My Doctor put me on Lexapro (an anti depressant) for my anxiety but when I take them I get more depressed a moody (but not anxiety). If I have this type of reaction to this anti depressant how likely is it that I will react this way to all anti depressants?

I have general anxiety disorder and started me on lexapro over a year ago. I had trouble climaxing during sex so she switched me to celexa then prozac. All SSRI’s give me the same side effects so she put me on wellbutrin which I’ve been on for a while because I was tired of switching but it only helped a little. My new doctor added effexor w/ the wellbutrin. I’m having the sexual side effect, nausea, and headaches after 2-3 weeks from starting it. She said I didn’t give it long enough. So, how long will it take for these effects to go away or should I ask for something else? I do like the med a lot for anxiety but hate the side effects. I just feel like I’m running out of options.

Can I take immodium while on lexapro?
Also, is alcohol ok to have with it?

Can I take immodium while on lexapro?
Also, is alcohol ok to have with it?

I have taken lexapro for three nights only. I dont like the way it makes me feel and it has made me terribly sick so I want to stop taking it. I know it is a medication you are supossed to wean off of but do I need to do that after only 3 days?
Thanks

My husband is 38 years old. He takes Lexapro and Lamictal for a mood disorder and depression. He has decreased libido and low serum testosterone levels. He has taken Androgel in the past but is interested in other treatment options. Are there any herbal supplements or natual remedies that are safe to use? Does anyone out there have any first-hand experience with any of them?

From the Lexapro website: "Lexapro is well tolerated by most people. The most commonly reported side effects of Lexapro are nausea, insomnia, problems with ejaculation, somnolence, increased sweating, fatigue, decreased libido, and anorgasmia. Most of the side effects experienced by patients taking Lexapro are mild to moderate and go away with continued treatment, and usually do not cause patients to stop taking Lexapro."

Did you experience a decreased libido? If so, how much did it drop and did it come back as you continued on the drug. I know this is pretty hard to measure. My wife says it has killed hers and we have basically stopped. Seems kind of extreme but possible I guess.
Thank you all for your feedback. Great personal stories and you really helped me more than you know.

I almost awarded best to destinishadow1 for pointing out the poetic nature of my question. LOL

Jess: Thanks for sharing. I think as long as your happy then don’t worry about it all. I think your one of the few who would call this side effect "interesting" LOL

Country Mom: At least your friend was doing the job j/k I don’t really want my wife to do it if it were a job or chore because I can take a good guess at how awkard that probably is.

stephsteph320: Please email me with whatever tricks you do to keep it "regular" WOW!

kelly: Nice Save! I don’t know why men take this stuff personal. Fortunatly, I take Adderall for ADHD so I KNOW about effects and side effects but there was still this, "its because of my small…" is why she isn’t. Stupid male brain!

Meg: Lucky You! How good was your libido before you got on the meds Everyone’s biochemistry different.
Dennis B: Congratulations. You have made sure I’ll never take Lexapro (LOL).

I feel pretty good on Paxil CR. The only thing that bothers me is I have a very low libido. It really puts a huge negative impact on my relationship with my boyfriend. I Hate It. It’s awful. I want my sexual drive back. What should I do? Oh, and I have talked to my psychiatrist, she switched me to Lexapro, which made me feel very unhappy regarding depression and anxiety, so now she suggested skip taking the pill the night before you have sex. I notice very little. What do i do?

I am weaning on Lexapro and I have weaned off Paxil before, so I know what to expect and how to go slowly. But with Lexapro I am craving sweets so much, I just want to eat fruit and candy all day. Has anyone else experienced this or heard of it? Also, can it cause insomnia? I am going really slowly, tapering by just 2.5 mg every few weeks. Any other tips?

I’m being abused since 2002. I have to live at my mother’s house, though I’m 18, and cannot move out, cannot attend school, cannot drive a car, and can barely function in the world. I can’t go to the mall, have issues watching tv, and so on.

My aliments consist of: Hourly panic attacks, muscle spasms, unfamiliarity with my limbs, hallucinations, vertigo, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, migraines, distorted vision, hearing voices, insomnia, paranoia, fears of being put in a psyc ward, zero appetite, zero sex drive, depression, bipolar disorder, pstd, confusion, memory loss, inability to retain information gained within a matter of seconds, feeling detached from my body/feeling unreal, anxiety, severely decreased cognitive functioning, sleeping for days at a time, body aches, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and so on.

Obviously I’m sick, I’;ve been dealing with the depression, anxiety, and bipolar with lexapro for two years, which it worked, after trying over 50+ other antidepressants, literally. Now it no longer works, and tapering off it has put me in they hospital a numerous amout of times from withdrawl severity.

