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Post by DryCreek on Jul 14, 2019 0:46:54 GMT -5
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Post by hopingforachange on Jul 14, 2019 12:23:13 GMT -5
SSRIs can burn in hell and should be a last resort for antidepressants. |
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Post by baza on Jul 14, 2019 22:32:49 GMT -5
In my jurisdiction, I get the feeling that a diagnosis of 'anxiety' 'depression' happens with far more frequency than it did say 20 years ago.
(and I'm not knocking that either, in fact the sooner such mental health issues are diagnosed the better IMO)
But it stands to reason if - after diagnosis - SSRI's are the "go to" treatment .... and if SSRI's do have the effect of permanent negative outcomes on sexual persona .... then it figures that there is going to be a tsunami developing for society to address in days yet to come.
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Post by tiredoftears on Aug 20, 2019 16:20:53 GMT -5
Wonder if that could lower my libido... |
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Post by tyler74 on Aug 20, 2019 22:33:33 GMT -5
Escitalopram nearly eliminated my libido, but it only lasted a few months. Admittedly, I liked that side effect.
One major down side to the Escitalopram is it made me into a zombie. Emotionally muted so that nothing bothered me, but also making me apathetic about everything.
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Post by sunnysean on Oct 6, 2019 15:34:37 GMT -5
Wonder if that could lower my libido... About 10 years ago, out of the blue, I started having panic attacks. I thought the first one was a heart attack, which I think is common for many people to think that. I was getting them once or twice a week and I could not establish a trigger. The Dr. Prescribed Sertraline “Zoloft” I think. I was on it for about 3 months. I can say my libido was lowered somewhat, but was still higher than my wife’s. It did have one really bad sexual side effect. It made it difficult to climax. During that 3 month period my wife initiated sex once. It was clear that something was wrong. Luckily I could tell so I told my wife that something was wrong and after she was satisfied we didn’t worry about me. Very frustrating, the other side effects were bad. That was the only time I have been on an SSRI. It didn’t work well for me. If there was a pill with little side effects that could lower my libido, I would try it. |
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Post by sunnysean on Oct 6, 2019 15:36:37 GMT -5
Oh I forgot to mention, my Dr. said that an off label use of Sertraline was for men that had a premature ejaculation problem. I always take too long according to my wife, so Sertraline just made it impossible to climax.
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Post by ScottDinTN on Oct 9, 2019 20:10:48 GMT -5
Wonder if that could lower my libido... I'm not sure but maybe you were asking that question in a hopeful way. I know there are times I prayed to God to take away my curse of a high libido because things would be so much better in my marriage without it. I've asked a couple docs to prescribe SSRI's for the purpose of killing my libido. A couple thought I needed counseling. lol They were right. One doc finally did. I found it lowered my ability to orgasm and made me feel numb but did nothing for my sex drive. But that's just me. I also noted on the warning that it can cause "inorgasma (inability to orgasm) which can be permanent" even after you stop taking the drug. Honestly, if someone came to me with a pill and said, if you take this, you will never want sex again and you won't miss it, I'd take the pill in a heart beat. Any others feel that way? |
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Post by ScottDinTN on Oct 9, 2019 20:17:26 GMT -5
Oh I forgot to mention, my Dr. said that an off label use of Sertraline was for men that had a premature ejaculation problem. I always take too long according to my wife, so Sertraline just made it impossible to climax. My wife thought I took too long too. She'd say, "just hurry up." Three words everyone wants to hear to put them in the mood. *sarcasm Hopefully I'll find someone some day that can take an hour or more of love making and loves multiple orgasms. I'd love to see how many orgasms a woman can take before she asks for a break. For my wife, it was 1, or less. lol |
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Post by saarinista on Oct 9, 2019 22:39:30 GMT -5
I've taken venlafaxine (Effexor), an SNRI antidepressant, for about 15 years. It does, I think, make it take longer for me to orgasm. Not at all impossible.
