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Claritin?

Posted by sparkinark on October 19, 2002, at 15:28:59

In reply to Re: Benzodiazapines vs. AD's for anxiety disorder, posted by Grace on October 18, 2002, at 16:33:01

I've never heard of using something like Claritin to help with SSRI side-effects. Is there any documentation on this or is this just someone's hunch? All I can take is Allegra because of really bad side-effects to other anti-allergy drugs, but I've not taken Allegra since I started Lexapro. I'll see if the combo does anything for me.

Claritin? Go figure...

> I am diagnosed with panic/anxiety disorder and mild
> depression (mostly because of the effect the panic/
> anxiety has had on my life).
>
> I have tried MANY different meds and am currently taking:
> 30 mg celexa (at night)
> .5 mg 2x day klonopin
> 10 mg claritin (for sexual side effects)
>
> my doctor recently added the claritin to my meds
> because of the sexual side effect problem, which
> nothing else fixed (buspar, ginko, wellbutrin, etc.).
> She had a study that another doctor had done with his
> own practice of 9 patients on SSRI's and sexual side
> effects. Of those 9, 7 reported their sexual s/e went
> away with the claritin and 2 had some improvement.
> I figured it was worth a try and amazingly it has
> had some effect.
>
> I now have some desire for sex (which was non-existent before)
> and am able to orgasm without it taking 2 hours and more work
> than it was worth. I figure I'm a tough case, so maybe you
> can bring this up with your docs.
>
> Also, I've just been switched today to Lexapro because of
> being very sleepy for the whole time I've been on Celexa.
> I'm starting out with 10mg (anytime) and moving up to
> 15....we'll see.


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