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greenie -> anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/23/2005 12:26:56 PM)
i'm on anti-anxiety meds (lexapro to be exact) and as turned on as i get and as close as i feel myself get to orgasming it just doesn't happen! i'm frustrated! any suggestions, ideas, or advice?

Sunshine119 -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/23/2005 12:56:08 PM)
Go to www.rxlist.com Type in Lexapro and go to the side effects tab. There you will notice that orgasmic difficulties are listed as one of the potential side effects for approximately 3% of the population. This is a handy site. Why not discuss this with your doctor, tell him/her your problem with the drug. Trust me they've heard this all before, especially with men and Prozac. There'll be another drug your doctor can try. Good luck

angelynne -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/23/2005 4:14:11 PM)
Greetings, if you have recently started on the lexapro, don't give up... it may take a few weeks or months for that particular side effect to go away. it did go away when i was on it. make sure you mention it to your doctor, he/she should tell you how long to wait before giving up and switching to something else. good luck slave angela

siamsa24 -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/23/2005 7:49:07 PM)
I was on that stuff for almost a year and hated it. I couldn't get turned-on, let alone even think about orgasming! I tried everything and it was all quite unsuccessful. I'm not saying this to make it worse, but to let you know that it goes away for some people, but not for all. Talk to your doctor and ask if there is anything else for you to take. In my case there wasn't, so I had some choices to make.

SubmissiveWitch -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/23/2005 10:13:57 PM)
Don't give up on Lexapro just yet. You will find that your body will most likely acclimate to it, and your orgasm ability will come in cycles. I've been on it coming up on three years now, and it's been wonderful other than difficulty reaching orgasm. But be patient! There are times I have no problem at all and sometimes it just doesn't happen, but mostly it's somewhere in between. If you give it time, you will be able to learn what better works for your body and ways to transcend the drug's side effect. If not, then there is always another drug, but don't be too quick to switch them out! Rapidly switching medication can give you worse effects mentally and physically than lack of orgasm (though, Gods only know, that's bad enough). Good luck, hon!

greenie -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/24/2005 10:02:23 AM)
Thank you all for your suggestions and support. i will give it more time as i've only been on it for about 2 months now. i figure if i can get close, and believe me i get very close, that eventually i'll probably be one of the ones that that particular side-effect goes away with. i will, however, disucss this with my dr. on my next visit. i'm not ready to give up on the med since it's been so effective with my anxiety issues, it's nice to feel free to leave the house and be around people w/o feeling that everyone is pressing in on me...not to mention i make a much better passenger in a car lol since i'm not longer reflexively trying to press on the brake all the time or making weird noises that sound orgasmic because i'm getting all freaked out lol.

FangsNfeet -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/24/2005 1:54:19 PM)
Just out of curiosity, what all have you tried prior to seeing a Dr for a prescription medication? After all, there are many natural suppliment products that you can try first before seeking prescription medication. Other than just taking natural suppliments, you can also see a nutritionist about your diet and exercise practacies. I have found myself become anxious most when I've eaten to much sugar and not having time to burn steam in the gym. Not to encourage alcoholism, but a glass of wine or mixed drink every now and then can help. If you don't smoke then don't start. Just remember that stress is a natural part of life. Without stress, you aren't alive. Stress is what we have to let us know that we aren't dead. Best luck managing anxiety.

rwmbk -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/24/2005 6:45:09 PM)
I was on lexapro for about two years. I never experienced that side effect, but did experience many others. I remember initally it was just dead tired feeling for about a week until my body got used to the stuff when I first started taking it. http://www.prozactruth.com/lexapro.htm#real%20side%20effects When I stumbled into that website, so many things rang true that I talked to my doctor about; Sinus Problems, Increased Weight, Joint/Muscle Stiffness, Disequilibrium, Migrains, Lethargy.. I ended up stopping taking the stuff. A few years prior I was on Paxil, same story more negative side effects than it was worth in my situation, and that stuff made me feel suicdal.

