Posted by ROO on July 16, 2003, at 8:53:03
In reply to Prozac users experience on Lexapro, posted by james_schmidt on July 15, 2003, at 10:39:24
I had a great response to prozac for 10 years...then
it pooped out on me. I've tried a lot of other ssri's
(including celexa) and didn't do as well on them. Lexapro
is what I'm on now, and although I don't feel quite as great
as I did on prozac...it's better than the rest of them in terms
of side effects, as far as I'm concerned. I feel a little
more tired on it than I did on prozac....but the sexual side
effects are less. Another thing I like about it in that
regard is prozac stays in your system for a month or so after you
quit taking it...so you could never do the "drug holiday" thing for
sex...that's not a problem with Lexapro...sometimes I stop in on Thurs. and
by the weekend, I've completely regained my sexuality. Even if I didn't
do that...it's still one of the best ssri's for least sexual side effects
(at least for me, everyone's different).Other than sleepiness and a mild sexual side effect...I have no side effects
from Lexapro. Of course I"m on a really low dose...5 mgs.
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