Posted by spagirlnj on November 23, 2003, at 7:53:55
In reply to Re: Lexapro, sleep, weight, and sex » spagirlnj, posted by contenta on November 19, 2003, at 19:28:03
Hello. sorry for the delay in getting in touch. i understand your frustration. i did have sexual side effects - but not too bad. meaning - it was just a little harder to climax. but that went away. i've heard the wellbutrin will help with that.
glad you did not have the itching.
on a positive note - i've been off any medication for almost 2 weeks, and i'm feeling good. i really learned a lot about managing my anxiety while on lexapro. it did a lot to show me what it even felt like to not have as many "racing" thoughts. and identify moments that were anxiety drivin. my case is mild - and i know i'll always have to stay on top of it. mostly i will catch myself overthinking a past conversation or a future one.. and have trouble falling asleep and wake up with "stress" (and sometimes even teeth grinding). but i think i'm doing a good job of managing through with some cognitive skills.
i resisted meds too. i'm glad i went on lexapro. and i may go back, depending - but so much in my life has changed (new job, location (not NYC), living in my own place.. etc). that i felt i had to take a baseline and see what would happen.
all we can do is stay on top of it, and have faith that things will all be fine. good luck to you.
> Hi all,
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> After many years of fiercely rejecting the idea of taking meds, I have been on Lexapro for three months now; and it has helped a lot with my anxiety. I was feeling EXTREMELY tired so my doc. decided to combine it with wellbutrin. I take wellbutrin LX in the morning and 10mg of lexapro in the evening. I have not experienced the itching that you mentioned, however everything else mirrors your experiences. Wellbutrin helped the first few days, but it is not helping that much after day 10... I am a bit concerned since my sex drive is completley gone! I have a boyfriend and we haven't been close in more than a month, I can't even THINK of sexual things... it's almost as if I feel repulsed with the idea and too tired to even try something to figure it out. Has anyone have such a negative sexual s/e experience? And if so, what can one do about it? Wellbutrin was supposed to help with this, but didn't ;-(
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> Thank you!
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