A member asked:

Am on lexapro for anxiety... but i have totally lost my sex drive libido and i have genitial numbness from lexapro, please help, how can i sort this?

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Dr. Edward Workman answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Switch AD agents: A fairly common side effect of SSRIs involves sexual side effects as the autonomic nervous system is highly innervated by serotonin neurons; thus affected by such agents. Your s/s are not rare at all. The answer is to have your doctor switch you to a different class of lantidepressant medication; e.g. bupropion, venlafaxine, duloxetine; the first doesn't effect serotonin at all. The latter less

Answered 5/27/2017

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