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Post by lonelyhubby on Dec 14, 2023 16:59:28 GMT -5
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Post by worksforme2 on Dec 14, 2023 17:04:44 GMT -5
My X took anti-depressants after our marriage ended. But she was sexless for a couple years before she started the anti-depressants. So I cannot lay it off on the medical or pharmacy folks. Maybe it is the floride in the water.
My X used to call them "happy pills".
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Post by lonelyhubby on Dec 14, 2023 17:05:29 GMT -5
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Post by lonelyhubby on Dec 14, 2023 17:07:01 GMT -5
Mine has been on small dose of Prozac for almost 15 years for Migraine prevention / stabilization (coincides with the beginning of intimacy loss). |
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Post by northstarmom on Dec 14, 2023 18:36:46 GMT -5
I've been on antidepressants (Cymbalta) for at least 15 years. It didn't decrease my libido or cause orgasm problems. If it had, I would have talked to my doctor and asked to try a different antidepressant.
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Post by mirrororchid on Dec 15, 2023 7:20:15 GMT -5
Depression can easily be a cause of sexlessness/killed libido.
The SSRIs may allow the depressed people to recover enough to hold down a job, see friends and such, but may not rise to the point of sexual interest.
Getting off the SSRI's may leave the depression intact and the disinterest in sexuality.
I'd be interested in some hard data.
Re: overprescription. anti-depressants seem to be a remedy people seek out to fix problematic lives. Clinical depression is for sadness/anger/fatigue that has no rational cause. They are not intended to make you care less about what objectively sucks. I'm not sure people understand that.
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Post by worksforme2 on Dec 15, 2023 11:33:02 GMT -5
DryCreek posted about this back in July 2019.
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Post by lonelyhubby on Dec 15, 2023 15:34:03 GMT -5
DryCreek posted about this back in July 2019. Ah, but mine is not taking anti-depressants for depression, she is taking it for Migraine / Cluster headache prevention / mitigation. Her drop off in sex didn't start until she started taking Prozac for the headaches (I know the irony is not lost on me - headaches used as an excuse for lack of sex). |
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Post by ggold on Dec 16, 2023 19:47:57 GMT -5
I've been on antidepressants (Cymbalta) for at least 15 years. It didn't decrease my libido or cause orgasm problems. If it had, I would have talked to my doctor and asked to try a different antidepressant. Same with me. I have been on Lexapro for years and it has not decreased my libido at all. Thank God. |
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Post by flounder on Jan 13, 2024 20:05:21 GMT -5
DryCreek posted about this back in July 2019. Ah, but mine is not taking anti-depressants for depression, she is taking it for Migraine / Cluster headache prevention / mitigation. Her drop off in sex didn't start until she started taking Prozac for the headaches (I know the irony is not lost on me - headaches used as an excuse for lack of sex). Cluster headache? I thought I was the only one who suffered with that. If it is indeed CH,that is brutal. |
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Post by DryCreek on Jan 14, 2024 20:47:50 GMT -5
DryCreek posted about this back in July 2019.
Thanks for the cite! I had to dig to even find out what I said...
Good to see it's getting media attention again. One day, doctors and therapists might even be aware / disclose the hazards.
DC
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Post by mirrororchid on Jan 15, 2024 7:05:34 GMT -5
There is a hazard of medication blame being a candidate in "Why chasing" and focusing on that when there are mental blocks more serious than biological.
Key is how your refuser is reacting to the critically low libido. Are they concerned, or purposefully unconcerned?
The permanent libido hit may even be a thing, but it may be a result of mental resistance taking over after the physical impedance is removed and the result will be the same.
In both cases, the refuser needs to care. It is their problem, and if they don't think so, it is exclusively your problem and exclusively your initiative to act with the three choices:
1) Stay and accept celibacy
2) Outsource
3) Leave
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Post by kevinp on Apr 25, 2024 16:24:41 GMT -5
Here's how I helped my depression. I became clinically depressed over 20 years ago. I had only noticed side effects such as muscle soreness and foggy brain. I was working around powered equipment, so that wasn't good enough. I tried a low dose, then doc put me on two of the mildest ones. Still some brain fog. Could have been lasting symptoms of the original one.
The thing is, I then researched and put myself on St John's Wort, as strong dose, daily for a week, I was so jovial when I went back to the doc, and told him. I had no side effects just an elated mood. He said "It raises the seritonin level in your brain without side effects" I said, "Why not tell me that before?"
"I'm not allowed to mention natural medicinal treatments, but between you and me, and you didn't hear it from me, I'd stay on them now that you found them".
So I have used St John's Wort in tablet form, even as a tea, even grew a St John's Wort bush. I've stayed off prescribed antidepressants ever since.
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Post by mirrororchid on Apr 27, 2024 8:33:38 GMT -5
Herbal remedies are not regulated so the enforcement of reliable dosages or even ingredients is of concern to medical professionals. Growing your own is a level up in terms of purity assurance. I'd be curious to hear about dosage control and if the same amount can produce different results or if it has been consistent. SSRIs appear to be the equivalent in which case Paroxetine is a proven potent choice doctors have more confidence in. If Paroxetine doesn't have a good effect, SSRIs including St. Johns Wort may not be what that person needs and they might need to consider a different drug class. That said, I do appreciate the old saw "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." |
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Post by ironhamster on Apr 27, 2024 11:16:13 GMT -5
In Oregon, the political view on drugs is a bit different than most places, for better or worse. One of the things I have seen out here is psychedelic mushrooms. In small doses, they give one an emotional lift. I don't know much more than that, but if I was suffering from depression I would prefer to go that route than SSRIs.
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