I am in need of some advice. I have to take medicine to help me with my pms and a few other ailments. I take Lexapro 5mg. The normal dose is 10mg but I cut it in half. It seems to help me in a lot of areas but the one area it kills is wanting to feel intimate or be intimate. Everything else in my life is a pro taking this medicine but the intimacy situation is the biggest con. Has anyone had this problem? What have you done to help your situation? I have gone off the medicine and I do good for a lil' while but once pms time rolls around....BLAH!!!! Your advice is appreciated.
Hi Peanuts... Some drugs are known to lower your libido, I suggest talking to your doctor and see if there is an alternative for the drug he has prescribed for you... There's probably several to choose from, and if this one is causing this reaction in you, then there is probably a better suited one without this side effect Lynn
Thank you for your posts LynSS. Unfortuneatly I have tried other medications. This one really works the best for me. My problem is (one of many, lol) is that I am sensitive to just about all medicines. Every area in my life improves while on this medicine except for "that" area. When I go off the medicine all my "good" areas fall and "that" area increases. I can cut the half in half but then I start to get wierd. I lose patients a lot easier and the tension in my neck starts to hurt constantly. Such a frustrating battle.
If someone could suggest a medicine they have taken that didn't interfere with their libido I'd appreciate that. Maybe there is one (always new meds coming out) I haven't taken that I could try.
I take lexapro every day it hasn't affected my sex drive at all. When I was on paxil I had 0 sexual desire nothing in the world could get me horny lol. I would dread when who I was with at the time would do something super nice because i was like damn I have to have sex now. I was also completley flat I couldn't laugh or cry. I went on lexapro as opposed to something else that reats anxiety more specifically because it is supposed to have very little sexual side effects, I thinkt he only one is delayed orgasm. Maybe it's something else besdides the meds?
oh and laura lexapro is meant to be taken every day you're not just supposed to take it around your period-that can really mess not only with your libido but with your emotions,
You don't sound bossy at all. I appreciate your concern. Thank you for caring about me. My Doctor gave me the go ahead to only take it before my period. She said I didn't have to take it every day. She basically left it up to me when I want to take it and need it. When I don't take it every day all my tension goes in my back and I become very internal, meaning instead of talking I get really quiet and can't get out of my head. When I do take the Lexapro I become more external, I have more patience, my family benefits from it, my tension starts to weaken, I am not as obsessive complusive, and I smile a lot more. I just hate the fact that I don't have the drive or the ability to have a normal sex life. I can have an orgasim, if I work hard enough for it but that takes a lot of the enjoyment right out of it. Bill tries to be as patient as he can but it gets frustrating for him too. Knowing this makes it even harder for me. Blah. We'll the good news is I haven't hit my prime yet. Maybe when I do this won't be an issue.