Though I have a great boyfriend, whose only flaws are laziness, smoking, and drug abuse (reason: abused as a child, SEVERLY, but afraid to seek help), he takes care of me, all of the time, for 9 months now, he loves me and so on, he’s a real sweetheart. But I wonder how long it can go on like this. If worry one day he’ll stand up and say he’s had enough. I mean he’s young, he’ll want a family in the next few years, I don’t think playing doctor to his wife and children and working two jobs to support us was in his game plan.

Nonetheless, though my grandparent’s and mother’s pleading to come home many times a week to be taken care of (because they dislike my boyfreind for not being rich, and talk behind his back to me, it’s disgusting), it has been chaos.

Sure, my mother will run me to doctors appointment and bring me food when I’m too weak to stand and get out of bed, but I doesn’t feel worth it with all the abuse.

In the past few years, the circle of abuse, consiting of my 13 yr old borther and mothe and I had been physical, less so now a days. But emotional always. That is tremendous. I come home crying to my boyfriend all fo the time, suicidal with frusdtration.

Last night, I was incapaciated on my mother’s sofa, 102 fever, unable to use the rest room, moaning and shaking with a migrane. My brother turned on all the lights, would not assist me, and cussed and yelled at me for an hour, through the splitting headache, telling me that it’s all in my head, that I’m a faker, and he know best because he’s a 13 yr old docotr apparently. Then when I cpmplained to my mother, she ran to Walmart at midnight to buy him a violent game for his playstation. "Oh, shush, he doesn’t mean it, he’s just cranky. He has no father to be around. Feel bad for him," she says, "I don’t need stress, just let him play his game and he’ll leave you along." I instantly told her that this tells him that it’s okay to cuss me out, and her out, and he will be rewarded in return (which ALWAYS happens). She will not admit to this fact, and by doing so she is abusing my by ignoring my feelings.

Even last week, which is a common occurance, my brother called my mom a fu–ing sl-t, cu-t, co-k sucking who-e, etc. And later she took him to the mall for very expensive shoes. (What the hell?) He’s also very bipolar, very truant, does poorly in school like I did, isolates himself, has weight issues, hates his life, is very materialistic, vulgar, and crude, and is emotionall unstable with frantic outbursts resembling autism or ADHD. Though my mother says he’s just askign up for attention. This is every day!

She’s so afraid of conflict because her ex controlled and abused her for 18 yrs, she won’t see a psychiatrist or even talk to me through any of our problems, won’t even take motrin for a headache, because I belive she thinks it will mean she’s crazy. But she’ll make me try any pill under the sun.

All the time, the three of us gang up on one another and cuss and scream and fight and yell and threaten one another, all of the time. I can’t handle it. And then we bottle up all of the emotions because my mtoher won’t address the situation and take my advice.

I plead and beg, even scream, "please, please talk to me, if not about your problems of your sons, but mine," she’ll scream, and yell, or leave, not wanting to be bothered, both of them claiming all issues are coming from me, that I "start up trouble," and that we everyone should go to their own rooms and not speak to one another.

I belive all of us, incling me, would have way less stress if we sorted out the issues. I wish I had a therapist, I wish they would come with me. I hate being emoptionallty abaused by them. And I even retaliate in defense, but it always gets rewarded.

I tell my mother that I don’t love her, and

When it comes time to study for my exams I get so stressed out, but instead of using that stress to study efficiently, I just want to avoid it or crawl back into bed. There are only two days left before my social psychology exam and I did poorly on the last exam so I must pass this one. I am reading the book and my notes but feel like i’m not getting the information into my head.
I am on medications for insomnia, depression, anxiety and ADD and am in therapy for EDNOS (eating disorder), but still battle all of these things daily(and nightly) to an extent. I know these things are getting in the way of my studying.
Every time I start to open my book and try to review all of the concepts, I feel over-whelemd and defeated like there is no way I will be able to study all the material I have left.
Right now my head hurts (but I havent got any tylenol), I am feeling miserable and really worried about my exam. Please give me some tips or advice.
I do go to the gym, and it does get my adrenaline going for a little but I usually end up really burnt out when i’m done.

I can not smoke medical marijuana and study because I can not focus at ALL on reading or work. Also I get really really hungry if I was to smoke and that would distract me further.
I take dexedrine, lexapro , propanerol and trazodone

Hey ppl! I’m in a bit of a dilemma. I am a 22 yr old male who has been taking remeron for depression and social anxiety for nearly a year but lately have been feeling very depressed and anxious! My doc has prescribed lexapro 20 mg but i am very apprehensive to take it! I’m scared of the side effects especially potential insomnia and hair loss! My doc says the hair loss thing is exceptionally rare but I’m so paranoid about it! Remeron helps me to sleep but lately even that has not been great. It seems to do little for my social anxiety and I have been very withdrawn recently . I also think remeron seems to make me feel a bit stupid! I mean I find it hard to concentrate and digest information whilst on it! Is this possible or just my imagination? Any help would be greatly appreciated!