dyslexic Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 ;)I have a Ativan ie loz tolerance 6mg a day plus 5mg Lexapro. This is a 20 year Ativan so don't say stop the Ativan or I would die of seizure, it used to be 4mg Ativan 10mg Lexapro but it started to fail has did my penis. the doc didn't want me to stop the Lexapro altogether so we came up with the 6mg Ativan 5mg Lexapro . but I am not happy 5mg still makes you fat and stops you penis from firing the white mice. what good is the 5mg doing I am thinking will the 6 mg Ativan cover me or is the 5mg lex keeping the depression at bay, any thought on this would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateKid Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) I'm not a doctor, so I can't say whether or not the 5 mg of lexapro you're taking is keeping your depression at bay definitively... I can tell you that I'm on 15 mg of cipralex (the enantiomer of lexapro) and that it does work for me. Now, it definitely DOES make it hard for me (if not impossible) to "get off" (ejaculate). That's a known main side effect. Talk with your doctor about this. Edited August 22, 2014 by KarateKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 the Lexapro I used to take 20mg but 10mg was just has affective and less sex destroying , I was on 4 mg of Ativan but now should take 6mg and we dropped the lex to 5mg but I have been taking 5mg Ativan not the 6. to be honest I think the lex has pooped after only 4 years and I have taken every other ssri there is .and most snri,s . So the 6mg of Ativan idea and no AD may stop the sex probs , drop the weight probs and the all round tiredness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Working with a therapist to get skills to manage when your symptoms show up might also allow you to take less medication. Are you clear with your doctor that the side effects you've been living with for 4 years are not working for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You won't "die of a seizure" if you were properly tapered off of ativan. Cold turkey, you might have a seizure, but it probably wouldn't kill you. 6mg is a big dose. Have you tried other benzos, like clonazepam? It's longer acting and, in my opinion, stronger, so you'd be likely to need less, and it'd last a lot longer. Pretty much any SSRI or SNRI has a sexual side effect. Not all of them cause weight gain, though. This is something you should be talking to your doctor about because its been going on for so long. There are 'atypical' antidepressants, like Wellbutrin and Trazodone that don't effect libido. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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