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Q: effects of Lexapro
asked by: blast00 on January 11th, 2008
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okay so I never thought I would say this, but I have gone to the complete other extreme of PE. First off, note I am taking 5 mg of lexapro. let me repeat, 5 mg!!! That is very little, and in all of the studies done with lexapro regarding treatment of PE they take 10 mg.

Also, I am not a small guy. I am 19, 180 pounds or so, and 5'11. Pretty built, 15% body fat. I have tons of trouble getting it up now. I can't figure it out why. This is day 4 of the lexapro.. I was masturbating for 15 minutes, got it semi hard, but not fully erect and just quit.

I'm not sure what to do, once I get it hard I can go for a real long time, which is what we ideally want, but the fact that it is taking so long to get hard is a problem... (unless its normal, and it was my PE that made me get so hard and ejaculate so fast..?)

Should I cut in the pill in fourths and try 2.5 mg a day... ?? Is it possible my body is still adjusting, and the peaks of the lexapro are evident now until my body adjusts?? what do you guys think..??

Also, I don't have a doctor to ask (why I am asking here =) ) I got the pills from my cousin who is a doctor but not trained whatso ever in this type of stuff. He trusts me, as I am going to med school soon, and said that I have to figure it out for myself.

Is it possible that this is normal?? And im just worried because it used to never take me this long?
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Georgia59
replied on January 14th, 2008
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I really think you should be talking to a doctor about the dosage...

also, antidepressants are known to have sexual side effects, that's why some people take them for PE. They aren't a magical pill to cure sex problems. If they aren't having the right effect on you, they probably aren't gonna work for you.

I think you'll get better help on the PE sticky, so I'll leave this for now!
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d_mc
replied on January 22nd, 2008
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Talk to a doctor. Each SSRI works differently and Lexapro might not be the right one for you. Anyway, it usually takes a couple of weeks for your body to adjust to the medication and for the side effects to go away. If you see a doctor regularly, they will ask if your sex drive has gone down any with the SSRI or dosage increase.
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d_mc
replied on January 22nd, 2008
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Don't think my prior post will help much other than trying another SSRI. For some reason I thought you meant something else with PE (had a blond psychologist moment).
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