Posted by aloe on August 7, 2003, at 9:28:37
In reply to re: lexapro's sexual and anxiety side effects, posted by guyndenver on August 6, 2003, at 0:47:55
Hi all-
I just found this group while I was doing some investigating into the drugs my doc has me trying. It's been helpful to see the posts, but I've got to tell you that I am now doubtful if I want to take this stuff at all. He started me on 5 mg lexapro for depression and anxiety, and had me up the dose to 10 mg after a week or so of no results. I felt so good! Finally! Only one little problem.. anorgasmia. Talk about mental torture. I'm too young! But otherwhise I felt so happy and wonderful. I told my doc and he suggested I stop the lexapro and try Effexor XR. Normal sexual function returned for about two days while I had stopped the lexapro and was starting the effexor xr. I've been on the effexor xr (I'm at 150mg now, working up to 225 mg) for about a week now and haven't had a chance to check out the sexual side effects, but after reading all the horrible side effects of effexor xr and how giving the lexapro a couple weeks seemed to help I'm now so confused about if I should have switched. I've been down in the dumps since I switched a week ago, but I guess I should give Effexor SR some time. Then again, from reading the Effexor posts it sounds like I'm stuck on this stuff for the rest of my life unless I want horrible withdrawal effects. Now I'm thinking I'd rather just be depressed instead of being an anorgasmic AD addict. Has anyone else gone through this? Sorry to ramble, but I'm new to this anti-depressant meds stuff. Any input would be wonderful.
poster:aloe
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