The main thing making it hard for me to orgasm, though, is not having sex. 🙄
People, I've struggled with unipolar clinical depression for years. I would not advise anyone to get on antidepressants to kill their libido. First off, they don't kill it, they can just alter sexual response. A second reason I would not start antidepressants for anything other than serious depression is that most of them are quite difficult to stop taking without having a severe withdrawal syndrome.
I am not at all anti psychotropic medication. However if I decided I wanted to stop taking my antidepressant, it would take me several months of gradually lowering the dose to get off of it without having withdrawal symptoms.
Recently, I accidentally put my Effexor in my carry-on bag. The plane and its, overhead bins were full, so a helpful 🙄 flight attendant put my carry on "somewhere else." Well, long story short, carry-on and Effexor did not re-surface for nearly 48 hours. I was very sick to my stomach, dizzy, brain zaps... Miserable.
I hope I'm never taken hostage without my meds. It won't be pretty.
Like I said, I'm actually very pro-psychiatry and not anti--drug. However, IMHO the best solution for a sexless marriage is not trying to kill your libido with psychotropic medication. Nope.
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Post by elkclan2 on Oct 11, 2019 6:24:51 GMT -5
I've been on various anti-Ds over the years. If any dulled my libido, it didn't dull it to the point where I noticed (beyond the initial few days where you feel like crap so wouldn't feel like sex anyway). At that point in my life I would have seen that as a blessing. I did have some of the anorgasmia on sertraline (I think that one) but that didn't last too long - a couple of months, maybe? But those were pretty frustrating weeks.
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Post by lessingham on Oct 21, 2019 14:06:14 GMT -5
Years back the doc put me on Prozac, the wonder drug of the time. I hated it. I still had all the feelings but they were on the other side of a big cotton wool wall. I wandered around in a daze of contentment for months before refusing to take any more. I'd rather feel terrible than not feel at all
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Post by northstarmom on Oct 22, 2019 3:32:11 GMT -5
“ Oh I forgot to mention, my Dr. said that an off label use of Sertraline was for men that had a premature ejaculation problem. I always take too long according to my wife, so Sertraline just made it impossible to climax.”
The problem may have been that you were incompatible. She may have preferred that you not have sex with her at all.
FWIW, I’ve been on Cymbalta for years due to depression and anxiety, both of which a greatly reduced by medication. I still enjoy sex and orgasms.
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Post by RealMustangGuy on Oct 24, 2019 9:34:58 GMT -5
I've used antidepressants off and on for quite a few years now. Strange how I was never depressed one day in my entire life until my sex completed stopped due to my Sexless Marriage. Anyway, some worked okay for depression but did kill my libido. Which also helped with my depression. But other medications worked well for depression but didn't make me sleepy or kill my libido. Trintellix worked best for me. I beat back my depression and haven't had to take anything for over two years, but now fear I might have to go back to taking something as my depression is hitting pretty hard again.
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Post by baza on Nov 6, 2019 21:14:50 GMT -5
I've used antidepressants off and on for quite a few years now. Strange how I was never depressed one day in my entire life until my sex completed stopped due to my Sexless Marriage. Anyway, some worked okay for depression but did kill my libido. Which also helped with my depression. But other medications worked well for depression but didn't make me sleepy or kill my libido. Trintellix worked best for me. I beat back my depression and haven't had to take anything for over two years, but now fear I might have to go back to taking something as my depression is hitting pretty hard again. As I understand it* - it is not so unusual to be on meds, get the balance pretty good, and start feeling pretty OK, then thinking "I'm feeling pretty OK so I don't need the meds", going off the meds and reverting to feeling pretty awful. *disclaimer - I've no first hand experience with this, and base the above on what Ms enna (my partner) tells me. She has endogenous depression (ie requiring full time meds) See your Doc would be my suggestion Brother RealMustangGuy . |
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