angelynne -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/24/2005 7:35:31 PM)
Greetings, i dont wish to start a fight but, we all know there are alternatives to medication. Sometimes they are not enough. When a person's anxiety is bad enough, no amount of taking herbs or watching sugar intake are going to make a difference. If it works for you, great, but it sure doesn't work for everyone. we also all know that medications have side effects. for some of us, the releif from the anxiety or depression is so great it's well worth all the side effects. For what it's worth, when starting or changing the dose of an anti depressant one can "become" suicidal, but that's nothing more than giving them back the level of energy they would need to commit suicide before they actually start feeling better. Just stay in a safe place and wait it out. the OP obviously made a decision that her issues were bad enough to seek medical help. in my humble opinion we ought to respect her decision and support her. respectfully slave angela

greenie -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/24/2005 8:35:09 PM)
Yes, my situation was bad enough that i needed meds to help. i spent 4 years as a stay at home mom and most of those years the "stay at home mom" part was just an excuse because everytime i left the house i felt so anxious and tense that i would end up hiding out in my room the next few days. i was no good to myself or my children in a situation like that. Being on this med has made it feel as if the last few years i couldn't breathe, like the air was so thick i couldn't take in a breath, and now i can breathe. i don't feel too good, no manic spells, just like i can cope which is where i want to be.

FangsNfeet -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/25/2005 12:15:46 AM)
quote: dont wish to start a fight but, we all know there are alternatives to medication. Sometimes they are not enough. When a person's anxiety is bad enough, no amount of taking herbs or watching sugar intake are going to make a difference. If it works for you, great, but it sure doesn't work for everyone. we also all know that medications have side effects. for some of us, the releif from the anxiety or depression is so great it's well worth all the side effects. For what it's worth, when starting or changing the dose of an anti depressant one can "become" suicidal, but that's nothing more than giving them back the level of energy they would need to commit suicide before they actually start feeling better. Just stay in a safe place and wait it out. the OP obviously made a decision that her issues were bad enough to seek medical help. in my humble opinion we ought to respect her decision and support her. respectfully slave angela Life would be wonderful if all we needed was a pill to solve all our problems. No more anxiety, no more depression, no more being in debt, no more having to work all the time, no more haing people get upset at you now and then. Pills are the answer to everything solving our needs and making us feel better. Thanks to pills we don't have to diet and exercise. We have pills that speed the matablisim and our heart rates without having to jog a single block. I once new a person with diabeties that I caught eating donuts. I asked him "should you really be eating that?" He replied "It's okay, I'm on an insulin sliding scale." There are many good reasons for taking a prescription medication that will help with situations. However, there will never be a pill that solves the problem completly. I remember having a lung infection. The doc wrote me a Z pack Antibiotic along with sending me home with some Mucinex. I was also told to drink water, orange juice, eat healthy, and get as much rest as possible. So instead of being magic pills, they where only helpers. When people are on diet and happy pills, they are still told to eat better, exercise more, and to evaluate where the problems are comming from in there personal environment. If a stress pill causes a side effect that only leads to more stress, then what's the point in taking it? The only lesson to learn here is that there's no easy way out. It takes change and hard work to solve a problem. I'm not talking about Bi Polarism and Schizophrena here. Only stress managment. Regardless of what pills/suppliments a person decides to take for stress will only help with the anxiety. The other half comes from personal choices in there diet, environment, and physical activity. That's why you should look at those things first before thinking there's a cure out there that can make you just breeze through a whole day and make all your problems feel like landing on cotton. Yes there are many drugs that can num/dull the senses to help you ignore stressfull surroundings. But in reality. those surroundings are still there and still hurting your body. Just because you don't mentally feel the pain dosen't mean your body isn't taking any damage. The OP can do whatever she wants. I'm merely pointing out other alternitives that can hit two birds with one stone. Better stress managment and more/better orgasims.

greenie -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/25/2005 10:47:56 AM)
Sometimes it does take a pill to get started. It is a helper not a solution. For instance i take sleeping pills prescribed by my dr. since i'm now working graveyard. They're temporary just to help me get used to sleeping days and being up nights. The temporary thing was my suggestion before the dr. even mentioned them being temporary. The lexapro is to help me cope with my anxiety disorder and bouts of depression, not a solution but a way to help me cope. It's still up to me to keep above board. i have no dissolusions that i'm taking a magic pill. We exercise to stay healthy, eat right, take vitamins...i'm doing all that plus taking a med to help me stay motivated to exercise, eat right, and face the world...the choices are still mine. Lexapro doesn't make me happy it gives me an opening to make myself happier and i still have to make the normal efforts that anyone else has to. Anxiety disorders and depression are real. Those of us who suffer severely from one or both need to be on meds in order to be able to help ourselves. Hope You can see this from my viewpoint F&F.

FangsNfeet -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 7:37:08 AM)
quote: Hope You can see this from my viewpoint F&F. I only suggested other alternitives. Take and do what you want. I'm only presenting different ideas so that you can manage stress and still have oragasms. If you didn't want ideas, alternitives, and other things you can try, then why did you ask for them?

KatyLied -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 11:07:05 AM)
Fangs, I've gotta ask...what do you tell people who have diseases such as high blood pressure, asthma, etc? Are they making the wrong "personal choices" in their lives? Are they wrong to be taking meds? Some people have chemical imbalances in their brains, the medications can help, especially with therapy.

FangsNfeet -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 11:51:52 AM)
quote: Are they wrong to be taking meds? Some people have chemical imbalances in their brains, the medications can help, especially with therapy. Thanks for putting words in my mouth. If you would actually read what I wrote you would find no statements that indicate there is something wrong with taking priscription medications. Greenie pointed out a side effect/problem from taking one particular medication. I only pointed out alternitives to taking this one particular medication and different ways to deal with stress. Other people who replied said to see a Dr about other medications and even gave info about lexapro and what there website has to offer. Rather than repeat the same info, I gave other alternitives in dealing with stress. If greenie wants to keep taking lexapro then so be it. I don't have a problem with what she does or does not do to handle her affairs. If a pill works and helps with chemical and physical conditons that's great. But if the side effects cause new problems that you don't like, then most people normally seek other meds, alternitives, and sometimes different Doctors/Healh Professionals. Good luck finding one sentence where I've stated that Meds are bad and that they should never be taken.

