gw225 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Anyone out there successfully counteract the sexual side effects of Lexapro. Through a drug holiday or other med augmentation? For me, everything works down there except there is not much feeling and climax has no pleasure what so ever. Long story short, I will not be going off Lexapro. Please share your success stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD4010 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Wish I had a success story to share. My sex life is no more. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw225 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 42 minutes ago, JD4010 said: Wish I had a success story to share. My sex life is no more. :( What is your dose and what has been your experience on this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlee Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 I’ve been on lexapro for over 2 years now, same dose (10mgs) and I have no sex drive at all. I’ve had sex a few times these last few years but I don’t enjoy it like I used to and tbh would rather not do it. I assume this is a side effect of the drug (but I was raped a few years back so it could be that also) but everything works down there and I’ve been able to orgasm, but it doesn’t feel that great 🤷🏻♀️ Idk, it’s hard to say, I feel like I’m more sensitive down there, but it seems to hurt more rather than be pleasurable, idk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysmurf Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 3/18/2019 at 9:55 AM, gw225 said: Anyone out there successfully counteract the sexual side effects of Lexapro. Through a drug holiday or other med augmentation? For me, everything works down there except there is not much feeling and climax has no pleasure what so ever. Long story short, I will not be going off Lexapro. Please share your success stories. ssri's are known to do that... some people said trintellix has less sexual side effects than other SSRI's ..its the latest one on the market...but if you are using this only for depression, maybe try wellbutrin that has no sexual side effects..but it does not work for anxiety..or ask the doctor about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 You can add one of the following to help counteract the sexual side effects: trazodone nefazodone mirtazapine (watch out for weight gain) PDE5 inhibitors (like Cialis, Viagra but I wouldn't recommend that one because of its black box warnings, Levitra) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw225 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 If you have tried a drug holiday from Lexipro or Wellbutrin IR, or Buspar, or Zinc, please let me know if it helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sober4life Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Drug holidays can help but it's not a reasonable way to live. Someone wants to have sex today and our response is supposed to be something like give me a couple of days. Nobody is going to want to put up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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