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A member asked:
Took lexapro from feb-sept of 2017 quit cold turkey due to no sex drive and couldn't get hard. sex drive came back everything was fine took one pill of lexapro yester and my sex drive is gone again i'm taking no more how long for my liabo to return?
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ED: may be a side effect or related to your anxiety/depression. I suggest a full male hormonal workup to include free and total testosterone levels and thyroid function studies. Call your prescribing physician. It will take about 7-14 days for your ussues to reolve after stopping.
Answered 11/22/2017
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