girl4you2 -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 12:28:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet Life would be wonderful if all we needed was a pill to solve all our problems. No more anxiety, no more depression, no more being in debt, no more having to work all the time, no more haing people get upset at you now and then. inquiring minds wish to know; what pill takes away all anxiety and depression. more to mind, what pill takes away being in debt and having to work? i can't understand why i've not heard of those. i'd think they'd be all the rage, pardon the pun. and another that keeps people from being upset at another person now and again? is this a "brave new world" or what? i really need the number of your pharmacist. these are lofty claims indeed. quote: Pills are the answer to everything solving our needs and making us feel better. please cite references for this. it's not another new world where the current version of soma takes one away on a mini vacation of sorts. so again, your pharmacist and the names of the medications? quote: Thanks to pills we don't have to diet and exercise. once again, pharmacist and medication citation? no diet or exercise is an interesting concept. love to know what pill(s) you are talking of. quote: We have pills that speed the matablisim and our heart rates without having to jog a single block. once again, please give references for metabolic changes separate from other effects. you must have one magical pharmacist indeed. quote: I once new a person with diabeties that I caught eating donuts. I asked him "should you really be eating that?" He replied "It's okay, I'm on an insulin sliding scale." so one person's improper handling of his disease is an indication of what millions of others go through, and whom even with proper diet and exercise, still have diabetic changes? perhaps you'll also cite some references here on the long term effects of diabetes, handled properly from the beginning. how on earth do they keep those neurological changes from happening, especially the peripheral ones that cause loss of limbs? don't worry about the references being too technical; that's why i went to school to read such things, and i've always the internet to help me with the ones i don't know. i'll be much obliged. quote: There are many good reasons for taking a prescription medication that will help with situations. However, there will never be a pill that solves the problem completly. I remember having a lung infection. The doc wrote me a Z pack Antibiotic along with sending me home with some Mucinex. do you know why you were given an antibiotic and the mucinex? would juice and rest have done away with your lung infection? why do we celebrate Selman Waksman (Noble Prize Laureate even)? to get rid of the infection. quote: I was also told to drink water, orange juice, eat healthy, and get as much rest as possible. so as to not exacerbate your situation perhaps? quote: So instead of being magic pills, they where only helpers. perhaps read up on how many people were saved solely by antibiotics? quote: When people are on diet and happy pills happy pills? again, please send me the name of your pharmacist and the name(s) of these medications quote: , they are still told to eat better, exercise more, and to evaluate where the problems are comming from in there personal environment. If a stress pill causes a side effect that only leads to more stress, then what's the point in taking it? The only lesson to learn here is that there's no easy way out. It takes change and hard work to solve a problem. I'm not talking about Bi Polarism and Schizophrena here. Only stress managment. Regardless of what pills/suppliments a person decides to take for stress will only help with the anxiety. The other half comes from personal choices in there diet, environment, and physical activity. That's why you should look at those things first before thinking there's a cure out there that can make you just breeze through a whole day and make all your problems feel like landing on cotton. who first brought up magical pills and "happy pills" in this posting? if you've not got a degree in pharmacy and medicine, telling someone what things to do in what order might not be the best idea, but it's your freedom to do so. quote: Yes there are many drugs that can num/dull the senses to help you ignore stressfull surroundings. But in reality. those surroundings are still there and still hurting your body. Just because you don't mentally feel the pain dosen't mean your body isn't taking any damage. are you talking haldol here? quote: The OP can do whatever she wants. I'm merely pointing out other alternitives that can hit two birds with one stone. Better stress managment and more/better orgasims.

BeingChewsie -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 2:38:38 PM)
quote: i'm on anti-anxiety meds (lexapro to be exact) and as turned on as i get and as close as i feel myself get to orgasming it just doesn't happen! i'm frustrated! any suggestions, ideas, or advice Lexapro is an anti-depressant, and your doctor must be using it for anxiety though there are better meds out there for that unless you have depression too. One of the big side-effects of lexapro is difficulty or inablity to achieve orgasm. You might want to talk to your doctor about switching you to wellbutrin which has a lower risk of sexual side-effects.

FangsNfeet -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/26/2005 9:20:27 PM)
quote: that's why i went to school to read such things, and i've always the internet to help me with the ones i don't know. i'll be much obliged. I have a pill for you to take. It's call the "sarcasim pill" no prescription needed to buy. Do a little research on it and maybe you'll understand more about the post I made.

vegasslave3 -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/27/2005 2:47:40 AM)
After having spent years on Zoloft and losing interest in sex completely have discovered Wellbutrin and drive has returned with a vengence. I heartily recommend Wellbutrin for depression. If anything, it increases sexual fantasy and does not appear to diminish drives at all.

girl4you2 -> RE: anti-anxiety meds and difficulty orgasming (12/28/2005 2:40:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: greenie i'm on anti-anxiety meds (lexapro to be exact) and as turned on as i get and as close as i feel myself get to orgasming it just doesn't happen! i'm frustrated! any suggestions, ideas, or advice? i found this today by providence while looking up a medication: http://www.aegis.com/factshts/network/access/drugs/cypr.html "Periactin is an antihistamine that comes in syrup and pill form. Periactin also has sedative effects and calcium-channel blocking activity. Periactin is used to treat some hormonal disorders, including inhibited orgasm that may be a side effect of taking antidepressants." i thought of you straight off when i read that. might be worth asking your doctor about. it says to avoid alcohol while on the medication and consult your doctor about possible drug interactions if you're already taking sedatives or tranquilizers (always a good idea anyway). i wish you well with it.

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