Sexual side effects
I have in the past had trouble with medications and their negative
sexual side effects, so far my experience with lexapro has been much
better, I was wondering if it does have any sexaul side effects that
I am not yet experiencing.
August 2nd, 2004 at 3:30 pm
I a a 35 year old male, been on Lexapro for about 7 months,
previously celexa for 2 years. I often experience a delayed orgasm
or none at all. I am able to get erect. My doc gave me viagra and
it works some of the time, but it’s very expensive and I don’t like
the idea of using it. I tried wellbutrin for a while along with the
lexapro to counteract the sexual side effects, but it didn’t work.
I’ve thought about taking some of the otc supplements such as Stamina
RX to help. But I’m a little nervous to do it unless it’s approved
by the FDA. Any thoughts or suggestions.
August 2nd, 2004 at 11:15 pm
I had the same problem with Lexapro and Celexa. I switched to Effexor, but the
problem did not change. On all three medications I added 400mg of Wellbutrin. It
helped a little, but I was still far from normal. My Dr. is now trying Buspar
which is used to counteract sexual side effects of SSRI’s. I have tried otc
stuff with mixed results. What has helped is l-arginine, tribulus teristis and
yohimbe in large doses. Adding ginko and ginseng seems to help as well but
again, it is nowhere near normal. I am wondering which is worse, depression or
its cure.
Rich
August 3rd, 2004 at 6:51 am
Buspar is an anti anxiety med that has been used successfully to treat sexual
side effects caused by SSRI meds, especially when Wellbutrin has not helped. If
you do a search on Buspar and sexual side effects of SSRI’s yo will find a great
deal of info. on this. One site is
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/SSRI-sexual-dysfunction.html
Wellbutrin’s top daily dose is 400 mg per day, so I was within the limits. It
really did nothing for me at all.
Rich
August 3rd, 2004 at 2:27 pm
Michael,
I just started it so I cannot tell if it will work yet, but from what I have
read I am hopeful. I am on 60mg per day in two 30mg doses. Ask for the generic
which is much cheaper than the brand name. Also, if your Dr. does not have
samples to give, you can get the generic cheaper than even Walmart at
www.drugstore.com, but it takes a while the first time.
Rich
August 9th, 2004 at 10:25 pm
Michael,
Sorry for the delay. We were on vacation for a week and just returned last
night. Yes, there has been much improvement, but I think it is because of a
combination of things, not just the Buspar. I have been taking 60 mg of Busparin
-
generic Buspar - in two 30 mg doses at morning and night. I have also been
using a combination of nutritional things I read about in a book called Viagra
Alternative I think, and these have really helped. My wife and I had sex three
times this week, and one time was twice within a 15 hr period!
OK, here they are:
L-arginine 500 mg 2x per day. Take especially before bed.
Yohimbe Bark 500 mg 3x per day. Be careful with this, you can OD with too
much. I did, causes chills, heart racing and peeing without stop. But, man, it
makes yo HARD and HORNY!
DHEA 50 mg 1x per day
Tribulis Teristis 625 mg 2x per day.
The Chinese herb combination called Better Man that you can get on-line.
All these are available at health food stores plus much more. Ginkgo Biloba
is helpful, as is zinc, Maca and Horny Goat weed, but I have found the above to
be the most helpful. The other thing I have done is try to relax and get
enough rest and exercise. I try not to stress out about not making it all the
time. I enjoy being inside my wife for a long time, and she loves it. I try to
think of this as about her and not about me. If I stop focusing on my lack of
feeling and just focus on her, kissing and making her happy I can sometimes just
come while seeing, hearing and feeling my wife getting pleasure.
I think one more thing is my wife is very understanding and loving, and she
tries to make me feel like I am still her hunk, no matter what. That helps a
whole lot.
If you have any more questions, please write.
Rich
February 24th, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Has anyone had a problem with sexual side effects on Lexapro? The
last time I took it reaching an O was a titanic effort (althoug my
wife liked it!), but it did not remove desire. Effexor has taken all
desire away and I am considerng getting back on Lexapro along with
400mg of Wellburtin. Has anyone tried this?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
This is a personal question-
but any sexual side effects with Lexapro?
Heidi
March 1st, 2006 at 6:38 am
Is anyone taking Wellbutrin XL to help there decrease in sex drive with the
Lexapro?
January 13th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Hello,
I’m currently taking the generic for Celexa.
The only side effect I have is that it takes forever
to reach orgasm and ejaculation.
Does anyone else have this problem? Doing anything about it?
Thanks for any reply.