Anyone here on Lexapro? Libido issues >.<
Hi ladies! I'm in my late 20s and have been with my husband for five years.
In previous relationships and in the first couple of years of our relationship I had an extremely healthy sexual appetite. I would initiate sex maybe twice a day.
About three years ago I gradually lost interest. This coincided with me developing clinical anxiety and major depressive disorder. About 18 months ago I went on Lexapro for these conditions and am now happy to say that I'm doing really well. My doc warned me when I went on the meds that one of the common side effects is a loss of sex drive. I told him I hadn't wanted to have sex in months so I didn't care. (I was in a pretty bad way - suicidal, constant crying and sleeping 12-14 hours a day.) Doc told me, "You might find you feel differently once you're healthy."
Fast forward to today and I'm very happy and healthy, the meds keep me in balance and husband and I are trying for a much-wanted baby. Unfortunately I still have no sex drive! I do it for him because it's important to him and of course we're TTC, but I'm not exactly begging for it. I really miss being so sexual and I know he misses it too. We are only having sex about once or twice a fortnight most of the month, and then every other day during my fertile days.
Has anyone else experienced this? I don't know if it's a side effect of the meds like my doctor warned or if I've just... lost it over the years and the mental health stuff/Lexapro is a coincidence? How do I get it back??
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