Suggest Treatment For Achy Legs And Lethargy When On Lexapro And Trazodone

Posted on Mon, 6 Apr 2015

Question: I'm on trazodone, Lexapro and limicital and Inderal. I wake up very tired, legs ache just wore out like a day of gardening bent over. Am I hurting my self taking this combination?. Limictal is for extreme bi polar. I cannot sleep until about 4:00am with out trazodone

Answered by Dr. Shoaib Khan (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Main problem is lexapro and trazodone; may need substitutes

Detailed Answer:
Hello ma'am and welcome.

Thank you for writing to us.

I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. I believe the combination of trazodone and lexapro (with the active ingredient escitalopram) is the main cause for your presentation ma'am. This combination can even have some serious side effects and is usually prescribed only with extreme caution.

So, you should pay a visit to your doctor ma'am who can may be either substitute the lexapro or trazodone with sufficiently effective substitutes to help treat the target problem and not have side effects like the ones you are currently experiencing.

I hope you find my response both helpful and informative. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.

Best wishes.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar