[MissCharlotte]

Since i have been taking lexapro I have not been able to cry. I really, really want to have a good cry. Any ideas on how to break-through this numbness? I dont want to stop taking the lexapro because it has really helped my depression.

[Direction]

Might sound really sappy coming from a guy - but movies usually suck me in to the point I feel what the characters feel.

I took the boys to see Bridge to Terabithia - I couldn't stop the tears - I hadn't read the book before, so I didn't know what was going to happen...

[MissCharlotte]

I tried watching : Sophies Choice, Philadelphia and A Beautiful Mind.

Close but still no tears.

I already read Bridge....so I know what happens. Great book. Any other ideas? I know the tears are there somewhwere because a friend of mine made me laugh so hard I cried.

[Direction]

I'm having trouble thinking about the titles I have at home...Elizabethtown is the only one that comes to mind right now.

I really don't know what might work - could be as simple as giving yourself permission to cry

[kimmydawn]

Good Will Hunting kicked my butt in one particular scene.

I was going through some stuff in t and the part where Will is telling Robins Williams some stuff finally was where I connected somewhere.

Then there was definite impact when Robin Williams kept repeating "It wasn't your fault" time and again, it's as if it was being said to me.

Tears, tears and more tears... Tears of relief and understanding, tears of grief, tears of longing for someone to say that to me and hold me like that IN COMBINATION with that kind of understanding... It was touching...very.

[heyjoe]

i had to stop taking lexapro after three months....it made me sadder......you could always do your taxes for next year ahead of time, i know that makes me cry.

I took Lexapro, but only for a short time. However, I say the same thing about Trileptal-- feeling numb, inability to cry. You want to talk about this in therapy-- it is so easy to attribute what is going on to the meds. The meds give us something else to 'blame'-- just because it's an extra thing that is there. I talk about my numbness in therapy-- we uncover the things that I do care about-- things that I was insisting I felt numb about-- and most of all, try not to pinpoint the meds as the one factor that is making me not feel. You will cry at the right time. Maybe it's not even the meds. Maybe you are just not ready right now.

[MissCharlotte]

thanks PInk for that reminder, I might not be ready to cry but I sure wish I could. When I do I'm afraid it will be a flood so watch out. Heyjoe, doing taxes in advance is just not an option. I don't even do them on time!

[psisci]

SSRis can cause emotional numbness, but that is usually reversable with either wellbutrin or a change of meds. It has to do with downregulating dopamine.

my prozac has numbed me...i guess. something has. my Pdoc mentioned Zoloft?

[MissCharlotte]

Would the welbutrin be in addition to the lexapro? My p-doc was talking about changing me to either paxil or zoloft but I didn't discuss the emotional numbness, ( I forgot to) at the visit. I was complaining about being dry, dry dry. Would these other meds also cause emotional numbness?

[AlteredState01]

How about reducing the amount you take? A friend who was (and still is) on an antipsychotic was a total veg until his dose was reduced. Now he is much more alive in spirit, and able to experience his emotions at a more normal level. It made an incredible difference!

If the drug you are on works well for you and there are no other icky side effects, changing may not be such a great idea, unless of course, you have already tried reducing.

[SecretGarden]

I know I seem like a sex fiend but truthfully I am quite celebate. Those who don't..... talk about it... sad but true...

But I have heard many complain about Paxil dropping their libido...

Also...sometimes an O will assist with a bodacious cry...as a release.

I think that Good Will Hunting did the same thing to me with the It's Not Your Fault thing...repeated. Own it and what you have been through. It is not your fault....Expand that to whatever part of your life that it might be relavent to. It was powerful to me.

I had a good cry once while getting a massage. Not sure the masseuse (?) knew what to do with me but it brought it out of me.

Any clue as to what might have assisted you in the past?

My SIL and I went to the movie theater to see Beaches when it came out. We both cried so much that we laughed at each other as we could hardly stop crying. Have you seen that one?

Sorry .... keep pluggin' and yes talk of it in therapy. Are you saying that pre-lexapro crying was not a problem for you?