but still there to some extent. Taking yohimbine is a big help but causes jitteriness for a few hours.
>about the sexual SEs: i've read about three separate issues: decreased libido; erectile function; anorgasmia.
.... i take it that yours is libido decrease?a few days ago i noticed this post implying sexual SE (from another SSRI) recovery by using Claratin:
"FYI: Claritin and Sexual Dysfunction
Posted by JonW on June 8, 2002, at 15:36:48Hi all,
The latest Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Volume 63 June 2002 Number 6) includes a letter to the editor entitled "Fluoxetine-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Reversed by Loratadine. Russel V. Brubaker".
Jon"
thought it could be worth a try!
my specific interest in your experience is whether or not you have had any indication of "poop out"?
.... this remains of great concern to those of us beginning to have confidence in lexapro.thanks again for your post and best to you,
~ jim
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