Posted by MarkinBoston on November 22, 2000, at 12:18:41
In reply to NYT Mag on SSRIs dampening of male hi-sexuality..., posted by dj on November 19, 2000, at 23:34:01
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001119mag-sexaddiction.html
Its an interview piece with a doc who started treating (mostly) women with eating disorders and then given a patient with a sexual compulsion. He saw the similarity between binge eating and binge sex. Old studies with rats showed administrating drugs to lower seretonin and raise dopamine yielded the strongest mounting behavior, and following sex, seretonin increased and dopamine decreased - the same satiation and relaxation that occurs in humans, eg. falling asleep.
Several patients were interviewed and were very happy with the relief from their urges that SSRIs gave them (Celexa or Prozac), and some had no libido and were happy with that after suffering for years with various expressions of compulsive behavior.
My personal chemistry must not involve a seretonin shortage, because SSRI's don't work for me, but do cause apathy & libido loss (satiation).
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